What's hot and what's not in fashion this week


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Double-breasted suits If there's one thing that's come out of the menswear shows in Milan and Paris, which finish today, it is that there is no shame in a well-cut double-breasted suit. Discount Net-a-Porter Apparently - and few details have yet been revealed - the wonderful Net-a-Porter.com is launching an online outlet store called www.TheOutnet.com. February is the ETA - we can't wait. Sundance fashion We're loving the down-home dressing forced on the normally super-glam Hollywood types thanks to snowy weather and a cosy atmosphere at the film festival.

Kate Winslet's LBD (Narciso Rodriguez) After a triumph at the Golden Globes, Kate's winning streak ends with this cheap-looking muttony black dress by Narciso Rodriguez. Hartmarx Corps In spite of an unprecedented boost to business when Barack Obama wore Hart Schaffner Marx suits all year and their tuxedo for his inauguration, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Bad times. Armani vs Dolce & Gabbana Boys, boys, behave! Giorgio has accused Stefano and Domenico of nicking his design for a pair of padded trousers. Their cutting response? "Surely we still have much to learn, but definitely not from him."