Jeweller Lewis Williams studied his craft at Central St. Martins and the London Guildhall, but he was lost to British bling after only his first proper job in the business when he went to New York after successfully applying for a role of goldsmith with award-winning, super-hip jeweller Philip Crangi. "It was a fantastic opportunity," Williams says, "because Crangi is a superb designer." Accordingly, Williams stayed with Crangi for five years, but then "last summer I made the decision to start my own label." And he did, and named it Lewis Henry Nicholas (i.e., everything bar the surname). Though the majority of his solid silver pieces are for women, Williams has also developed a dozen or so men's designs with a entirely distinctive looks and very British inspirations (Victoria and Albert, Roman coins, big cat's heads that evoke Edwardian doorknockers). Brooklyn native Williams has around half a dozen stockists in New York and has just landed his first stockist back home in blighty: online boutique kabiri.co.uk .lewishenrynicholas.com

One brand reigns high and mighty over branded men's underthings, and always has. Little wonder: Calvin Klein pretty much invented the concept of designer pants. The new season marks the advent of a significant new initiative intended to build on that legacy: the introduction of the new "Bold" collection. It's based around a collection of timeless underwear and sleepwear styles and shapes, but set off with vivid, crisply contemporary colours. calvinklein.com

Malcolm Mafara

Last month, the Victoria & Albert Museum announced its big autumn exhibition: Hollywood Costume, a comprehensive survey of the greatest outfits ever worn on the big screen. Naturally, Dorothy's red shoes and Audrey's Breakfast at Tiffany outfits hogged the first fashion headlines, but menswear aficionados arguably have even more to get excited about, because the exhibition's distinguished curator is Deborah Nadoolman Landis. For Nadoolman Landis is not only - like Aitor Throup, Christopher Raeburn  - a graduate of London's Royal Academy of Arts and a visiting fellow at the city's University of Arts, a two-time director of Hollywood's Costume Guild, and the other half of the great director John Landis. As the designer of Michael Jackson's leather 'Thriller' outfit and Harrison Ford's earthy Indiana Jones gear (both costumes are among the hundreds in the show), she was also one of the most formative design influence on the style sensibility of many a boychild of the 1980s. vam.ac.uk