If you think of the way we describe certain emotions (seeing red, feeling blue, green with envy), there’s no denying that color and mood are inextricably linked. Slip on a tailored LBD and you instantly feel chic and sexy or pop open a sunny yellow umbrella on a gloomy day and some of that sunniness will undoubtedly rub off on you.

QUIZ: What’s Your Mood?

We do them consciously and sometimes, unconsciously. We’re talking about our habits, the “little things” that we do day in and day out which have formed our daily routine.

The latest accessory trend to hit Cairo is the new watch brand WeWood. Officially launched in Amuse, the Zamalek-based concept store that has become a beacon for a lot of trendy happenings this year, the watches are growing into a surprising success with audience and customers alike.

A Merseyside woman has set up a mobile salon to allow Muslim women to have their hair styled in private.

Organization, I am convinced, is the one surefire way to add minutes to anybody’s day.  This is one of the few things we have control over while so many other aspects of our day seem to be out of our hands.

Talk about killing two birds with the same stone! While no birds were harmed in the making of this Swarovski make-up jewellery , the age old adage never was more true. These beautiful little blingy pendants can be worn as a necklace and when required opened to put on lip gloss.

Fashion moves on every season. Pink is the new black, your next-door-neighbour starts summer's hot new label and the kid you used to babysit ends up with the title of model of the year. But it's no longer enough to know all of that. The dedicated follower of frocks also needs to be able to talk about what the hijabistas are wearing, whether meggings on the All Blacks are a good thing and cripes, what about that crowd sourcing, eh?

There has been much talk and research into feminist ideas and the movement has had its good and bad points. However one area that hasn’t been given sufficient attention is the issue of fashion and it is what I hope to write on in this article, hopefully giving food for further contemplation and debate.