Pandora loves this… because today's Venus is revered and adored, clad head to toe in Hermione de Paula's modern floral prints. Blue tinted, symmetrical flowers sit on a background of deep purple silk and create a kaleidoscopic pattern which comes across as natural and organic, so that (even when layering the tunic over matching leggings) the over-all effect is surprisingly subtle. Hermione de Paula's print driven collections revolve around women in a conceptual and thematic way, each season inspired by a new heroine but all connected by the contradiction of strength and vulnerability.

De Paula's summer 2009 collection 'I Heart Elizabeth Berkley' was named after the protagonist in Paul Verhoeven's film Showgirls and was inspired by her time working as a waitress at infamous strip club Spearmint Rhino. With disappearing florals creating highly sexual figures, this collection explored the overt femininity of the Pirelli calendar girls of the 1970s. This season's collection 'Las Venus' draws inspiration out of the ideological Anatomical Venus, the vision of female perfection, and how she might be experienced in today's tabloid driven environment. It asks how her beauty might be affected by the media frenzy it would be likely to cause. Her upcoming autumn/winter 2010 'Polly Crystalline' collection shows her prints on harder fabrics to depict an enslaved femininity and is the female personification of the poly-crystalline nature of ice, subverting the unapologetic femininity of her previous collections by trapping the female form in time.

With this tunic de Paula creates a look that defines her customer, she too is "dramatic and subtle: a fragile beauty with a tough core." Re-incarnating a modern day Venus through the powerful vulnerability of all-over intricate flower prints and ephemeral, dark tie-dye, this collection is a reflection of celebrity culture and the fanatic manner in which it idolises the female form.

Chloe loves this… because by nature and name, the sundress is summer incarnate. Transcending fickle trends, the classic 1950s sundress is revived in Prada's capsule collection, where light cottons and silks are gently cinched in at the waist and graced with archive Prada prints. This polka dot version, a deviation from Prada's more recognisable check, gives us a warm palette of mediterranean tones in light brown and dusty pink. Wear with a tan and a coat of Bobby Brown's Pot Rouge lipstick to complete that summer feeling.

This vintage Prada print is the most delicate of takes on the polka dot pattern, a chameleon print whose connotations drift from the youthful to the sensual. Larger, brightly contrasted polka dots, like artist Yayoi Kusama's red and white circles that engulfed London's southbank last summer (courstesy of The Hayward Gallery's "Walking in the Mind" exhibit) are reminiscent of childhood paraphernalia. In fashion, the simplicity of these youthful polka dot's have helped to create real brand recognition for designers such as Comme des Garçons and Henry Holland. However, in Prada's sundress we can see how, when used with delicacy, the polka dot can evoke the sensuality of a hot summers evening on Parisian streets.

Chloe loves this… because this dress is sportswear influenced fashion at its sexiest. In tight stretch-cotton, with cut-outs and a high hemline Alexander Wang infuses his already urban aesthetic with an audaciously sporty overtone. Wang is having a seriously sporty moment as his varsity inspired spring/summer collection is already recognisable for it's all-American football themed sweaters and dresses.

His sportswear inspiration is not a new thing: from the studded baseball caps of his first full collection in spring 2007, to the leather boxing shorts of spring 2009 and the recurring appearance of racer-back vests and grey jersey sweaters throughout. This season his efforts have finally come to fruition as we see sportswear coming through as a major trend. From the outright tennis whites seen at Hermès and Lacoste, to the more athletic tight dresses with speed stripes and a healthy dose of elastane, as seen at Josh Goot. Alexander Wang's point of reference falls somewhere between the two: some shapes reference American football as directly as Hermès references tennis, while his tighter dresses reference aerobics and athletics with more subtlety and a consistent emphasis on the sex appeal of sports.