I like your thinking Avalon  

I thought if this earlier...

Brand

Skinny Jeans - Russel Brand

Vain - Russel Brand

Catwalk clothes -  Brand (s)

All around us - Brand (s) 

I hope we get an answer soon - ma heid`s nippin!  

Earthy?

I swear this is doing my head in!

That sounds good to me, Scotty

Might have to wait till Monday for another clue - your poor old heid!

The more I think about it (and it's driven me mad all day!!) I think maybe you're right Ells. I wondered if it could be skin head - being a hairdressers - but then a skinhead wouldn't go to a rockabilly hairdressers!!

Aren't rockabillys the Billy Idol types with the DA haircuts? 

Oh no.   

i'm intrigued ...........please keep us posted! I'll be gutted if I never find out the answer 

I'm still convinced it's Dolce Vita .................Shizzle give us the number so we can call in ourselves 

I've just googled it and it seems a rockabilly hairstyle is something along these lines

so a 'Quiff' style for the men.

Hmmm now I'm thinking along the lines of 'fringe'  as in quiffed fringes, fringed clothing and fringing all around.   I need to stay out of this thread!

Could it be Zoolander? (male model. vain, land all around us etc..)

Bill Haley and the Comets?...............don't mock it was just a guess!

i'm loving all the answers im sure they said its just a one word answer its so annoying isnt it i would give you the number but its in ireland haa

now reading up on rocakabilly hairdressers its seems that its not just people who have those sort of hairstyles but they are taking over for very modern styles at cheaper prices than the likes of Toni and guy

keep the guesses coming and i will call back in with the best one next week there is a cash win on this so obv if someone picks the winning question i will 50 pounds to the charity of your choice cant be fairer than that

I'm wondering if the word ends in 'sy'  pronounced 'sea' - (all around us)

Could even end in 'xy' I suppose - foxy, sexy* etc as they have the 'sea' sound too

* I don't think it's either of these, though

Good thinking 

Posey? 

This has been bugging me! I'm lame at cryptic clues (almost asked my father who does the Times crossword everyday). Has anyone said trendy or trendsetter? 

egocentric

(not sure it fits all the clues though)

Sassy ?

(ass = seen on catwalk.....sy = All around us)

in previous competitions it has been one word and the clues have referred to the actual word not syllables

so im thinking Brand or poseur could be good contenders i'll listen for more clues monday morning and tues and  come back online tuesday i dont think anyone else will get it as its been going on for at least a month if not more

suzybean thats another good guess trendsetter but would that be vain? yes i spose it would

Strutsie? Just seen this in the Urban Dictionary

Think I'm losing the plot a bit TBH. 

 soozy that made me laugh haaa strutsie keep thinking x

Skinny?

ChChanel is on the catwalk and all around us

^^^^^^^^ The Chanel spring collection 2010

Going by the above - and other things you've said - the word you're looking for can be used to describe a person AND also to refer to an object.

The use of the phrase 'can be vain' would suggest that the type of person is often vain, but that vanity is not necessarily present. It would also suggest to me that the sought after word does not actually mean or indicate vanity.

Is this a localised competition or national? If localised then it could be idiomatic.

I think the answer needs to fit in that sentence.. i think my idea of bohemian would fit

 'I often go to a rockabilly type hairdressers it's more for the BOHEMIAN type fella

bohemian noun 1 someone, especially a writer or an artist, who lives in a way which ignores standard customs and rules of social behaviour. 2 (Bohemian) a person from Bohemia, formerly a kingdom, later a part of the Czech Republic. adj 1 ignoring standard customs and rules of social behaviour. 2 (Bohemian) from or belonging or relating to Bohemia. bohemianism 

thats my take on it but i'm dying to know the answer

Mod?

Mod - fashion style and the blokes who dress this way fit the description.

Modern would fit with being all around us I suppose.

Mods don't have rockabilly hairstyles though........I am probably looking too deeply into this.

Yeah, p'raps it is idiomatic 

Fashionable.  Too simple maybe but it is found on the Catwalk and all around us.  

No new clues? I've been away for a couple of days - it's been doing my head in TBH!

Oh Lord! I'd forgotten about this 

Any extra clues??

The radio questions like this can be the worst. Years ago I used to listen to Graham Dene on Capital Radio and he had a running quiz called the Dene (or Dean) machine which I really enjoyed but some of the questions went on forever and day.

hi everyone thanks for your replies i almost missed it this morning so only got half the clue but heard medical dictionary so assume its a word in that

one of the guesses this morning were narcissistic - not right

its been going on for ages now

I'm still opting for Chanel - it is a medical term

Hip?

Good one Avalon and would be connected to Rockabilly. 

Thanks, Tayto.  Can't think where the 'all around us' bit would come in though.  Think I'm going to give up on this one!

This woke me up this morning! I had a dream about this bliddy thread and woke up with 2 answers in my head!  I can't remember either of them atm but will post them later if I do.

I now hate this thread

That's why I thought about Fashionable, it's all around us in many forms.  Dunno.  

  @Ells.  I have contacted 2 friends who are good at cryptic puzzles so I'm heading down that road as well. 

Phat or Phatt - apparently it means someone (or something) who is cooler than cool or hotter than hot, so someone who was phat would probably be vain, too

We have fat all around our bodies (in varying degrees)

Fat would be in the medical dictionary

That is my last (and probably completely  wrong) effort!