The much-hyped Jimmy Choo line for H&M arrived in stores over the weekend, and it certainly drew the crowds to the new H&M store in our home city of Glasgow. The range has also proved massivley popular worldwide (it will only be sold in 200 stores). Some people even resorted to camping outside the stores – now that is dedication to fashion.

Many of the lines have sold out already and are going on eBay for ridiculously inflated prices.

Did you manage to get your hands on anything? How long did you queue up for? and most importantly: Are the clothes any cop?

There is never a shortage of bizarre and beautiful happenings in the world of fashion.

We thought that it would be fun to compile some of our favourite stories of the last few months.

Chinese fashion designer Jiang Zhou uses UFO sightings as fashion inspiration – There are some extremely quirky fashions displayed at almost every catwalk show, but this has to be one of the most bizarre. These clothes wouldn’t look out of place in Mos Eisley Cantina.

Paris Fashion Week 2009 Epilogue – after slating catwalks in the previous paragraoh, we have to rain our tails in a little. Some of the designs from Paris 2009 looked stunning.

Victoria Beckham vows never to sing again YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS – NO! Please dont do it Becks, we love you! – Great little story from Blackbook, if only for their astute analysis of Mrs Beckham, ‘the most self actualized member of the celebrity class’.

Bruno the Movie is on the way! – Yes Sasha Baron Cohen (Ali G, Borat creator) is about to unleash his gay Austrian Fashion Reporter on the movie world soon – there are already Bruno sites popping up all over the web apparently. Should be hilarious, we’ll have more on Bruno soon.

Japanese Robot Fashion Model - are words really necessary here?

Fashion Tips on Denim – Great post from ChicStories on Denims styles, black skinny jeans still seem to be leading the way for us.

Ok, thats just a few of our best stories from recent times – what fashion stories have you came across recently?, let us know……….

I don’t know about you but ive always found the BBCs What Not To Wear series to be rather patronising. Not a particularly original observation you may think – i apologise for that. It seems to me that whovever happens to be the victim of a style makeover always seem to end up wearing the same, rather dull and generic ‘Ladies Catalogue Model’ style clothing. This always appears to engender a palpable air of disappointment. We are willing to bet that after a week or two of trying to stick to this forced-styling – participants revert back to wearing jogging bottoms and hoodies.

My attitude towards clothing is and always will be this -: Express Yourself and Wear What You Want :- infact, come to think of it a TV show based around that title could make for a far more interesting televisual experience that WNTW.

However, having said all that, the WNTW website does offer a rather funky ladies clothes style barometer on the website that you can try. Do you know what not to wear…?

Exciting News folks! – The CoolBrands survey results are out for 2008/2009. In the Fashion Category the main winners were:

• Net-A-Porter (Boutique Clothing)
• Rolex (Jewellery & Watches)
• Prada (Designer)
• Manolo Blanhik (Footwear)
• Topshop (High Street)
• Agent Provocateur (Lingerie)
• Diesel (Streetwear)

All very predicatble really. What is quite interesting about this process are some of the luminaries on the ‘Expert Council’ that decide the brands that make up this list. Our favourites are Lauren Laverne and June Sarpong (see her political blog here, watch out Paxman!) – im constantly staggered by their insightful analysis on TV, so why not listen to them when it comes to what brands they think are cool? Thanks for the advice guys.

Having already posted on Golf clothing, its safe to say that we are big fans of Sport here at CCR – and the gear associated with it. In the last few weeks a number of big sporting events have re-ignited our interest in sportswear. Firstly, there was the Olympics, where the GB team recorded a surprisingly impressive medal haul. There have also been major international football matches (World Cup 2010 qualifiers), with our national team Scotland losing to the mighty Macedonia – then bouncing back to beat Iceland. England also unexpectedly drubbed Croatia 4-1. Then, cycling legend Lance Armstrong announced that he is coming out of retirement and will race in the 2009 Tour De France – at 37 years old. Finally, our very own Andy Murray managed to reach the US Open Final, overcoming world number one Rafa Nadal in the Semi’s, only to fall to the mighty Rodger Federer at the final hurdle.

This fervent sporting activity has inspired us to come up with a list of a few of the most stylish sports people of all time.

According to the latest statistics the online clothing market is bucking the general economic trend and continuing to grow – even though alot of the more famous bargain outlets do not have an online presence at all. There are a number of cheap fashion outlets in the UK high street at the moment and surely it is only a matter of time until they begin to establish a significant web presence. Some of these retailers offer good value, some are so-so. There are those that manage to balance great value with the latest fashions and materials. Follow the link above to find a retailer which continually manages to produce great looking clothes which belie their price tag. In our opinion, if you were to put some more expensive products side-by-side with the labels off you would be hard pushed to tell which was which.

This is not a scientific list by any means and is based purely on our powers of observation. Here are a few trends that we have noticed this summer ;

• Vans (lads) and Converse (lassies) – the perrenial footwear classic.

• Cheap Plastic Sunglasses – available from newsagents up and down the land-spend more than £3 however and you’re instantly uncool.

• Sandals – although our summer has been pretty dreadful so far-its still great to get the old socks off and free the feet a little.

• Pastel Colours – pastel literally faded away for a few years but its back with a bang this summer and about time.

Pastel-Tastic

• Floral Print Dresses – a classic summer feminine look.

• Bright and Bold Coloured Tops – PINK! PURPLE! ORANGE! – These tops shout loud and proud.

Of course, there are tonnes more niches and sub-genres but walk down any street in the UK and you are bound to catch someone in at least one of these items. What have you seen out there this summer?