For Sure: Anja’s on the cover of Vogue Nippon’s beauty issue and Daily Feed thinks it’s time the girl landed a cosmetics contract. Um, yes. {Models}

Ah!: The thirteen-year-old girl inside me is dying over No Doubt’s performance on The Today Show this morning. The twenty-four-year old is loving the Balmain (I think) Current/Elliott jeans Gwen’s rocking. {NBC}

Oh Boy: Alexander Wang’s up for GAP. Meanwhile, will the sun please just fucking shine already so we can break out our almost vintage Rodarte for Gap? {TeenVogue}

Bubbles Away: Stephen Jones has built a hat for Perrier-Jouët. The bespoke anemone hat comes inside a white leather champagne hat box for a mere £5,000. {LOVE}

Dear John Galliano,

Why don’t you advertise in our magazines?

Is it because you think we can’t handle your fashion? Because we can.

We had a seven hour plane ride on which to read four different British magazines and in the midst of every single one - LOVE, Vogue, Bazaar and Elle - we paused to admire Sasha lounging in your colorful silks and powdered wig alongside the Fashionista typeface.

Anyway, you’re probably busy getting ready for Paris, but we think your people should call American people and start spicing up the ad pages on this side of the Atlantic.

See you in Paris!

Merci,
Fashionista

Full disclosure: I didn’t know much about Pam Hogg before her show this afternoon except that she used to play music, that LOVE has a David Sims-shot editorial of her clothes and that hers was a really coveted ticket since it’s the first time she’s shown a proper collection in years.

But it was clear, walking into the Science Museum, that this was the show for the cool kids. And, yes, everyone even remotely related to fashion in this city looks pretty cool, so I’m referring to a whole new level of cool. Even the six-year-old boy in front of me had a guitar purse and majorly mohawked hair. The crowd, including Gareth Pugh, oohed, ahhed and cheered with the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for Charlotte Ronson’s familial shows.

Dazed’s Fashion Editor Katie Shillingford styled the show which opened with jumpsuits: Neon jumpsuits, pastel jumpsuits, metallic jumpsuits made of latex, velvet, lace and leather before moving into more wearable dresses in the same aesthetic.

Her final pieces - a barely there dress of layers and layers of tulle, a completey sheer beribboned gown and the black lace, rhinestone encrusted goth bride dress on Alice Dellal at the end of the show - were really spectacular, especially considering she handmade all of her samples with just one other person.

Afterwards, we wondered just how much Lady Gaga’s clothing line will be inspired by Pam’s.

“Who was your first love?”

“Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” —Doutzen Kroes in LOVE.

In the five hours since I’ve arrived in London, I’ve gotten my hands on a copy of LOVE, (three actually, don’t know why), been proposed to by a cab driver, run into Br(It) Boy on the street, learned the BFC’s done away with standing room, blown a fuse at my hotel, been carded to buy beer (the drinking age is sixteen here), poked my head into Topshop and managed to make it to one show - Ashish.

And if that one show is any indication of what’s to come, London just doesn’t know what recession you’re talking about.

Ashish Gupta showed his Fall 09 collection at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square. Pre-show entertainment included an acrobat a la Cirque du Soleil while the show itself featured a fantastic performance by V.V. Brown, the up-and-coming British singer who’s just been shot for Vogue UK’s May issue.

And the clothes? Well, they were sequined. I don’t mean sequin skirts or sequin tops, I’m talking all sequins. He showed sequined jeans, sequined gloves, a sequined hoodie, sequined Nordic print sweaters, sequined zebras - it was more sparkle than I’ve ever seen, and you should consider that I did recently attend Richie Rich. There were also pompoms and leopard print tights and the American flag and crowns of thorns.

It was actually the perfect thing to jerk me awake post-red-eye.

PS Tune in over the weekend for more London Fashion Week!

News flash:

LOVE has not just a blog now, but also a full blown site on the Conde Net network.

Excerpts, images, funny quotes from Lara Stone, Alber Elbaz, Agyness Deyn, etc, and the ability to zoom in on parts of Beth Ditto’s cover - it’s all there.

You know, in case you’re looking to read about something other than clothes.

Ok, back to the shows.

A Presidents Day treat:

More LOVE courtesy our London boy (and, uh, Katie Grand).

Today’s update:

Courtney, Duffy, Jerry, Anjelica, Beth, Kate and Iggy.

Three days to go…

Good morning!

This morning, I woke up with two things: One, a stinking hangover and two, something more exciting than a Valentine’s card.

I managed to get hold of a copy of LOVE five days before its worldwide release. Not only did I get a copy, I got the last copy at Dover Street mMarket (I had to fight a girl).

And let me tell you, it doesn’t disappoint. From the first page to the last, it’s an explosion of the most amazing fashion, writing and just plain coolness. It doesnt get any better than this.

So as much as you obviously want to know about my very interesting morning, I think I know what you really want to see.

Here’s my edit just to tease you - Stay tuned for more.

--BR(IT) BOY

This just in from five hours into the future:

Bad news: The first copies of LOVE are still being printed - as in, right this second - so those advance copies at Harvey Nichols and Dover Street Market are happening only on Saturday.

Fun news: The Beth Ditto cover is a full naked page, kind of like when the major singer posed for NME in ‘07.

So make that a Valentine’s Day launch for LOVE and a cover that may not be as original as we’d hoped.

More news on LOVE, if you can handle it:

The official launch date may be February 19th, but would-be fans can get theirs hands on a copy a little earlier this week (if you’re in London, that is).

The LOVE blog just announced that free copies will be handed out at the Dover Street Market and at Harvey Nichols this Friday and Saturday in honor of lovey-dovey feelings courtesy Valentine’s Day.

In fact, there’s even going to be some kind of LOVE-related sale, but whatever - First person to send us a copy of LOVE wins our undying devotion!

What do Iggy Pop, Iris Strubegger and Agyness all have in common?

LOVE.

They’ve all been chosen for previews / ads of the new magazine everyone can’t wait for, released today via the LOVE blog that finally leaked some good images.

We’re loving the Britney-ish wig on Iris, but here’s another thought:

Do you think Katie will have a nameplate style necklace of the LOVE moniker made and make people wear it in photographs? There’s something about that logo that automatically takes our mind to jewelry…

Fifteen days to LOVE!

We know you knew that, but here’s something more: The magazine launches in the UK on February 19th, London Fashion Week Eve, and will be handed out throughout the week at all of Mandi Lennard’s shows. Mandi’s the PR guru behind House of Holland, Gareth Pugh, Roksanda Ilincic, Eley Kishimoto, Danielle Scutt, formerly POP, TopMan and almost every other thing you want to be part of while in London.

This means that when we get off the red eye on the morning of the 20th and head to the Topshop venue, wherever it may be, we’ll be rejuvenated with delicious treats and the first ever copy of Katie’s new mag, and no one will be left to wonder why London Fashion Week is the most fun of all.