Editor\'s letter

Now is the perfect time to start thinking about getting your body in shape for summer. If you\'re planning your holidays, there are heaps of great products on the market to get your skin on the glow. Check out our expert guide to fake tanning plus our bikini body special for advice and inspiration. This week\'s treats should help get you in the mood for the weekend ahead - from funky new Ray-Bans to hot beach dresses - we\'ve had a ball this week finding the most wanted buys for you!

 
Natasha Aitken, Editor

Comme Des Garcons

These little beauties are perfect to cheer you up on a rainy day and will look equally amazing when the sun decides to pay us another visit. Designed by über trendy Parisian label Comme Des Garcons and sold by even über trendier destination boutique Dover Street Market you\'d be forgiven for thinking they cost two arms and a leg. Wrong! For a cheeky £50 you could slide one into your wardrobe to have and to hold. Amen.

 
Polyeurethane bags available in 3 different colours, £50 by Comme Des Garcons from the Dover Street Market

Kate Sheridan wolf motif
wash bags

Off on a weekend break? No-one wants to look like Worzel Gummidge on a camping trip when they\'re hitting the continent, so if it\'s all about the luggage for you then this Kate Sheridan wash bag is not only functional, it\'s quite handsome too. We were rather taken with the design on this one, a kind of modern twist on the classic country flora and fauna look. Plus it\'s got a wolf motif and everyone knows that wolves are cooooool.

 
£22.00, available at Urban Outfitters
Out now

Beach dresses from Mina

If you\'re already making a packing list for your summer holiday... we hate you. Nonetheless you should check out this gorgeous summery range of beach dresses from Mina. There are loads of colours to choose from and the best part is they all go well with a tan and a Pina Colada.

From £55 by Mina, available from www.minauk.com, independent boutiques across the UK and selected Topshop stores.

Speed Racer: The IMAX Experience - Go Speed, go!

Just because summer seems to be on the horizon doesn\'t mean you have to waste your day ‘getting out in the fresh air\'. Get your ass down to the nearest IMAX and spend a couple of hours in the dark enjoying 800km/h speeds with wild car races that make Days Of Thunder look like a merry go round. Then run out of the cinema making "neeeeoooowww" noises. Love it. 

Out now

Spa Paradisa Love Your Skin Collection

Get your body into shape for the summer with this yummy new Love Your Skin collection from Spa Paradisa. The body scrub, gradual self-tan moisturiser, and body balm have a delicious kick of passion fruit and tropics that will have to aching for a pina coloda poolside. From £7 - nice price too.

 
Available at Debenhams or find out more at www.spaparadisa.com
Out now

Shelter from Philosophy

It\'s a plain and simple fact that while the sun delivers us our much needed Vitamin D and of course gives us a gorgeous glow, not using protection will ultimately lead to nasty old wrinkles. There\'s a lot to choose from out there but this little number from Philosophy has SPF 30 and lots of other goodies to keep you looking peachy in the heat.

£20 John Lewis, Selfridges, HQHair.com and OVC.
Out now

Urban Decay Good Karma Brush -- Big Buddha

Softer than a feather and nice and big, this fashionably purple brush is perfect for a light all over body dusting of your favourite bronzer. There\'s a full range of different sizes for your pleasure - but hey size matters and we like the BIG one!

Ray-Bans

Now that every 14-year-old with a passing interest in fashion is wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, it\'s time to find a new, more grown-up style. Step up the ‘Jackie Ohh II\', Ray-Ban\'s hot new girlie shades which pay homage to style goddess Jackie Onassis. Available in black, tortoiseshell and white, they\'re all set to become the next generation of iconic eyewear.

Ray-Ban ‘Jackie Ohh II\', £97.50 from David Clulow and Sunglass Hut. Stockist Enquiries: 020 7935 4723.

Krispy Kreme Summer Fruits collection

Three things are pretty much guaranteed to make us squeal with pure joy: cute babies, killer new shoes and the gooey goodness of a Krispy Kreme. Oh happy day then, as the doughnut kings have now come out with a Summer Fruits collection, our favourite being the Perfectly Peach. Homer Simpson "Mmm..." noises optional.

£1.35 each, for locations visit www.krispykreme.co.uk

Free champagne

Have two better words ever been spoken? To celebrate the summer social calendar kicking off with the Chelsea Flower Show, any lady who lunches (or afternoon teas) at London\'s The Landau restaurant in The Langham hotel wearing a \'suitably elegant\' hat will be treated to complimentary Laurent Perrier champagne throughout the meal. Leave your hat on? Try and wrestle it off of us.

 
20 May to 6 July. For reservations call 0 20 7965 0165 and see menus at www.thelandau.com