2013 Spring/Summer's top runway-inspired trends

It's never too early to decide what styles are going to be on your shopping list next season and inform yourself of what's hot and what's not, especially when it comes to investment pieces.  

So, after hours spent poring over the catwalk photos from all the top designers who showed in New York, Paris, Milan and London, we have rounded up a guide of the biggest fashions we can expect in the upcoming season. 

Designers in London, in particular, were keen to appeal to our sweet tooth with wares in shades of sherbet lemon, baby blue, spearmint and fondant pink. Christopher Kane toned down his edgy, Frankenstein nuts-and-bolts theme with the pretty, candy colours, while Erdem teamed his pastel-hued dresses with bright flowers.

Another standout trend was leather. But showing this luxurious material is not confined to jackets and trousers, Monique Lhuillier and Derek Lam experimented with leather skirts and dresses.