Not that I've got any pull-out-all-the-stops Christmas party invites to wardrobe-cater for! Since having a baby my social life seems to rely on friends and family coming around to our house so that Hector can be asleep in his cot by 7pm. So this season it's all about pieces that are party-ready ...

We've all done it, the annual unpacking of the winter coats. Wedged to the back of the wardrobe for months, the ritual entails rediscovering old faves you've forgotten, a swift try on session, followed by the hanging up of a carefully edited, mini capsule line up of winners. The losers have ...