10 things we learnt about style in 2015

1 Piercing got a fashion makeover: Ears proved themselves the new zone for denoting chic at any age. We're now just as likely to spy school-run mums and empty-nesters sporting multiple pretty piercings as cool young starlets like Emma Watson.

"We love that generational thing," says Maria Tash, New York-based piercer to celebrities including actresses d'un certain age, such as Julianne Moore and Uma Thurman.

"When Meg Ryan came in with her daughter, it was a really sweet bonding thing for them," Tash remembers. With a multitude of holes snaking from lobe to cartilage and across to the tragus, it's all about clashing twinkling Carolina Bucci studs with fabulous statement styles (try Marni).