It's a Look...

Richard Quinn

Harris Reed

VIN + OMI

Yes, the madness that is London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2022 is upon us - in fact, it ends tomorrow, and we hardly even noticed it was on!

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It's a look

Marta Jakubowski


Bora Aksu


Gareth Pugh


l-r: Pam Hogg, Ryan Lo, Delpozo


Matty Bovan


Nicopanda


Halpern

Yes, the complete madness of London Fashion Week has been and gone again, leaving a trail of nylon, leopardskin, frills, feathers, fouff and faff in its wake...

All the above styles are eminently wearable for a quiet day at the office, of course.

It's moved on...

...with its bananas [from Charlotte Olympia]...



...clowns [courtesy of Ryan Lo]...



...big wigs [actually an advertising stunt for Captain Morgan rum]...



...made-over Radio 2 DJs [Jo Whiley as you never saw her before, thanks to Vin & Omi!]...



...and "Jazz Age" concoctions [Gareth Pugh - who else?]...

...London Fashion Week has ended, leaving its usual befuddled audience behind. Milan Fashion Week, here we come!

It's a look...

Stylish and practical.

Gareth Pugh's "Apocalyptic England" catwalk show at London Fashion Week 2015.

Treacy

'Nuff said!

More of Philip Treacy's outrageous campery at London Fashion Week.

Master of the House

As London welcomed the world's fashionistas to town yesterday for London Fashion Week (14th-18th September), so we also look forward to a more long-lasting exhibition of sumptuous frocks...





In November 2012, a 60-metre catwalk will be installed in [Fashion Week's main venue] Somerset House as part of a retrospective spanning 50 years of the work of the fashion designer Valentino Garavani.

Valentino: Master of Couture will feature over 130 hand-crafted gowns, worn by the likes of Grace Kelly, Jacqueline de Ribes, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, the Begum Aga Khan, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Margaret.





These will include the wedding dress Jackie Kennedy wore to marry Aristotle Onassis in 1968, alongside Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece's pearl-encrusted ivory silk wedding gown from 1995 and Julia Roberts' 2001 Oscars frock.





The outfits, painstakingly made by the finest dressmakers and fashion specialists, have never been showcased in the UK before.



Valentino: Master of Couture will run from 29th November 2012 until 3rd March 2013.

The Fashion Channel?

From The Telegraph:

Steven Meisel's spoof of QVC, the TV shopping channel, is pitch-perfect: this is what television shopping would look like if the clothes were Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Prada and Gucci modelled by supermodels Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly and Karlie Kloss.

Vogue Italia January 2012

Excellent!

London Fashion Week is at Somerset House 17th - 21st February 2012.

Gay Cowboy, man-bag or Victorian ruffian?

And so farewell then, London Fashion Week 2011 - out with a whimper, not much of a bang.

At least Men's Day was quite camp (of course!)...

TopMan Design gave us man-bags and a touch of "60s Biba":





Shaun Sampson for MAN label gave us "Joseph":



A Child of the Jago - as befits a label named after an obscure East End novel - focused on a cross between 80s "Buffalo Style" and "Victorian Ruffian":



But best of all, Jeremy Scott went for the full-on "Gay Cowboy" look!





No scandals, not much in the way of headline-grabbers. Fingers crossed for Spring!