Index

What's hot and what's not

WHAT'S HOT

Le Quatorze Juillet, Citoyensoui, it's aujourd'hui. Get out and storm that darn Bastille

Melinda Gatesbillionaire philanthropist and practising Catholic, telling the Vatican that African women will "vote with their feet" on contraception, just as she and her husband, Bill, pump a further fortune into family planning for developing countries

Crochetthink a little cape in mustard wool. Very Marc Jacobs. Get the hook out

The tuxedo for womenvery YSL, and also the only way to get through the remaining and pretty chilly weddings of the summer

Heatwave envywe know it's wrong when people have suffered so much in the US but would a week of heatwave here really be so bad?

Strawberries at the side of the roadWe wish they were there all year 'round.

Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange'forget all the chatter about his sexuality, this is one of the albums of the year

Turquoise ringsespecially if they once belonged to Jane Austen. Her pretty little one sold for €192,931 in London this week

Peter O'Toole(80 next month) announcing his retirement from acting in a "dry-eyed but profoundly grateful farewell". He's going to devote himself to the third volume of his memoirs

Neon nail varnishparticularly on your toenails - even if you're the only person to see them this weather, the colour is cheering

WHAT'S NOT

Skinny August magazinesso much for so little

Grafton Streetlooks just like a high street in a depressed part of England. Those poor tourists, what are we doing to them?

Hawaiian tropical printnot a good look. Only teenage boys can wear it, and even then . . .

Is the Dáil sittingor is it over for the summer? How can we tell?

Dublin-biking along Temple BarBetter than toffee for removing fillings

Not-on-holiday hellYour workmates are all off sunning themselves, so your workload means you can't even make it outside for a scabby sandwich in the park