ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: There's a high price to pay for relying on the Bank of Mum

Autumn and another slew of young people have left education to join the jobs market.They add to the already staggeringly large number of Neets – those Not in Education, Employment or Training – said to be almost one million 16-24-year-olds.That figure is based on young people who claim benefits, but what about those who are being subsidised by their parents and not claiming from the State? The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reckons there are about 300,000 of these 'hidden Neets'. I suspect the number is higher.In my middle-class bubble, hardly anyone who has left education in the past year is earning enough money to support themselves. Few are the 21-year-olds who are finishing their degrees and walking into a reasonably paid job. Some are embarking on a second degree to put off the challenge of finding employment.Most are living for free at home or getting help from their parents to pay for a room in a shared flat. Often they'll even get their mobiles paid for (though hopefully not for as long as one ex-Vogue colleague, who confessed her dad still paid for hers when she was married with children).These are the lucky ones, especially since the IFS report also revealed that, in the long term, those who can avoid the benefits system are likely to land a job more quickly. But it's a dilemma for the parents – and often grandparents – bankrolling them. When is it time to stop?Hard-hearted is the parent who will throw their child on Universal Credit if they can possibly afford not to and some house their kids for years through the ups and downs of finding and losing work.Although most young people want to have their own space, there's a lot to be said for a warm house, a full fridge and not having to worry about the household bills.A cosy nest doesn't exactly encourage them to flee, especially if they know they'll find it difficult to make ends meet.Most of us want to help our children as much as we can afford to, but young people need to realise it's their inheritance they are receiving in advance. Parents should make it clear that the longer they are financed by the parental bank account, the less they will be left in the end. When is it time to stop bankrolling young people?, asks Alexandra Shulman Linen just didn't cut it in business classBoarding a British Airways flight from Athens to Heathrow last week, I commented to my husband David that nobody looking at my baggy pale blue linen trousers would realise how expensive they were. They're by Daniela Gregis and cost me £800 five years ago.Sure enough, it wasn't long before my theory was put to the test. We had upgraded ourselves on a last minute deal to Business Class and, about an hour into the journey, I headed to the loo at the front of the plane. As I approached, a ferocious air hostess stepped up and asked where I was sitting. I waved vaguely 'back there', at which point she nearly frogmarched me away from the hallowed toilet, insisting I use the one at the back.It was said with such angry conviction that I meekly retreated, thinking there must be a major issue – a problem with one of the crew, perhaps?A Greek friend, also travelling Business, spotted me being unceremoniously escorted behind the curtain and asked what was happening? On seeing this expensively dressed woman knew me, the hostess asked again where I was sitting. I pointed out my seat, at which point she muttered her rather insincere apologies and led me back to the front of the plane. Clearly my expensive trousers had cut absolutely no swathe with her whatsoever. While travelling Business class on a British Airways flight from Athens to Heathrow, Alexandra Shulman says she was mistaken for being in EconomyCall Ralph to solve the sorry Met messThe saga of the cancelled John Galliano exhibition, scheduled for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art next year, continues to baffle.While creatively British designer Galliano certainly deserves his place among those previously awarded the honour of a Met Gala show, the problems inherent in celebrating a man convicted of anti-semitism, in a city and within an industry reliant on Jewish supporters, should have been clear early on. Not least the fact the opening Met Ball coincided with Yom HaShoah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day.Now the Met and Anna Wintour, the big fundraiser's chair and Galliano's dedicated cheerleader, will have to drum up a substitute at relatively short notice.I nominate giving the floor to Ralph Lauren who heads up the most successful fashion house in America and has yet to be honoured with a major solo show dedicated to his contribution to style. Lauren may not be one of the world's most innovative designers, but there's scarcely a corner of the globe where you won't find a polo shirt with his famous insignia. Who could be more fitting? Pictured: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Guy's Gentlemen hits aristo bullseyeHurrah, The Gentlemen is back with a second series. My favourite characters in the first were the incorrigible drugs baron Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone), and his icy daughter Susie (Kaya Scodelario).But what I find most entertaining is how director Guy Ritchie takes all the aristocratic British tropes – tweeds, shooting, dogs and stately homes – and mashes them into a souped-up criminal world. Much of that premise is not far from the truth. Badminton House in Gloucestershire, where the series is filmed, is still in the Duke of Beaufort's family, but many of our great houses are in the hands of figures who, with a bit of scraping under the surface, have far from unblemished records.As the saying goes: behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Ray Winstone (pictured) stars as Bobby Glass in The GentlemenUncover and rejoice in your freckles...Surely it's time to bring freckles back into fashion. For years women have been trying to banish these adorable additions with creams and procedures, which is crazy. Seeing a friend return from their holiday with freckles adorning their normally porcelain complexion, it took a decade off her.