For chic ladies, the most important thing to remember is to look elegantly casual during the day and more formal for the evening.

You should create a focal point of your outfit that can cater for both daytime and night-time. Try this Houndstooth Button Front Skirt in Brown Pattern, and team with the ¾ Sleeve Knotted Tee in Black. The black tee will provide a plain base to build upon with accessories if you want to alternate these during the day and night times. To maintain the elegant aspects of the outfit, try the Wool Cashmere Long Coat in Black – this is something that will work for both parts of the day.

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The French Riviera is never short of a boat or yacht show, and what better opportunity to socialise with friends or even network with potential contacts or colleagues. Typically you’ll need a casual outfit for the daytime and perhaps a more formal attire for the evening events.

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If cricket tours, golfing holidays and hockey festivals sound appealing, then watching these world-class sporting events on the beautiful sun-kissed islands of the Caribbean sounds even more attractive. Barbados and the Caribbean is a sporting paradise, and with literally hundreds of major first-class sports tournaments to watch, as well as activities, such as golf, rugby, hockey, netball and cricket to participate in, luxury sports enthusiasts are more than spoilt for choice.

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Should we encourage our six-year-olds to want to drive extremely fast and luxury sports cars? According to a Japanese manufacturer we should – the company has launched a line of scaled-down luxury sports cars intended to entice an audience of six years and upwards.

Although the ‘upwards’ may be the operative word here, as like with many ‘grown-up’ gadgets meant for kids, it is the adults who are more thrilled by their children’s new toys than the kids themselves – namely dads I hasten to add.

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We can all remember in 2009 when the then Manchester United star Christiano Ronaldo crashed his Ferrari in a tunnel near Manchester airport. Months later Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner was left ‘badly shaken’ after he managed to mangle his £120,000 Aston Martin around a tree. Although the numbers of professional footballers who, with more money than sense, just shrug off crashing their six figure luxury cars seem to be escalating every year, it is not just wayward young footballers who are guilty of such senseless acts. Earlier this year troubled Hollywood actor Mel Gibson lost control of his 2008 Maserati Quattroporte and crashed into a hillside in Malibu Canyon.

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