In pictures: Conservative trendwatch

Kilts, over-plucked eyebrows ... Hang on, isn't this supposed to be in the John Galliano for Dior gallery? Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Oh dear. It's all just a bit too much excitement up in Blackpool, isn't it? The chap on the left has Morrissey's Everyday is like Sunday going round his head Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Alan Duncan MP seems to be adopting some kind of perma-tanned Eurotrash bouffant look here. Bet that wows the constituency ladies in in Melton Mowbray Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Checked socks and Rockport shoes. They'll be handy for a sneaky game of chess during the duller speeches Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Further proof, if proof were needed, that the Iron Lady/Queen style axis lives on. Twinset, check. Pearls, check. Formidable hair, check Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Every Tory's dilemma, this: how to deal with Brown. Complement? Accessorise? Go green? Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

I have been searching in vain for the style influence of Theresa May. Alas, not a kitten heel in sight Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Hang on a second! There it is! Kitten heel, Kate Middleton chic. It's the new Young Tory. Samantha Cameron, get her a Smythson discount at once Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Yes, the digital switchover is imminent Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

And with this, the art of caption writing is dead Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian