For any parents yachting to St Tropez next summer, the Guess SS12 childrenswear collection would be the ideal collection to pack. En route to sunnier climes, Guess suggest dressing in a nautical theme - girls should sport slouchy, stripe T

Crossing the famous Porto Vecchio bridge in Florence, and driving through the twists and turns of the tiny cobblestoned streets, we arrive at the headquarters of one of the most revered names in Italian fashion: Gucci. The brand is synonymous

clutch bag, colours often clashing. Focal point being a gangster style padded jacket with Liu-Jo’s logo patterned all over.The general feel is sporty and smart mixed together. Boys wear was excellently put together, with great baseball themed styling

collections have centered on, which is refreshing. Boys are less sporty than usual and easy round neck knits in shades of muted greens, bold purples and pillar box reds, balance over Replays well cut denim offerings. The high spot being a fringed rocker

offerings of Dimensione Danza with a more preppy offering. Boys and girls sported high wasted slacks fashioned in greens and tartans, placed with sporty jockey and golf shirts, highlights were the padded jackets that referenced seventies ski resort holidays

, with rouched bodices and straps would look great across any fashion pages. Boyswear took a commercial stance and was perhaps the least interesting, with a sporty but preppy approach. New denim line House of Avernae brought visitors a jeans collection favouring

an eye-catching padded jacket and daffy the duck was fashioned over a jumbo jumper dress. Refreshingly the line stayed away from purple and dabbled instead in trusted greys and yellow mixes. Accessories were striped and hats were embellished

.There were more nautical touches as Eliza Doolittle chirped Pack Up Your Troubles, with a plethora of Breton stripes; red, white and blue dresses; shorts and tops with stripes and feather and bow coursages. The sporty look was also echoed in tartan

in the RL Gang is most like you in character? “Each of the characters have different personalities and they are each different characters. I admire and connect with each of them for different reasons – their sportiness, their curiosity, their style

as well as a record number of footwear and homewear stands at the SS12 season show, we couldn't wait to browse the busy aisles. One of the biggest stand-out trends was African animal print; as previously championed by D&G for SS11. We spotted a gorgeous