It has always been a winner for underwear, food and 'nice' gifts for parents but of recent times M&S has been making fairly good progress on the fashion front.

The most recent addition of the Limited Collection fronted by the ever present Lily Cole may just get get M&S where it has been striving to be for the past few years.

View the full Limited Collection range at www.marksandspencer.com 

I don't know much about Aldo and have never visited one of their stores but I often see their name mentioned in magazines in relation to shoes and handbags which grab my attention.

After noticing a interesting pair of Dip-Dye stilettos in Look magazine I decided to delve deeper and was pleasantly surprised...

....Probably appealing to the quirky side of my nature, this BellFlower mustard bag caught my eye. Also available in orange, these colours are hot off the spring/summer catwalk and the deluxe detail is right on trend. At only £30, I hope it is as good in the flesh!

For everyone else, there are some great shoes and accessories available on the Aldo website - worth a look www.aldoshoes.com