The fashion victim I am - how I'm starting to like western fringing now it's becoming popular.

It's bloody expensive and it's a total fad. It looks horrible on shoes, skirts, tops, dresses. Once upon a time I thought it looked pretty naff on bags too. 

But I'm starting to covet a black fringed bag or mega clutch a'la Prada and everyone, from Top Shop to Oasis and back again, are doing fabulous versions. 

But maybe this is the one subtle way of wearing the trend without looking too, well, Western. 

So you can do trendy rock chick with your fringed shoulder bag, biker jacket, skinnies and strappy shoe boots. 

Or you can do extreme fashionista with a little sparkly dress, strappy shoe boots (oh how they work with everything!) and your fringed clutch. 

In fact Leona (right) proves a fringed shopper looks pretty good with the casual belted cardie over vest look too. 

But I can foresee this trend being a stick in the mud, it will look good for approximately ten minutes. Which makes it such a shame it's so god damn pricey. The cheap ones look just that, cheap. So unless you are willing to spend a minimum of 50 quid, forget it and stick to chain bags.