There are a few items that no matter how many you've crammed into the wardrobe, no matter how many you've spent those hard earned notes on, you're still hunting for the perfect one. Just count the amount of Chelsea boots tried on, the hours spent spinning in jeans in front of changing room mirrors and the never ending quest for the white T-shirt. Yet, there is nothing we scour the shops more for than the leather jacket. Cropped, over sized, studded or made out of ever skin imaginable – our obsession with it hasn't waned. Blame James Dean, Brooklyn rockers or Kate Moss. So news of the latest leather launch couldn't be more welcome.

BLK DNM founder and creative director Johan Lindeberg has annouced the launch of eight limited edition leather jackets. The range of jackets come in shearling and fur, croc-embossed, black suede and matte lambskin and are all made from classic Italian leather as modelled rather nicely by Dorothea Barth Jorgensen.

“I've built BLK DNM as a creative project, rather than just another fashion brand, to explore initiatives like this one. I like that we can take one of our core products, the leather jacket, and create an exclusive edition for a high-end capsule collection,” Lindeberg says.

The jackets will be available exclusively at BLK DNM in New York and Stockholm, and at Colette in Paris. Off to the Euro Star we go.

Above: Heohwan Simulation

London Fashion Week's favourite, Vauxhall Fashion Scout is all grown-up. This morning it was announced that the event has re-launched as Fashion Scout, The International Showcase. Having been the essential stepping stone for many of London's talented young stars - from Peter Pilotto and Eudon Choi to the, as yet, fairly unknown but mindblowing Fyodor Golan - Fashion Scout is now set to provide designers with an even more global plaform for exposure in London and Paris.

This season, they also continue their collective showcases from China, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, including exciting new Chinese designer Yifang Wan, recent winner of the Fashion Scout Merit Award as well as a selection of upcoming design talent from Kiev and Istanbul. It's a launching pad like no other and, with a shiny new logo and snappy new name, we're looking forward to Febuary. We take a look at some of our favourite shows from spring/summer shown back in September.

For more information, visit their new website fashion-scout.co.uk.

Leutton Postle

Phoebe English

Timur Kim

Sabina Bryntesson

Yifang Wan

Palmer//harding have won a second season of London Fashion Week sponsorship from Cotton USA it was announced today. Designers Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding's way with transforming simple cotton shirts made them the perfect choice for the sponsorship.

“We love working with cotton – it’s such a versatile material. As we are a shirt focused brand, we concentrate a lot on cotton, predominantly U.S. cotton,” explained Levi Palmer.

The label joins an impressive set of alumni from the sponsorship programme, including Louise Gray, Richard Nicholl, Meadham Kirchhoff, Preen and PPQ.

Palmer//harding will host a cocktail reception to showcase their Autumn/Winter 2013 collection on Saturday 16th February but before then, this news serves as a good excuse to look over our favourite looks from the brands beautiful SS13 collection.

-Albany Bell