Why I keep going on about the goddamn deets (read my pseudo-street way of saying ‘details’....) I don’t know but these days, when I’ve got things on my mind like ‘flat deposit’ and ‘bills’ (let’s hope I can banish these ugly words from Style Bubble...)when buying new things, I really need to look at the ‘deets’ to ensure that I don’t double up on myself and buy something I already have and also to make my money stretch to the maximum and buy something that is sure to be a little bit special.

Season after season,(despite some of your well-reasoned protests... yes, I’m talking about you Meg....) I’ve always found something to love about Gareth Pugh’s collections and seeing it all in person affirms the love as I feel his collections are going from strength to strength and that the hype machine has finally calmed down and the graft he’s put in is evident.  For AW08-9, the deets I’ve homed in on are...

....the grey mass of zip to zip to zip to zip to zip on this heaving flared out coat...

....the rows and rows of safety pins, again structured on a coat jumper dress, as pointed out by a reader...

....that familiar triangular leather pattern, except this time in gunmetal grey on yes, another coat...

So the aim is then to battle all desires to get yet another cute, nothing special coat next winter but to go for something physically weighty and heaving with deets.