JustJared. Brooches: Silver Groves art deco brooch, Jean Despres 1937 brooch, Marni brooch from Net-a-Porter, NW3 by Hobbs Cricket brooch from Asos.

In the last few years I've become a big fan of kate Winslet's style on the red carpet. She wears a lot of black and plenty of Yves Saint Laurent and Stella McCartney.

I initially thought that this black number on the right was another timeless YSL but it's in fact Ralph Lauren, who I often forget how well does evening wear. I love the asymmetric top but my favourite thing about it is the art deco brooch holding the strap around the neck to the dress.
I'm not usually a brooch person but I love art deco architecture, furniture and jewellery. And in this case I think it's the accessory that makes the look and the green really suits Kate. So I had a look around online for some vintage and new art deco-inspired brooches. My favourite of all four are the Asos' cricket one because it's fun and super chic and the 1937 Jean Despres one, the master of art deco jewellery.

Are you keen?

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Okay, this is starting to seem like I am obsessed with finding similarities between the Cruise collections currently coming out and past creations from other designers.

The fact is that, apart from the golden brooch trend we've seen at McCartney and Gucci, not much feels fresh in some of the resort lines from the most acclaimed designers. I quite liked Stella's creations because they're fun and easy to sell but who can deny very obvious resemblance with Prada's overexposed stripes from ss11, Miuccia's surprising palm tree prints from ss10 (Wintour approved), or with Maison Martin Margiela's photographic prints? I know a beach and a palm tree are not something anyone can trademark for themselves but if someone like Prada or MMM has done it before what are the chances of doing it better?

Two other lookalikes, while more isolated, are Lanvin's take on khaki tweed and Pringle's graphic print draped dresses. The first we saw at Chanel for PreFall11 both on the catwalk and on Baptiste and Freja in magazines. And the second back in fw10 at one of Peter Pilotto's most memorable runway shows.

What do you make of all of this?