Belvedere, who is a shameless frockist, is extremely diverted by the news from the Catwalk. Of course, we have been here before, and leopard print has been with us for many seasons, but now the focus has shifted, away from the frisson of big cat allure. It’s once more, but with (small) felines. 

Cats, actual cats, are everywhere, dear hearts, simple everywhere. Stalking down the catwalk, staring out of their transparent backpacks in the FROW with their butlers, providing extra style and ‘tude in fashion shoots and as motifs on the actual pieces. 

They are having a particular moment in Menswear, so Belvedere tells me, with a faraway look in his eyes. He’s been practising his prowl and twirl, perfecting his insolent stare and dusting off his own version of Blue Steel, Just in case.

At the recent Menswear Fashion Weeks in Milan and Paris both JW Anderson and Givenchy went full feline. Anderson featured a portrait of Polly Kubrick, patroness of movie legend Stanley, on tops and tote bags. Givenchy played with cat prints.(Fashionistas will remember that Hubert de Givenchy, the aristo founder of the House of Givenchy, dressed Audrey Hepburn off screen and on. In the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, he made Audrey look so stylish in her supporting role she almost upstaged her leading man, the magnificent Cat (see post below, The Niner List:Movies, 9 December).  

It just goes to show, doesn’t it sweeties. Fashion is ever fickle, otherwise it wouldn’t be a multi-million dollar industry, and it works because humanity gets bored very easily, Be of cheer, I tell Belvedere, who gets downhearted very quickly, even when the moment passes, as it must, cats are, and always will be, effortlessly stylish. 

For how to be effortlessly stylish regardless of fashion, have a look at our self-help manual for humans, Be More Cat.