Agenda: Urban Outfitters and London's YMC; Adelaide Clemens; Jason Molina Benefit; Rich Kids of Instagram; Chase Rhubarb Vodka

 

Fashion: Go the YMC way for autumn cool

Look ahead to a cool and cosy autumn with the latest collaboration at Urban Outfitters, which has teamed up with London's YMC (it stands for You Must Create) on a capsule of snuggly knits and new-season pieces. A palette of claret and fenland greens sets the tone for a simple and nostalgic sartorial switchover. From £130, available online from 1 September, urbanoutfitters.com

Face to watch: Adelaide Clemens

The 22-year-old Australian actress is destined for acclaim, with a lead role in BBC2's upcoming adaptation of modernist epic Parade's End alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and a smaller one in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby

Lexpionage: Ajenda, *.

When a Sunday newspaper supplement considers giving over an entire page at the front of the magazine to the proposed nuptials of Jennifer Aniston, only to think rather better of it before sending the page to print

Match the tweet to the star

Sylvester McCoy, Harry Styles, Molly Ringwald, Richard Madeley

1. It's been a eel-y good day so far..

2. I'm being made an honourary citizen of Tulsa. I'm delighted to become a citizen having been a subject for so long!

3. PS If I can suffer a brutal haircut, why not the Greeks, Spanish etc? Just asking. Night all. X

4. The Greek waiter has a T shirt that says "ADD ME AS A FRIEND" and it kind of makes me want to cry.

App watch: AutoRap

Go with the flow by downloading this hip-hop variant on song-making app Songify. You can either talk into your phone and have your speech morphed into a rap, or rap along to existing songs – either way, just make sure you have excused yourself from all human contact first. Free from iTunes Store and Android Marketplace

Social network: Because some things are worth getting excited about...

Music: Jason Molina Benefit

If the band names Magnolia Electric Co and Songs: Ohia mean anything to you, get down to the Macbeth in London on 9 September for an all-dayer to raise funds for the ailing Jason Molina. bit.ly/Megwlm

Web: Rich Kids of Instagram

Prepare to be struck by a profound sense of Gaaahhhh after viewing this photography series reporting from the frontline of gilded youth. richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com

Drink: Chase Rhubarb Vodka

Simply the best alcohol to have impacted on our livers this summer. Try it with some ginger beer for full aberrant-Enid-Blyton- character deliciousness. £44.99 a bottle from Selfridges, selfridges.com

Match the tweet: 1. HarryStyles; 2. Sylvester Mccoy; 3. Richard Madeley; 4. Molly Ringwald

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