"Gola"(?) Socks from Milan

LFW S/S 12 Ankle Socks/ Ankle Boots

LFW S/S 12 Somerset House Photographer

LFW S/S 12 @ Westwood, Purple Socks

LFW S/S 12 @ Westwood Polka Dot Stilettos

Paris Fashion Week - @ Jean-Charles de Castelbajac - Blue Button

My mate James's Falke socks with their trademark button on the ankle

Cosmo

Cosmo, a style icon in the making, me thinks

LWF '10...The Talented Mr Kashoura

Call it nepotism if you like, but this is my mate Omar Kashoura's collection and it is very very nice indeed. Wearable menswear with quirky twists or retro references. Oh, and lovely socks, of course!

LWF '10...Matteo Bigliardi

LWF '10... Columbian Fashion Journo

An absolute perfect look. Class!

London Fashion Week '10...Vintage Dress

Gorgeous vintage dress with just the right accessories. The bag, shoes, socks - perfect!

London fashion Week '10...Day 2

Amongst the drabness of London, a shock of colour (and accessories) on a model on her way to the office. Shame that when she did show her face she was brimming with pouty attitude. Yawn!

LWF '10...Lovely Japanese Buyer

Again, socks! Obsession? Surely not!...What a lovely lady she was! And what style! Class...(And exclamation mark overload!!)

Interesting how a seemingly random red bag completes the otherwise precariously monochromatic look.

Argyle Socks

LOVE this look!

The Yellow Socks

Photo: Hermano Silva

My co-conspirator, Mr Silva and I were stalking this gent all afternoon before finally one of us had the courage to approach him. He was a formidable figure after all. We were impressed by his bag first then the yellow socks but overall by his very masculine yet stylish approach to street dressing. Am I wrong in thinking that he is the proprietor of a newish men's shopping emporium on Shoreditch High Street called Present?

Workmen's Pants and Braces

Love the combination of old-fashioned braces/workmen's trousers/stripey socks/brogues...All that's missing is a beret, eh! (Or not!)

At Jonathan Saunders

Quite liked some of the dresses here, mostly the vibrant colourful ones (shock, horror, eh!)...Again, socks and skirts, so I was happy...

BUT one of my gripes about the shows: the girls just cannot, FOR THE LIFE OF GOD, walk! Now, I cannot imagine how awfully uncomfortable those heels must be, but then either the designer (or show producer) must make sure the models learn how to walk ie "sell" them or the designer should not create these monstrosities in the first place if they are impossible to wear. It all seemed so counter-productive; it destroyed the effect the clothes successfully conveyed. I was exasperated and laughing at the amateurishness.

What was even sadder was seeing the buyers/editors/whatever desperately trying the recreate the model looks in 9 inch heels and laughably failing on a grand scale. NOT a single one of them was able to walk in them with grace and (wait for it) "femininity" - that hateful word, I know! Now I love women on heels as much as the next guy but not when they look like retirees on invisible crutches knees bent, shoulders hunched for balance (or just dragged down by their identikit man bag-size handbags) and a dogged concentration on their faces. What they really needed was Zimmer frames. Not an attractive look

Btw, the shoes at Jonathan Saunders were by Louboutin and were very nice indeed

The Be-socked Lady

Dig women in socks; always have...

My Favourite Icelandic Couple

Here we go again. Hugrun (red lipstick) and Magni (beard) never fail to impress with their colour sense and combination of patterns/textures. Not only are they super stylish but probably the nicest people I had the good fortune of meeting amongst the otherwise air-kissing mob of facionistas.

They are the proprietor/designers behind the Kron by KronKron label, a Reykjavik shoestore/ shoredesign outfit.

Here's their website:

http://www.kronbykronkron.com/

The Polka Dot Socks