REPLAY CONTINUED LAST season’s love affair with Americana. Models sport baseball bats, American football-style T-shirts and baseball caps. Stripes are also popular, appearing on polo shirts, long-sleeved T-shirts and preppy soft tailored blazers

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-shirts

of shorts, polo shirts and jersey jackets. Mauves are introduced for a more romantic feel on girls’ favourites, such as evening dresses and skirts, while white provides a lighter touch on most looks. Jeans being loose fitting, often coupled with distressed

inspiration from streetwear. Boys wore skater chains over their cropped baggy jeans and graduation bleed T-shirts with band motifs were popular. Girls wore summer dresses in check and floral prints layered over black leggings and matched with waistcoats

FOR ELSY, IT initially seemed that it was going to be the summer of love. Their catwalk is branded with ‘Elsy’ spelt  in flowers. This theme is certainly extended to some of the collection, particularly a dreamy prairie-style summer dress and top

Combining the edgy style of London with elegant Italian design, Loud Apparel has burst onto the childrenswear scene with fine tailoring and Italian leather jackets alongside groovy T-shirts emblazoned with bold slogans.

all mourning the death of Michael Jackson?).The stage is stark in snow white with giant CK snowball: four models in blue jeans and crisp white shirts take their places at the side of the stage, as a procession of children strut down the catwalk

Miss Grant opened their SS12 catwalk show with beachwear - swimwear, sun dresses and sarongs were, of course, in abundance decorated with textured frills, tassels, feathers and an array of brights - sorbet pink, lime green and canary yellows. A

to be transported back to Hawaii with floral shirts and brightly coloured shorts in traditional sihouettes. There will be no fading into the background next year.There are the usual, classic polo shirts available, only this time the philosophy seemed

by the River Arno.The collection took inspiration from the Versace SS12 collection with the brands signature Medusa decorating T-shirts, shirts and jumpers. Rabbit skin coats were dyed in bright colours of pink, orange and red capturing this season's trendiest