Diamonds are a man's best friend? From the Highlands to your ankles, Argyle socks are a traditional way of adding colour to any outfit. In our current anything-goes way of dressing, these will look just as good with trainers as with smart leather shoes. I'm in a browny-greeny-orangey type mood atm as we slide into winter.

For splash, the German-engineered Burlington has numerous colourways, while Uniqlo, as ever, is reliable for affordable and fashion basics. Add a pointed beanie hat for your Gnomecore look!

Left - Burlington - Kingston - £15

Below - Uniqlo - Brown Argyle Socks -£4.90

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BIOEFFECT is the cult Icelandic skincare brand using biotechnology and Barley EGF - said to have results comparable to botox - cultured in an ecologically-engineered greenhouse in Iceland powered by sustainable geothermal energy. The EGF Serum delivers proven results with only 7 pure ingredients. Other products in the range are the Hydrating Cream and the EGF Essence, a light, hydrating face essence enriched with EFG, a volcanic exfoliator, body serum, face masks and pure Icelandic water to prep the skin for serum and moisturiser.

Left - BIOEFFECT - EGF Serum - 15ml - £129, Volcanic Exfoliator - 60ml - £32, Hydrating Cream - 50ml - £95, EGF Eye Serum - 6ml - £69

TheChicGeek says, “BIOEFFECT was founded by three Icelandic scientists when they discovered, after over a decade of research, a way to produce plant-based EGF - Epidermal Growth Factor - in barley plants. This looks, feels and is premium. I tried and tested the serum, moisturiser, exfoliator and eye serum. Both the serum and moisturiser had a nourishing and mattifying effect on my skin, leaving it feeling healthy, fed and hydrated. The exfoliator had a slightly nutty/almondy fragrance, but I feel it needs slightly more abrasiveness or foaming to feel more exfoliator-like. The eye serum could be easily applied with a soothing steel rollerball.

This range is fairly pricey so you might not want to buy the entire selection. If I was going to choose 2 standouts, it would be the Serum and the Hydrating Cream.”

www.bioeffect.com

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Not long ago, every major high street in Greater London, from Ilford to Uxbridge, had its landmark department store. The West End was full of them – from Debenham & Freebody on Wigmore Street, to Swan & Edgar at Piccadilly Circus. But now the department store is suddenly an endangered species. We've lost an astonishing 83% in the past six years. 

Left - London's Lost Department Stores - £16.99 

Today’s consumer has little idea of the sheer dazzle of these ‘Halls of Temptation’ during the golden age of shopping – of their sheer theatrical spectacle, the overwhelming assault on the senses, the astonishing architectural élan.

Right - The escalators at DH Evans - the now closed House of Fraser

From the fabulous Art Deco of Derry & Toms, to the startling Moderne lines of Holdrons of Peckham Rye, department stores led the way in fashion and design. As new social hubs for the independent Victorian woman, they engineered social progress. They became legendary for their publicity stunts, their Christmas shop windows, their exotic pet departments, their furs: as places where you could buy anything – 'from an elephant to a pin'. 

Left - Grants Croydon

Bursting with original research and anecdote, illustrated with superb period photographs throughout, this unique store-by-store history brings to life a vanished era of confidence and style. For London-lovers, architecture buffs, history flâneurs, fashionistas, former loyal workers, Are You Being Served obsessives, and anyone who has ever loved riding the escalator up, up, up.

TheChicGeek says, "This book is packed full of history and factual nuggets on the once household names of London department stores and the societal changes that they instigated and witnessed. We've grown obsessed with the downfall of the department store recently, but, this book, and its 50 lost stores of London, illustrates how they have been coming and going as long as they have existed.

You need exaggeration to be a successful actor, and your Venice Film Festival wardrobe should follow suit. Following Harry Styles' Gucci dagger collars, you'll want to look as sharp as this guy and it's not just for the red carpet.

Look to pure 1970s Mafia style in 1990s classis, Goodfellas, and opt for super pointed collars on your next shirt. Plain or patterned, the choice is yours. Just wear buttoned up.

Left - Harry Styles in Gucci at the Venice Film Festival

Left - King & Tuckfield - Pointed Collar Long Line Shirt - £295

Below - Cathcart London - Burgundy Camp Shirt - £75

Left - Phix London - 60S Geometric Shirt - £90

Left - The New Vintage Store - Long Pointed Collar, Yellow Gingham Checks Men Shirt, Vintage Dagger Collar Shirt, Spear Collar, Gangster collar, Goodfellas Revival, WWII - £82.22

Left - Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas

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