Well, good old Wimbers is well and truly gripping the nation again (thanks to Andy Murray)  – and once again there are some pretty bizarre fashions on show. Not least, hot favourite Roger Federer’s jacket he wears pre-match…………….

The star said: “It’s more contemporary while still looking clean and sophisticated.”

Nike would like Federer to add it is “a modern interpretation of a classic military silhouette from 1965″ but they had to say it themselves.

Roger Federer's bizarre pre-match outfit

Roger is not alone

Sadly, Roger is not the only sports star to have a fashion disaster. There are countless examples of on and off court/pitch style faux pas. What is it with sports stars and lack of style? – there seems to be a direct correlation between level of sporting talent and good fashion sense. Is it because these people put so much into their sports that they can’t think straight about what they’re wearing? or are they just clueless as to what looks good?

Off the top of my head, i can think of numerous examples of this phenomenon – Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Anna Kournikova, Ian Poulter, Tim Henman, The Williams sisters, Lewis Hamilton, Ashley Cole – i could name hundreds more………

Bucking the trend

There are however, a few sporting stars who have bucked this trend and have became style icons in their own right, namely Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Andre Aggassi andf Bjorn Bjorg (please let us know if you can name any more…….) – but they are few and far between.

What are your thoughts on this? – am i being unfair to these masters of the sporting domain?

Guys, forget about elaborate layers, fancy fabrics and meticulously planning your look for the summer ahead – you simply cannot go wrong with a good T-Shirt.

Here’s our top 5 T-Shirts of summer 2009……………..

Budget Classic!

Peacocks Cheap Menswear – Black Beatles T-Shirt

The Beatles are back (again) this summer, mainly due to the launch of The Beatles Rock Band Video Game. This White Logo T-Shirt has been around for years but our friends at Peacocks have this great version for a tenner.

The Beatles T over at Peacocks Menswear

Retro fun from 8 Ball

It’s fathers day on Sunday, and it’s not too  late to visit 8ball.co.uk and grab some great shirts for your old boy. This Dad’ll fix it T-Shirt is our best bet.

8ball.co.uk - dad'll fix it t-shirt

The Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt on Amazon

Instantly prove that your down with internet humour with this now notorious Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt from Amazon. Read the reviews, hilarious stuff.

Amazon's legendary Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt

Classic Mid Range Value

You can’t go wrong with a good, old fashioned solid Polo Shirt – they can be worn with virtually every type of bottoms in any situation. A classic Fred Perry should see you right – although personally we’d keep it pretty simple, avoiding big stripes and logos.

Classic Fred Perry Polo

Im sorry, how much!!!??

Billionaire Boys Club is probably one of the most sought after labels on earth right now. Set up by the impossibly cool combo of Pharell Willams from NERD and Bathing Ape founder Nigo, BBC have a superb range of streetwear, at a price! For example, this T-Shirt will set you back £70, but it is pretty awesome. Money well spent.

Billionaire Boys Club T-Shirt - Costly but Cool

There we go, five of our mens t-shirt selections for summer 2009! Any of your suggestions are welcomed – cheers!!

The second series of Flight of the Conchords started on BBC4 last week, and it has continued in the same quality vein as the first. For the uninitiated, Flight of the Conchords follows the adventures of (in their own words) “Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo accapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo” – as they attempt to break New York City. What distinguishes the series from other more mundane sitcoms is that its essentially a musical, the songs are often superb! and very funny indeed. The duo also have a live show, which looks like it is at least as funny as the show itself.

Here is ‘Fashion is Danger’ from series two. Some of the styles being parodied are truly hilarious. The song itself is a great take on Fashion by David Bowie – one of our fave tunes. Enjoy.

With June approaching fast, there are probably several hundred websites and blogs with this title vying for your intention on the internet. The reason being, that the writer has read that list articles are a popular, easily scannable type of post which due to the nature of peoples attention span on the web is more likely to get featured in Digg or Reddit and the like – which is fair enough.

However, here are at CCR we are only interersterd in the clothes and if anyone reads our posts its a great bonus (and a big thanks to all that do!).

We proclaim no qualifications or real expertise – just a deep enthusiasm for fashion and a nose for what we feel people are going to be into this summer. We have nothing too shocking or revolutionary to say here, trends are very difficult to predict and sometimes can emerge from nowhere. Many of the Summer 2009 fashion trends were predicted by the major magazines and blogs in February/March – they have their reasons but its only now as we come closer to the actual summer that trends begin to emerge. What they still don’t understand fully is that the main players in trend setting is YOU. The real power to influence lies with YOU – YOU define summer fashion, YOUR choices influence someone, who tells their friends and the effect ripples around the streets.

