Mudguards

Salmon mudguards FTW. Primarily designed for road bikes with tighter clearances than touring/audax/mtb. Can be a bitch to set up, but look sweeet...
http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/colnagmpK.html

Campyoldy has a bunch at the mo, around £40. Not cheap, but if you're after aesthetics, then these are possibly/probably what you want?!

oooOOOOoooo! Nice one - yep will definitely check em out. Thanks for the pointer.