I'd rather make my own thank you very much

AS nice as it is to see the friendship bracelet make a come-back after all these years, this new 'trend' kind of misses the point.

Aurelie Bidermann is not your friend (unless you know her personally of course), neither is Dior. I for one will only jump on this bandwagon with homemade bracelets - any offers most welcome!

TAKE a look at this picture, notice anything unusual?

I didn't because these mannequins look like regular women and that's exactly what I will be saying to Debenhams when I am asked for my feedback as a customer.

Ok so we're not all size 16s but let's face it, although many of us would like to be, we're not uber skinny either. These show customers exactly what the clothes will look like - saving us the horror from the changing rooms when such a fabulous dress "doesn't look like it did on the mannequin".

Apparently normal mannequins are a size 10 but having worked in the fashion industry I find that hard to believe to be honest considering size 6s sometimes need pinning because they look too big.

The size 16 mannequins were unveiled last Thursday at the store's Oxford Street Branch and will eventually be rolled out across the country to get feedback from customers.

This, in my humble opinion, is the start of a long battle in trying to make stores show 'real' women and real sizes. Well done Debenhams (and Gok if this had anything to do with you)!

Oh, and if you want to see what they look like next to a 'normal' mannequin, here you go:

London Fashion Week

I COULDN'T let this week (and February - oops) go by without putting something on here.

London Fashion Week began today (as if you didn't know already), having been opened by Sarah Brown.

Wearing Erdem skirt and top (didn't like it personally), Russell and Bromley shoes and jewellery by Astley Clarke, she welcomed the British Fashion Council's support for Backing Young Britain, which aims to create opportunities for young people struggling to find work in the recession...oops sorry downturn. The BFC is calling for fashion houses to give young people a foot in the door into fashion.

Wish I could have been there but alas the world of Loughborough calls so I'll have to settle with online viewing. But don't you worry fashion fans, the clever people at London Fashion Week HQ have decided to help us out by streaming the catwalk shows online.

See the next show at: http://www.londonfashionweeklive.co.uk/