Buy check pieces now and we promise you, you will be wearing them well into next year as check is your new basic. Clash prints, colours and textures and you are onto a winner – if you’re brave enough.

1. Paper London @ Brown Thomas (€475)

2. Blue trousers, New Look (€29.99); mustard coat, New Look (€49.99).

3. Trousers, Next (€44); blazer, Next (€70).

4. Coat, New Look (€49.99).

5. Blazer, Next (€55).

6. Dress, Miss Selfridge (€40).

7. Jacket, Miss Selfridge (€79).

8. Balenciaga @ Brown Thomas (€850).

9. Top, Debenhams (€38).

10. Trousers, Penneys (€16).

11. Boots, New Look (€39.99).

12. Boots, Next (€57).

13. Heels, River Island (€50).

14. Bag, River Island (€43).