Chanel and Lego show it’s hip to be square What’s expensive, fashionable but could be mistaken for a toy? Why it’s the Lego Chanel clutch bag Fashion designer and serial Diet Coke drinker Karl Lagerfeld has revealed his inner-Lego fan with his latest clothing line. Designed for the spring/summer 2013 collection, the brightly coloured clutch bag – no, it’s not a handbag – combines the blocky nature of Lego with a bit of French flair, making for one of the weirdest fashion creations we’ve seen....

Chevrolet Volt to get plug-in hybrid successor in Cadillac ELR This tease should be unveiled next month as the reality of the Converj concept car arrives Cadillac has just released this shady picture of a new car it will unveil next month. Judging from the Converj concept car, that was similarly shaped, we’re expecting the Cadillac ELR plug-in hybrid to look like this: And under the hood it should use a similar, if not identical, setup to the Chevrolet Volt....

Colorware blasts your retinas with custom iPhone 5 colours Black or white too bland for you? Why not mix things up a bit by pimping out your latest iThing with any colour you want. Just make sure it matches. Please Colorware continues its tradition of beautifying (or uglifiying) devices by announcing that the iPhone 5 can now receive its special paint job treatment. ForUS$1700, you can use your own black or white 64GB iPhone 5 as a blank canvas, with options to change the colour of the home button, SIM tray, rear backplate and the top and bottom rear glass segments....

Comics get their own section in Apple’s iBookstore Watch out Comixology – Apple has a marvel of an idea for owning the comics market Apple’s added a standalone comic book section to itsiBookstore, adding a bit of geek chic credibility to its online library. Comixology – the world’s biggest online comic book archive – had better watch out as Apple’s muscling in on its patch – and it’s got contacts....

Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat motorcycle is a wolf in wolf’s clothing Who needs a Ducati when you could pull up on the mad Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat motorcycle? Some motorcycles are designed to go around corners extremely fast, others are simply to be admired for their looks. The Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat sits somewhere in between – but there’s no mistaking this extremely rare machine is as cool as Steve McQueen....

Configure your new £190,000 Aston Martin Vanquish now Would Sir care for a Cuban cigar while his super sleek supercar is being forged? If you’ve finished drooling overAston Martin’s new Vanquish, your thoughts have probably turned to what colour you’d like to own it in. After all, if you’re dropping £190,000 on a V12 supercar, you’ll want to make sure it’s in exactly the right shade of red. Or blue. Or, if you’ve gone mad, beige....

Connect TV adds internet channels to Freeview Expand your viewing set-up without an expensive wedge of Smart TV If the chances of you splashing out on a fancy Smart TV from LG or Samsung are about as likely asthis being your next pad, you’ll probably be sat in front of your seemingly boring box bitching about your mates as we speak. But all is not lost – Connect TV is charging to your rescue with a new platform for Freeview that lets you select internet TV channels from within your existing EPG....