Sketch by Richard Nicoll

As Fashion week draws ever nearer, one woman is on the lips of every Londoner.She has been a style icon ever since her 1928 debut and has inspired generationafter generation of girls to adopt polka dots, bows and over-sized shoes that falloff when you're running away from an escaped gorilla or a drunken pirate. Notmany 84 year olds can still pull that off. It is, the always illustrious, Miss MinnieMouse.

eBay and the British Fashion Council have teamed up their initiative to supportyoung British fashion talent with Walt Disney and asked a who's who ofupcoming designers to create their own "Minnie Must Haves". Giles Deacon,Richard Nicoll, Lulu Guinness, Tatty Devine and Michael van der Ham are just afew of the names who will be showcasing their garments and accessories at LFWbefore they are auctioned off online with all proceeds going to charity. Expectplenty of front row mouse ears to be blocking your catwalk views.

Text by Harry Seymour

Phillip Lim is joining the world of black leather capes, scaling walls with web shot from the wrist, and phone box changes. The designer is launching "Kill The Night", the most fashionable of comics to illustrate his autumn/winter collection. Lim has co-written his very own comic with John Ostrander and enlisted Jan Duursema of Star Wars comic book fame to lend her drawing skills.

Clearly the designer has been thumbing through a lot of graphic novels of late - not only did pre-fall feature that punchy "KA-POW" print but autumn/winter was inspired by Sin City, V for Vendetta and neo-noir heroines too. Throughout the pages, each character wears Lim's most recent collection and the two lead characters are based on Lim's real friends. Exactly who was lucky enough to be sketched will be announced on the designer's Twitter and Facebook soon.

However, superhero speed is needed if you're going to get a copy as there are only limited numbers available. Head to 3.1philliplim.com from September 6th and sign up to nab one.

With the London Olympics in full swing thousands of inspired spectators are itching to try their hand at ping pong, water polo, track cycling, handball and many other minor sports that have been in the spot light over the last 12 days. New active-wear brand founded by Rebecca Quade, WORK OUT LIFE, launches at just the right time to equip all those needing new, and stylish, exercise gear. Creative director Ebru Ercon, having previously consulted on Hussein Chalayan for Puma and Stella McCartney for Addidas, is more than qualified to create high performance sportswear with a strong fashion feel. The collection, modelled by Aussie babe Bambi Northwood-Blyth, covers three essential areas: WORK (sporty, floral pieces), OUT (smarter black numbers) and LIFE (casual separates). To be honest, even if you're not particularly sporty, there is so much in this collection you could style it any way you like, but the relaxed luxury sportswear vibe gives the collection it's signature. It'll be interesting to see how long the Olympic fever lasts - maybe WORK OUT LIFE is the cure.

WORK OUT LIFE launches online on 15th August.