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Do you always look at pictures of celebrities on the red carpet and wish you could look like them?
Well, now your fairy godmother at Topshop is granting your wish by letting mere mortals like you and me hire dresses worn by the likes and Frieda Pinto, Dita Von Teese and Kate Moss for the Christmas party season for just £40!
Our favourite high street store has plundered its little black book of contacts and asked 20 of their favourite people to part with one of their favourite party frocks.

Finally, the day is almost with us. Tomorrow, one of the most eagerly-anticipated lines comes to the High Street.

Get ready with those elbows ladies, Jimmy Choo's range will be in H&M from tomorrow.

The first 160 people to turn up at the store will be given a wrist band with an allotted time to shop the Choo range which goes beyond the shoes that fashionistas dream about, to include bags, jewellery and clothing.

There's less than a fortnight to go until Jimmy Choo reaches H&M stores in the UK, but the celebs were out in force for the launch last night in LA.

Jimmy Choo boss Tamara Mellon was the perfect model for the new collection in an asymmetric leather dress, clutch and strappy stilettos.

It may still be October but Kate Moss is due to unveil her Christmas collection at Topshop tomorrow.
The range is said to include an assortment of 'luxurious yet sophisticated
oriental-inspired pieces for day and evening festive wear.'

Karl Lagerfeld has been immortalised in vinyl - and standing only 10 inches tall.

The Tokidoki figure of the Chanel designer is decked out in his 'signature look' from the K Karl Lagerfeld collection - skinny black suit, rhinestone-studded tie and belt and of course, his wraparound dark sunglasses.

The figure is the work of Italian artist Simone Legno, who launched the Tokidoki range of Japanese-inspired collectible figurines in 2005. He has created only 1000 mini-Karls and will go on sale in flagship stores in Italy and the US. The figure will also appear on T-shirts in next spring's K collection.

He's the man who has dressed the nation by giving us Next, Per Una at Marks and Spencer and of course, George at Asda.
Liverpudlian George Davies opened GIVe yesterday in London's Regent Street with more stores to follow including Liverpool One later this month.
GIVe is a new "affordable luxury" clothing chain aimed at women aged 30 and upwards. As well as possessing a state-of-the-art website, the brand aims to be the first high street store to give a percentage of profits to charity.

You may never have heard of Don Fisher but at some point you will have stepped foot into one of his stores and probably bought into his idea of All-American casual chic.

Don, who has died at the age of 81, founded Gap in 1969 with his wife Doris after a frustrating experience trying to exchange a pair of jeans that did not fit. They decided on the name to describe the 'Generation Gap' of post-war babies and their parents.

The first store in San Francisco sold Levi 501s and records to 12-25-year-olds. Gap crossed the Pond in 1987 when the first British store opened in London. Today, the company and its subsidiaries run more than 3,000 shops in 25 countries, and turned over more than $14bn last year.

Designer collaborations seem to be like buses... you wait ages for one and then three come along at once.
Hot on the heels of yesterday's annoucement that Sonia Rykiel and H&M were teaming up, comes news that Topshop have signed Mark Fast to produce a collection which will be launched in February next year.
In case London Fashion Week passed you by in a blur, Mark was the designer who ruffled a few feathers - including his own stylist, who walked out - by featuring three size 12-14 models on the catwalk. Which should mean his signature skin-tight knits will be wearable by all body types.

I used to think it was just me who spends hours browsing online stores and fillling my basket before ditching everything at the checkout.
But it seems I am far from the only one binning the Balenciaga and chucking the Choos at the last minute (yes net-a-porter is my favourite site for virtual shopping.
New research reveals that customers love to window shop but 87% abandon their baskets before whipping out their credit cards.

Almost nine out of ten shoppers ditch their buys at the checkout and take all the pleasure from the browsing. Customers effectively use online baskets as a 'wish list', according to the findings from marketing company Amaze and the University of Glasgow.
Saves the buyers remorse afterwards.
Shame I can't do the same when I am actually in a real store...

We love it when designers team up with the high street as it means those dreams of wonderful fashion become that little more attainable.
The latest in a long line of collaborations is Sonia Rykiel and H&M.
The flame-haired doyenne of the Paris fashion scene is due to launch two collections for the store - the first will be a lingerie line that will be launched in December. As well as being sold in H&M stores, it will also be available in major Sonia Rykiel boutiques worldwide.
The lingerie collection will be followed by a knitwear collection for women and girls next February.
With Jimmy Choo launching their collaboration with the store in November, H&M might just be our new favourite place to shop.