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Jasper Conran Spring/Summer 2014 Collection

The Jasper Conran show provided a ray of sunshine through the incessant rain filled day that was day one of London Fashion Week. Think preppy collars, capri pants, pressed shirts and pants; and fifties inspired silhouettes in block prints, subtle peplums, pastel Ikat prints and sunshine-yellow stripes.

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London Fashion Week

Constant rain, getting on the wrong train and rushing around to get to shows on time summed up day 1 of London Fashion Week for me. Despite the weather, there was still a buzzing excitement at Somerset House although getting photos of fashionistas in their finest proved difficult with the pouring rain. It wasn’t all bad as I managed to …

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Vionnet Fall Couture 2013

Vionnet Collection The technical problems that delayed Vionnet’s demi-couture presentation by a full day were hardly minor: Faulty thread had ruined the collection, requiring seamstresses to forego sleep and recreate many of the 15 dresses in under 48 hours. The capes and gowns were inspired by the archive of couture great Madeleine Vionnet, and the illustrations Thayaht made of her …

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Viktor & Rolf Fall Couture 2013

Viktor & Rolf Collection It will be difficult for Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren to ever top their Maggie-Rizer-on-a-turntable “Russian Doll” collection, and the fashion euphoria it unleashed back in 1999. Returning to the couture stage on Wednesday night after a 13-year absence, the Dutch designers went for something altogether more contemplative, yet mesmerizing in its own way. Twenty models …

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Atelier Versace Couture Fall 2013

Versace Collection The way a fundamentalist believes in redemption or a Buddhist monk in karma, that’s how Donatella Versace believes in glamour. To the core. Glamour is not superficial; Lord knows, it’s not accidental. For her couture collection, Versace wanted “to go back to real glamour,” the kind that pulsed through the photographs of Horst and Man Ray, “that black-and-white …

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Valentino Fall Couture 2013

Valentino Collection: “A cabinet of curiosities.” What a splendid starting point for couture, a realm supposedly unique as well as sublime. The notion worked beautifully for Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, whose now-identifiable signature – romantic elegance evocative of Renaissance portraiture – has a pristine core well-suited to surface eccentricity. “Very interesting pieces, big or strange, we wanted …

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Global Kids’ Fashion Week (GKFW) takes place in London

The first ever Global Kids’ Fashion Week (GKFW) took place last Tuesday in London to celebrate the thriving industry of children’s wear. From Chloe’s ‘mini me’ girls collection launched in 2007 to Stella McCartney for Kids launched in 2010, each year a number of designers branch into kids wear so it was just a matter of time before an event …

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London Fashion Week: Things to look out for

London Fashion Week which starts today and New York is already a distant memory. The entire capital has got fashion fever and here’s a few events to sink your teeth into: This year, there’s a lot to look forward including Tom Ford’s first ever full-scale catwalk show in the capital, which according to reports has a record number of US …

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Browns Focus To Launch Street Style Pop-Up Shop

Browns Focus will open a street style pop-up shop on February 15, to celebrate the first day of London Fashion Week. The London-based boutique has hired styling couple Damian Collins and Avigail Claire to curate the space – which is dedicated to Nineties-inspired branded clothing. The pair will also be on hand to offer style advice to any shoppers. The …

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London Fashion Week to be more accessible thanks to Topshop and Google.

The  London Fashion Week experience will be enhanced thanks to a Google and Topshop collaboration. The high street chain has created a state-of-the-art camera, named Model Cam, to be worn on selected models during the show, so that viewers can see and feel what models experience when they hit the catwalk. The footage will be projected into the show space and also …

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