We may have alluded to this in our round-up on Friday, but we actually think this is deserving of a bit more attention – Debenhams, one of Britain’s best-loved department stores, is breaking boundaries in the world of fashion by banning airbrushing from its summer swimwear campaigns.

Which, when you study images of women in bikinis as much as us (we know you do too), is a sweet sigh of relief.

You see, Debenhams believes that the use of digital retouching to create idealistic body shapes and flawless skin actually makes women feel insecure about their own shape and appearance – and so, by exposing the bluffs of the brush along its way, the retailer’s pledging to promote positive body image.

“As a responsible retailer we want to help customers make the most of their beauty without bombarding them with unattainable body images. Our campaign is all about making women feel good about themselves – not eroding their self belief and esteem by using false comparisons,” says Mark Woods, director of creative & visual at Debenhams.

“As a rule we only airbrush minor things like pigmentation or stray hair and rely on the natural beauty of models to make our product look great,” he adds. “We are proud to bring the issue of re-touching into the main stream when the likes of Britney Spears and Madonna are using un-airbrushed but over-lit images as a shock tactic.”

Debenhams will be trialling the ground-breaking images this summer in store windows for customers to give their feedback.

Well here’s ours – Amen.

Enviably gorgeous model Doutzen Kroes makes us wonder why we’d ever opt for a LBD again when a LGD (little green dress) can look this good. Ok, so we may not have her Victoria’s Secret body, but wearing this piece from top stylist Rachel Roy’s clothing line Doutzen proves that a burst of colour is the smart option when it comes to achieving the wow factor.

With clever cut-out detailing at the waist, this otherwise classic dress is given a contemporary twist, as well as creating an exaggerated hourglass figure. The bold jade green colour makes a real statement and makes the most of the trend for jewel coloured brights. Doutzen keeps the look simple by pairing the dress with killer heels, in this season’s most wearable shade – nude.

If you want to go for a similar look, we’ve found this jade green fitted shift dress from Oasis for ￡75. The zig-zag detailing at the waist creates a panel that elongates your body so you won’t need to worry about that Victoria’s Secret figure after all. Buy it here now.

What: Temperley London sample sale

When: Thursday 23rd September 8am-7pm & Friday 24th September 9am-6.30pm

Why: A stunning selection of samples, womenswear and must-have accessories at significantly lower prices.

Where: 20th Century Theatre, 291 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2QA

Call 0207 229 7957 for more information.

Well what do you know, amidst the wind and rain and abnormally cold temperatures for autumn, there is reason to be excited this morning – Rebecca Minkoff is launching a line of footwear for spring 2011!

Expanding her cult collection of cool ready-to-wear handbags, Minkoff will be adding 25 shoe styles to her accessories label, Nitrolicious reports, which will make their debut on her RTW runway this fashion week – but it’s been three years a-coming for the designer.

“I’ve always been obsessed with shoes,” she says. “I’ve been wanting to do this for three years, but I wanted to wait until it felt right.”

And now that it does, Rebecca’s working her signature sleek style across her new shoes, most of which will feature a trademark leather MAB flap – a reference to her first ever handbag, the Morning After Bag, if you recall, fashion fans.

Needless to say, we’ve already picked our favourites – the Vamp platform which have a decidedly disco design in a nude/navy with silver pebble leather, and the Brooke mini wedge in tan leather and Dalmation haircalf – that come next spring we’ll be wearing religiously.

You’ll be pleased to know they’ll begin retail at a rather reasonable $160 and reach up towards $395, too.

Travis Rathbone

Inès de la Fressange is the kind of woman who gets what she wants. And, as the brand ambassador for the shoe designs of Roger Vivier, de la Fressange wanted a sultry signature fragrance — or five, to be exact. “Our goal was a perfume with personality, style and quality, not just a huge launch with lots of ads,” she says, “so we used very precious and rare ingredients, just like a couture collection.” She worked closely with the nose Rami Mekdachi, and the resulting scents — L’Iris, Le Néroli, La Rose, Le Santal and L’Ambre — are heady but not aggressive. Les Parfums Roger Vivier ($195 a bottle) will make their debut at Fashion’s Night Out on Sept. 10 at the New York boutique (750 Madison Avenue), and they will be available at all Roger Vivier boutiques in October.

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. And you can only regret what you don’t do. Those are the two clichés I live by.”

Marc Jacobs philosophizes in the Telegraph. So which cliché explains his hair transplant?

