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

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

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

, firstly military chic. This may sound a little brutal for little girls, but it is cleverly designed, mixing some masculine military-influenced designs with florals and frills. Tailored jackets have hints of uniform details, metal buttons, zips

The cheerleaders sprung out onto the catwalk in suitably vibrant mood to the (rather predictable) tune of Hey Mickey, you're so fine, before the boys came out paying homage to the US athletic fraternity of American football and baseball. Wearing

Fur seems to be popular with lots of the brands here at Pitti Bimbo and Miss Grant echoed this with their fall 2012 catwalk show, sending out an assortment of fur creations.The fur of choice was rabbit, dyed in bright and pastel shades, fashioning