Lydia Bright's hair at 2012 TV BAFTA Awards

I have a soft spot for Lydia Bright as you know, and at last night's TV BAFTA Awards she looked particularly lovely on the Union Jack carpet wearing a full-length, embellished dress that will be available from her boutique, Bella Sorella, fresh make-up and a soft updo courtesy of celeb hairdresser, Mark Hill.

If you want to steal Lydia's hair style (if mine's long enough I might try it for one of the Jubilee parties I'm off to at the weekend), the peeps at Mark Hill have sent me the following three-step instructions:

Step 1: Spray your roots with volume spray (Mark used Big Night Out, Supersize Me Volume Spray) and blow dry with as much volume as possible.

Step 2: Gently smooth the hair into a low slung side ponytail. Use your fingers to twist small sections of the hair around each other to create a chic chignon.

Step 3: Use a diamante hairband to add extra glamour and finish with a spritz of shine spray (Mark used his Defrizz-ilicious Bedazzled Anti Humidity Shine Spray)

The finished product; Lydia poses with Mark Hill on the Union Jack carpet

Images courtesy of Mark Hill.

Big swims, big sun and a foam party

Back in April, I told you about a charity swim three of my bezzie buddies were doing to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Our gorgeous young friend Lily, who is the recipient of most of my unworn clothes, was diagnosed with Type 1 when she was just 10 years old and along with her parents, Rose and David, one of my oldest mates, Jane, also spent her Saturday morning swimming a whole mile in the Royal Victoria Dock to raise much-needed funds for the charity.

Along with Lily's little brother Sonny, I was there to cheer them on; and they managed to raise a whopping £1,000 between them. We're hoping to organise our own little fund raising event over the summer, with a fashionable twist of some description, so watch this space if it's a charity that you'd like to support.

And as for the rest of the weekend, well, it was sun and fun all the way....

Cheryl Cole Cavalli print trousers The Voice semi final May 26th 2012

Before I prattle on about my Saturday, can we spare a moment to talk about the delightful trousers Cheryl (no longer Cole or Tweedy) was wearing on last night's semi final of The Voice? I'm mad for those pants, man.

We've been avidly watching the clip on the BBC iPlayer this morning because Rachel, my boy's dance instructor at drama school (yes, he's got jazz hands), was dancing with Ms. No Surname. How cool is that? I hope she doesn't teach El any of Cheryl's crotch grabbing moves, though.

I've always had a soft spot for Chezza's style and I absolutely loved her colourful print silk trousers matched with a leopard brint bustier and boots and a fuchsia waistcoat.

Holly wonders if Cheryl will somehow manage to flirt with Will-i-am in her 30 second interview - and she didn't disappoint

The mad (in the best possible way) outfit had Roberto Cavalli written all over it, so no surprise that the designer - who has long had Cheryl pegged as a muse - created it for her especially for the performance.


Never fear, you too can have breathtaking legs by choosing one of the following designs...

Fashion Detective and gnome

Spot the sunburn

It has been a crazy ass 24-hours. I'm sun-burned (tut), hay fevered-out and full of pride after my brave friends swam a mile in The Thames for a v good cause and lived to tell the tale.

It's too late to tell that tale right now, so let me leave you with a pic of me and a gnome in which I'm wearing my fave H! by Henry Holland top and brand new Tigress sunglasses by Polaroid.

I promise to spill all the beans in the 'morrow - and to tell you why I voted for Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest (oh come on, you wanted to know "how looks the trumpet" too...)

Donna Ida Diamond Jubilee competition - what would you do if you were queen for a day?

I'm a big dan of Donna Ida, aka The Jeans Queen, so when Donna asked me what I'd get up to if I was Queen for the day, I didn't hesitate to fill her in, as it were.

My mug is featured on Donna's blog along with lots of other fashion types, talking about what we'd do if we were royalty for 24 hours. Typically, as you'll see above, my fantasy leads straight  to Dave Grohl (don't all fantasies?) and is hardly for the good of the people, but if you have a more wholseome idea in mind - or a more fashionable one - you could win a £50 voucher to spend on the lovely full-price goodies Donna has to offer (I'd be heading straight to put my voucher towards the Beyond Vintage floral poncho or the Current/Elliott skinny floral jeans).

To enter, tell Donna what you would do if you were Queen for the day by commenting on her blog or via Twitter, using the hashtag #queenforaday.

And if you need more inspiration, here's what Polly Vernon, Lorraine Candy and Donna herself would get up to...