And this is why we go to trade fairs. Trawling the halls at one of Paris's biannual accessories shows, we stumbled on a Japanese womenswear brand which halted any further progress. Founded by Yuka & Yusuke Nakagawa in 2007, Nicholson and Nicholson is all about impeccable craft and simple beauty.

Spring builds on Autumn's success with a classic palette of white, navy and biscuit tailoring, accented with pops of green, red and pink in finest woven tops and immaculate cotton knits. If staff orders are any measure of a collection's reputation, Nicholson & Nicholson is most definitely on the podium.