Laurelle Gilbert

If you only do one thing this weekend it has to be visit the Barbican to see The House of Viktor & Rolf. The entire ELLE team had a wowzers moment when we got a sneak peak on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of our celeb packed private view on Tuesday night. As dedicated fans you’ll have seen our video of the party already on ELLE TV (what? you haven’t? click now!!!) and I can assure you Roisin Murphy really was moved to tears when she first saw the huge dolls house which is the centre piece of the whole exhibit.

As I have already managed to marvel at the House of Viktor & Rolf I’m going shopping! The summer sales have started. (Yes I know summer has not actually started…but that doesn’t matter - I’m going to start stocking up for winter now.) I’ll mostly be looking out for interesting things in black -as that will be my uniform come September.

Anything from good quality black sweaters to any and every LBD I can get my hands are top of my list but I’m also on the look out for another great fitting black blazer or tuxedo (these will, without a doubt remain everywhere through to next season so you might as well look for a bargain now) and some tapered trousers. I still haven’t managed to find a pair that I really love - but now that the Matches sale has stared I’ve got my fingers crossed.

I’ll also be looking out for anything checked or plaid and anything sequined - two big trends for next seasons that I don’t think I’ll invest heavily in so will be nice to find something bargainous now!

And the best bit - my boyfriend can absolutely not complain about any of this shopping as I sacrificed a whole day (and by day I mean a whole day of shopping of course!) on our trip to Milan last weekend… to visit a football stadium. Ahh 1-0 to me!

Credit card please…..