Take a walk on the wild side this summer, writes Amanda Griffiths, in a selection of animal prints and cool and crisp shades of the safari

Take a walk on the wild side this summer, writes Amanda Griffiths, in a selection of animal prints and cool and crisp shades of the safari

Stockists in the North of England

Betty Barclay: www.bettybarclay.co.uk Seasons, Clitheroe; Margee, Lancaster; Flamingo, Preston; Novello, Preston; White’s of Garstang, Preston; JR Taylor, St Annes

De Keyser Fashions, Chester; Broadbents, Knutsford; Helen Winterson, Marple; Susie Blues, Sale; Broadbents, Warrington; Hoopers, Wilmslow

Robbs of Hexham; Wadsworth of Newcastle;Fenwick, Newcastle

Bourne: 01482 334590, www.bournecollection.comSolitaire, Darwen; Anya’s Closet, Liverpool; Edwards of Manchester, Manchester; The Last Trading Post, Nelson; Pandora’s Box, Ormskirk, Cachet, Southport

Anya’s Closet, Liverpool; Edwards of Manchester, Manchester

Dune: www.dune.co.uk

Elegance: www.elegance.co.uk

Escada: 0207 245 9800Angela Beer, Bramhall

Gold: 0207 636 2789, www.gold.ieChique of Cleveleys, Cleveleys; Seasons House of Fashion, Clitheroe, Rene’s, Lancaster; Cudworths of Lytham, Lytham; Charles Vermont, Oldham; Flamingo, Penwortham; Canopy, Prestwich; Butterworth Jones, Rawtenstall; Fine Feathers, Tarleton; Barbaras of Standish, Wigan; Maureen Cookson, Whalley

Shelley H Fashion, Ashton on Mersey; Andrea Claire, Cheadle Hulme; Tara Couture, Crewe; Jean Gallimore, Macclesfield; Susie Blues, Poynton and Sale; Extra Special, Nantwich; Helen Winterson, Stockport

Norma and June, Durham; Panache, Ponteland, Newcastle

Fiorelli: www.florelli.com

Jaeger: 0845 051 0063, www.jaeger.co.ukStores in Liverpool, Manchester and Southport; House of Fraser, Manchester; Harvey Nichols, Manchester

Stores in Altrincham, Chester, Ellsemere Port, Knutsford, Liverpool, Manchester and Wilmslow; House of Fraser in Manchester; Harvey Nichols in Manchester

Eldon Square, Newcastle

Jewellery Personalised: www.jewellerypersonalised.co.uk

Joseph Ribkoff: 0800 294 3373Flamingo, Penwortham; Checkmate, Whalley; Aubergine, Wigan; Lady, Wigan

Andrea Claire, Cheadle Hulme; Helen Winterson, Marple; Broadbents, Stockton Heath; Cleopatra, Tarporley

Marc Cain: www.marc-cain.comMarc Cain, Southport; Renes Lapelle, Lancaster

Angela Beer, Bramhall; Si Belle, Tarporley

Olga Berg: www.olgaberg.com

Pied a Terre: www.piedaterre.com

Planet: www.planet.co.ukBeales, Bolton and Southport; Boundary Mills, Colne; John Lewis, Manchester; Planet stores in St Helens and The Trafford Centre

House of Fraser, Altrincham; Beatties, Birkenhead; Planet store in Chester and at Cheshire Oaks

House of Fraser, Darlington and Middlesbrough; Beales, Hexham; John Lewis, Newcastle

Precis Petite: 0844 770 5838, www.precis.co.ukTrafford Centre, Manchester

House of Fraser, Darlington and Middlesbrough; Beales, Hexham; John Lewis, Newcastle