What’s hot, what’s not

What’s Hot: Napping and bum bags; what's not: The post-holiday balayage

What’s Hot

Napping A 20-minute nap per day and your life will be transformed, experts say

Bum bags The 1990s favourite gets a 2014 update. Well, if Matthew McConaughey was spotted sporting one . . .

Shearling coats Top of our winter wish-list

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Oh, Lisdoonvarna Singletons, get to Co Clare for the 157th matchmaking festival

Planning a winter sun holiday Where's best for a tan in January?

Viva Las Vegas After 20 years, couple scoops $2.4 million on slot machine

What’s Not

Ankle bracelets Yes, on a tropical beach … not with high heels at work

Summer-time food and drink binging Bring on the September detox

The Enterprise to Belfast Dead slow wifi all the way there and back

Celebrity fragrances Apart from teens, who is keeping this racket going?

The post-holiday balayage Dye job now looking a bit sad as the skin pales

Icelandic volcano warnings Stay calm, Bardarbunga, please – no repeats of 2010