Anyway, slight rant over – let’s have a look at some clothes! Five fashion trends of Summer 2009:

1 – Denim – Will jeans ever go out of fashion? A perrenial winner, summer 2009 is no different. As well as classic cropped, skinnys and boyfriend jeans, weve seen some pretty cool Denim Skirt and dresses combinations. Peacocks as always have a great range of Denim shorts and  skirts, illustrating that you rarely have to break to bank for this look.

Denim Skirts from Peacocks - cool but cheap, great!

2 – The single shouldered dress and top – wow, tops and dresses with this look can be so sleek and sexy if done right – we’re so glad to see this style blasting back onto the high street. We would have one formal (like the Jane Norman top below) and one informal one-shouldered top, just to cover every occassion!

One shoulder class from Jane Norman

3 – Trousers – there is alot of trouser action on the streets already this year. Jumpsuits, harem, high-waisted and hugely bright colours are what weve come across so far. Fashion chicks have some great examples.

Harem Trousers - big, baggy and back!

4 – Transparency – light and airy transparent tops are definitely a big mover in summer 2009 – a great, versatile style that can look fantastic as a component of a layered ensemble – just be careful with transparent-only layers!

Great chiffon at Urban Outfitters

5 – High heels – the coolest shoes of the summer – literally. We would chuck our cheap clothes sensibiblities out of the window and invest in a pair of top class heels. Some great advice here on making heels comfortable.

High heels - the skys the limit

What are you going to wear this summer? – let us know your thoughts on whats going to be big in Summer 2009!

Well, that’s almost one-quarter of 2009 down already – how quick was that? – i haven’t even managed to get round to spending my Christmas gift vouchers yet! Anyway, i don’t know about you, but i feel that its been quite a tame start to the year in fashion terms, with very little standout stories, events or styles.

That said, there have been a few standout moments so far in quarter one of 2009 – here are our five favourites…..

1. Susan Boyle takes over the world! – being proud Scots ourselves the rapid ascent of Susan Boyle has been quite something to behold. A mere two weeks on we already have: A YouTube video with over 40m hits!,  Susan Boyle T-Shirts and Hats and mass debate all over the place as to whether she needs a makeover - our opinion: be who you always have been Susan – let your voice speak for you!
2. 10 floral dresses for the summer – Lovely list from Popsugar with some classic summer dresses, not long to go now!
3. Tribeca: Vanity Fair Best Dressed – post from thefashioncult which is pretty cool due to a) its analysis of Vanity Fair and b) some of the clothes look amazing
4. Showcase of Beautiful Fashion Websites – Great post from the always excellent Smashing magazine, some of the sites listed are truly stunning – our favourites include the Benetton site, Issey Miyake, Louis Vuitton and Paul Smith.
5. 50 most stylish men – GQ have compiled an excellent list here, which ranges from Marlon Brando to Andre 3000. Inspiration for the men out there and eye-candy for the ladies!

There we go – that’s our top five ‘things’ of this year so far – what has caught your eye?

Michelle Obama is probably the most photographed woman on the planet. For a woman that only a few of us would admit to having heard of this time last year, her ascent to style icon has been impressive. The 45 year-old first lady has cut a dignified and confident figure throughout the presidential campaign and short term in the presidency.

Obviously, being in a privileged position, Michelle Obama has access to the top designer fashion labels -  she isn’t exactly operating in the same levels of clothes shopping than most of us here in the real world. Her fashion portfolio so far, at most major events has included Jason Wu, Thakoon, Isabel Toledo and Jimmy Choo. However, that doesn’t mean that we can’t take some general inspiration from the First Ladies style. As she told Vouge:

“If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion.”

Read on for some Michelle Obama style rules:

In the past we have been known to bleat on about dresses, jeans, maternity clothes, designer clothes, sportswear and on and on – however, one item that we seem to have ignored is women’s trousers. Ive been relaibly informed by my fashionista friends, who have their fingers much closer to the fashion pulse than i, that High-Waisted and Harem Trousers are one of the most popular emerging styles on the High Street these days. This is quite a sea change, as not so long ago if anyone sugessted resurrecting these styles they would be laughed out of town. Im stil not convinced that they have the staying power to see off a decent pair of jeans or a smart skirt……….

Therefore, now seems as good a time as any to conduct a poll into your thoughts regarding trousers.

Let us know where the best examples on the highstreet can be found!