Online boutique La Garconne has just received a delivery of pieces from uber-Parisienne label Carven, and we'd advise you to hotfoot it over there before it sells out.

Under the steerage of new creative director Guillaume Henry, the French fashion house - founded in 1945 by couturier Madame Carven - takes the prim and the proper, and then blends this seamlessly with modern verve and upmarket sex-appeal.

Simultaneously demure and confident, (see body-con jersey dresses and elegant silk blouses as evidence) we're loving the subtle substance of the A/W 2010 collection.

Our picks include a very 'conservative chic' silk collar neckpiece, and what appears to be the ultimate camel coat...