Are you at the beach? No? You should be. Gwen is. She is styling it up in Jamaica with Gav and the babes.

I've just been in Eden on the southern coast of New South Wales. There I saw humans of all persuasions dressed in dripping bathers/swimmers/cossies in all manner of shops. If only they had half the style of Gwen Stefani, I'd still have my sight.

Had to poke my eyes out with the counterfeit fiver I got from the Liquorland at Merimbula when I was buying my sparkling domestic for New Year's eve.

You can avoid causing similar injuries with a black harem pant, a loose white shirt over black bikini, solid black sunnies, a debonair trilby and perfect red lips.

Gosh wouldn't it be a miracle if people of the Sapphire Coast started dressing for the beach like this? True, it would also be a miracle if they all launched successful solo careers after lording it over us, midriff bared, in a quasi pop punk band.

Quite a nice white crocheted top by The Casette Society.
Similar specs from Quiksilver.
Pants from Nicola Finetti.
Trilbies galore at David Jones.
Best red lippy ever - Russian Red by M.A.C.