Summers the time for itty bitty little shorts. Show your knee caps and flash some thigh. Chopped, trashed, ripped and studded or make with the scissors and do your own DIY style.

Thigh high is best - wear them short, sharp and tiny. Not for the faint hearted Sass and Bide cropped ‘love mad' shorts are for flashing daddy long legs. Side high and raised, they're cheeky, rude and bleached. Wear with boots for the off duty model look.

Lee have some great coral cut off's for $99.95 with super cute fringed edges that will give your marle grey tee a zest of pop.

Technically not denim, well not at all... Anna and Boy's pretty as a button old school floral shorts are for the girls next door. Wear them with your canvas trainers.

And finally, nothing say's "I'm hot so bugger off" like good vintage inspired denim. One Teaspoon's Bonita Baggy Shorts $89.95 are trashed to an inch of their life.

By Kat Jade

Now survival lists always seem annoyingly inaccurate and useless. So I'm going to write down all the real things I'm hot and horny for this summer, in hope that it will rock someone's shopping world. See you round some sun cream...

Sparkly Dope Party Frocks

Go super embellished for that special event, Grecian for work or micro floral for casual days. Check Laurence Pasquir for easy wear.

Old Skool Swimmers

Go old school pool side with Lover the Label. Gals with flowers in their hair and guitars on the back seat.

Cropped is Back

GULP. Do nude, beige, white, baby pink or neutral cropped tees. Think macaroons, baby animals and pretty confectionary colours. They are the new black.

Last Minute Summer Essentials

A new fragrance, Jamie T's new album Sticks and Stone's, ‘borrowing' your mum's old big rings and the family jewels. Hair that's messed by the sea and mental rainbow coloured nails, starting with blue.

Kat Jade x

Former Ksubi designer, Jordan Askill has already made his mark with his apocolyptic 3D sculptures and his 3 year stint in Paris at Dior Homme.

His most recent project is just as brooding and futuristic. His beautiful new jewellery line is both classical yet modern. Referencing "nostalgia of youth, fine jewellery methods of the past, and the world around us" as his inspiration, the collection has a distinct organic-meets-robot feel.

Jordan Askill’s first collection is exclusively sold in Dover Street Market, London, the Rick Owens boutique, Paris and Lands End store, Sydney.

The new range from Evil Twin (designed by one half of Mink Pink) merges surf-grunge cutaway dresses, boyfriend shorts, wet leather tees, 90's tassles and rainbow prints for a collection sure to set many hearts on fire.

Everything is gloriously priced between $39.99 and $199.95 and due to hit stores late August.

You can also grab it online at Nasty Gal.

There's nothing quite like a cranium bag to stuff your keys into. Better still, a long rattling chain of bones swathed around a chalk white neck. Morbid? No way!

French artist Natalie Brilla's flocked hand bags add a Morticia zing to your wardrobe, whilst KarenWalker's She's Cracked Runaway accessories are the most affordbale voodoo slam your outfit can get. For the wealthier goths, get into Alexander McQueen's crystal encrusted cocktail ring.