Dan Glasser James Lavelle

These days, everyone is a curator. Fashionistas curate their closets. Interior designers curate rooms. So it wasn’t such a stretch when London’s Haunch of Venison gallery asked the D.J. James Lavelle, a curator of music, to put together a show of work by visual artists set to his own soundtrack. For “Daydreaming With James Lavelle,” Lavelle, the founder of the Mo’Wax record label and the trip-hop collaborative UNKLE, used his personal street-art collection as a starting point, including works by the graffiti legends Futura, B?st and Faile, and added music-inspired conceptual art by James Shovlin, art-inspired fashion by the London label Boudicca’s and new works made in response to Lavelle’s own compositions to the mix.

“All the mediums have their own impact,” Lavelle says. “But the mood is created through bringing together their individual powers, so that they combine into something even stronger.”

Lavelle’s goal with the show is to establish an “individual and emotional relationship” between work and song. He hit the mark with “Another Night Out” — the song ascribed to the Berlin-based Canadian painter David Nicholson. Nicholson’s painting portrays the salacious Cupid from Caravaggio’s 1601 painting “Amor Vincit Omnia” (“Love Conquers All”) as a restlessly writhing naked Asian girl accompanied by a guitar and a gun. The painting is part of a series inspired by Ovid’s “Remedia Amoris” (“The Cure for Love”), which Nicholson began as a response to his recent divorce.

The artist describes the song by the Stone Roses and former Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan as an astoundingly accurate soundtrack for his current personal status. “I paired him with that song,” Lavelle explains, “because my visual idea of the song was a painting by him. It’s like fitting together a puzzle, and I saw his painting fitting the image in my mind.”

“Daydreaming With … James Lavelle” is at Haunch of Venison (6 Burlington Gardens, London) from Aug. 27 to Aug. 30.

Courtesy of Onassis

While the name Onassis brings to mind the rarefied world of scandalous shipping tycoons, a new men’s-wear line and store of the same name is out to change all that.

Located on Greene Street in SoHo, Onassis is a one-stop shop where any Tom, Dick or Ari can find anything from boxer briefs to sturdy outerwear. Eric Mancuso, the head of sales and marketing for the company, was anxiously putting finishing touches to the shop when The Moment stopped by last week. “We’re going for an old-New York feel,” Mancuso said, surrounded by a sea of handsome slim-line trousers, button-down shirts, coats and knitwear showcased alongside wooden crates, vintage mannequins and iron racks. “It’s back to the good old days, when things were simple and life was easy.”

“Simple” and “easy” are appropriate adjectives for the line, which effortlessly balances rumpled informality and tailored sophistication — without a hint of prepster irony.

Mancuso pointed out that the company is not trying to reinvent the wheel. “Our customer is someone who likes the nicer things in life but doesn’t want to spend $300 on a basic woven shirt,” he said. “Men like their basics and we offer quality, updated basics that can be worn on a daily basis.” Also on offer is coffee, served in a gem of an atrium tucked in back, for mid-afternoon customers needing a jolt to to fuel their shopping.

When pressed on the meaning behind the label’s name, Mancuso matched Aristotle Onassis’s discretion and simply demurred, “The answer to that question is quite fascinating, but it’s better off kept private.”

Onassis is located at 71 Greene Street, New York. ona-ssis.com

Well would you look at this pretty little number? Sadly not for grown-ups, today’s lunchtime buy is a T-shirt dress by Muchacha, featuring delicate bell sleeves and a lovely flared seam – all made with the most fashionable young ladies in mind.

We were immediately drawn to the rabbit and rose print stretching across the front and back; girly, and just that bit more attention grabbing than your standard kidswear buy.

Paired with woolley tights and winter boots, this dress will come in handy over the coming months with the added assurance that no one else will be as stylish out on the playground. It’s a safe bet she’ll love the bright purple colour, too.

Muchacha purple rabbit print dress, ￡79, available at alexandalexa.com. BUY NOW!

Who loves Vivienne Westwood shoes? Everyone does, especially the folks at Selfridges – the luxury department store is hosting the world’s first Vivienne Westwood shoe exhibition, showcasing the designer’s most iconic styles from the last four decades.

And with nearly 200 shoes, it’s a pretty extensive collection, let us tell you. Called Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition – 1973-2010, the space in Selfridges Ultralounge will display the dame’s signature styles throughout her incredible career in fashion, with pieces from her oldest archives to shoes from her latest collection.

Pirate boots of the 80s? Check. Super Elevated Gillie platforms of the 90s (the ones that famously made Naomi Campbell topple down the runway)? You betcha, and plenty more besides, all because, in the words of Viv herself, we must never underestimate the power of the heel: “Shoes must have very high heels and platforms,” she says, “to put women’s beauty on a pedestal.”

Wise words indeed. Oh, and did we mention it opens this week and is free? We suggest you mark Thursday in your diaries, fashion fans – this is one must-see exhibition if ever there was one.

Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition – 1973 – 2010 runs from 26th August – 22nd September at the Ultralounge on the lower ground floor of London’s Selfridges. Visit theevents page for more information