Countryside style influences collections every Winter and this season is no different. However, 2012 shows a more glamorous side to tailoring and tweed, with fur and animal print featuring in most. Warm aubergine, burgundy tones run alongside lilac and emerald. Ralph Lauren kept the feel masculine and relaxed with shirts and ties peeping from underneath jumpers and jackets, whereas Tommy Hilfiger's designs were much more crisp and polished.  I picked up the blazer below from work; the lilac turn-ups give it the feminine quality needed with such a masculine material and fit. The warm brown tweed is complimented by the beige trousers which bear resemblance to jodhpurs, therefore relating to the country theme. The warmth of the shirt compliments that of the blazer and the lace again adds to the glamorous femininity hidden beneath layers of tradition. The snood brings in an element of print and texture, lifting the composition, and I just couldn't help myself with the shoes. I tried to find something else but once I'd seen them it was inevitable. They bring a sense of knowing wit - the rich stately home folk are often eccentrics, don't you know?