Sinha Stanic SS09
Sinha Stanic held their London Fashion Week show at the Royal Academy of Arts on Thursday. The design duo took their inspirations from Peter Doig and Teddy Girls and mixed up together created a calamity of colour and print.
The Teddy Girl tailoring saw slim cut trousers, Cotton USA Teddy Girl shirts and slim fit jackets.
The bright bright colours clashing pink and red, prints entitled “drowned palm” and “black sun” depicted barren landscapes.
Margaret Howell SS09
The Margaret Howell store on Wigmore Street was quickly transformed on Thursday into slick catwalk space for the Spring Summer 09 show and was soon filled with some of London’s top fashion press.
The clean classic lines that Margaret is so renowned for had us all making mental shopping lists of what to buy when the collection hits the shops next February!
Fashion For Relief
On Wednesday, Naomi Campbell hosted her third Fashion for Relief catwalk show in aid of the White Ribbon Alliance with a little help from her sixty celebrity friends including Cheryl Cole, The Sugababes (one minus shoe), and Daisy Lowe to name but a few.
Highlight of the night was Cilla Black, who closed, and without a doubt stole the show with her amazing performance.
Benefit at Vauxhall Fashion Scout
As one of the principle sponsors of this key event for up and coming fashion talent, Benefit worked closely with session Make-Up-Artist Rachel Wood to perfect looks for the shows.
Swarovski Rocks Giles
New Oxford Street sparkled on Tuesday night as Estelle, Jamelia, Tamsin Eggerton, Nicholas Holt, Jade Parfit, Jasmine Guinness, Jo and Leah Wood, Liberty Ross, Olivia Inge, Rhys Ifans, Rosin Murphy, georgous England rugby player James Haskell, William Moseley, Albert Hammond Jnr and top brit model Agynes Dean walked the black crystal carpet to join Swarovski in celebrating the second issue of ROCKS magazine and ten fabulous seasons of Giles Deacon.
The great and the good of fashion quaffed Tanquary gin cocktails mixed by the Hoxton Pony, and danced on into the wee small hours to Horse Meat Disco, Disco Bloodbath and dj supremo Steve Mackie all under the watchful eye of the Pac Man ghost made from 4,500 hand placed silk carnations!
Antoni & Alison Escape From It All
London Fashion Week wouldn’t be the same for me without the genius of Antoni & Alison - they always manage to capture the mood and create beautiful outfits, all with a sense of fun.
This season was no exception - the show notes told us that “...like Gauguin, Antoni and Alison would love to escape from it all, unlike Gauguin they never actually go. Antoni and Alsion have not yet visited a South Sea Island, and yet their collection is very ‘exotic’ this season.
They have little knowledge of tropical things except what they have seen on TV, and they haven’t ever researched where coconuts (Cocus nucifera) come from. However, Antoni & Alison would like to present a very Exotic’ collection for Spring/Summer 09.”
The show opened with Biddie singing Bali H’ai and then the curtains opened to reveal 11 girls with their backs to the audience, dressed in exotic outfits - each girl turned to reveal their outfit…
What Fashion Folk are Talking About on the Front Row # 5 The Daily
Following on from Daily Rubbish which kept us all so entertained last season in those long waits for the shows to start, The Daily is Rubbish’s chic big sister - bringing all the scoops, news and views straight from SS09’s fashion front line.
Working into the small hours to get the stories out - Jenny Dyson and her team are delivering much needed up to the minute fashion news.
The Daily needs to be every day and not just for fashion week.
Felder Felder SS09
An atmosphere of nervous excitement filled the Royal Academy on Day 2 of LFW for Felder Felder’s SS09 show.
The German twins’ third collection featured feminine frills and clever leather work all with the Felder trademark rock and roll twist.
Meanwhile, backstage the Bumble and Bumble hair team created the pretty flowing locks whist Brigette Felder, the girls’ mother, upped the ante in the glamour stakes.
Giles SS09
One of, if not the most anticipated shows of London Fashion Week, the Giles show did not disappoint.
Agyness Deyn made her first London appearance in a show packed with some of world’s current top models. Sporty mesh tees were mixed with patent pencil skirts, a series of tailored jersey day dresses in orange, lipstick red, turquoise blue and sunshine yellow were a highlight, as were the couture ball gowns that closed the show.
Backstage with Bumble & bumble at LFW # 3 Felder Felder
“It’s like business in the front and party in the back, really…” Half polished, half grunge, the hair at Felder Felder was super cool and totally James Pecis.
Key Bumble and bumble products used - Surf Spray on the ends to add texture and grit and Prep to create a smooth blow dry from the roots to mid lengths.