It used to be that the upper echelons of fashion would abandon any trend once it was adopted by the masses.
But at the Impulse show at Arnott's yesterday morning, it seemed that the looks affordable to many are still in high-end designer collections for spring and summer.
"We still have combat and camouflage pieces but the overall look for summer is a lot softer," said buyer Mhairi Roche.
"Labels such as Miss Sixty and Morgan filter down the style of pop stars such as Kylie Minogue - which means skirts are all very, very short. We have no knee-length or anything in-between."
Prettiness started with panelled candy-striped shirts (€80) and short pleated pink skirts (€65) by Firetrap, a schoolgirlish look similar to recent Paul Smith collections.
Tie-dye patterns shook off their art student connotations and came in very feminine one shoulder midnight blue tops from Morgan (€95) and a red sporty sweatshirt by Pepe (€35).
The most impressive piece was a long skin- coloured Naf Naf ragged edge dress at a very inexpensive €80.
Outfits which layered a long silk shirt or midriff- exposing cheesecloth top over jeans were shown many times. An Indian Rose floral top (€50) was worn with dark Ted Baker jeans (€80).
Instead of the loose baggy denims of previous seasons, jeans from labels such as Bench (€80) are now tight-fitting with turn-ups to mid-calf.
While many of the clothes were aimed at the 15-25 market, women in their 30s and 40s will find plenty in the Impulse part of the store.
In particular, a beige canvas cotton DKNY coat (€270) with scalloped edge front looked great.
As for men, buyer Yvonne O'Rourke says: "What works best is a mix of something fashionable, like combats, with something conservative, such as a blazer by Urban Stone. Colours are sombre - greens, stone, beige - with bright highlights on, say, sweatshirt stitching."
A typical look was low- slung distressed jeans (the scruffier the better it seems) by DKNY (€175) with a zipped camouflage top by Diesel (€180), a straight jacket.