The miumiu-london, billed as a “private women’s club” at the historic and newly reopened Café Royal, is was the It-club in London. It was only open for three short days–and closed for good yesterday, November 29.
We were lucky enough to score an invite.
The British Fashion Awards–essentially Britain’s answer to our CFDA Awards–took place at London’s Savoy Hotel tonight and the winners are in. Read on to see who took home awards–and who missed out.
The day after PPR announced Balenciaga’s split with the brand’s creative director of 15 years, Nicolas Ghesquière, there are of course already rumors circulating about who might replace him.
London is the shortest fashion “week” of the month (it’s only five days long) but it manages to pack in a ton of shows in that time. And we were at most of them! London’s fashion is really unique–from heritage brands to the buzzy up-and-comers, we’ve chosen our 10 favorite collections from the London shows. Click through to see our picks (in no particular order) and tell us if you agree!
Kate Middleton is taking legal action in response to topless photos recently published by French publication Closer, and she’s calling in the big guns. WWD is reporting that the Royal family has hired Aurélien Hamelle of the Metzner Associés firm, who recently defended John Galliano in the case that cost him his job at Dior.
Jonathan Saunders, who picked up the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund award this past year, set the stakes high when he chose one of London’s most famous art institutions–the Tate Modern–as the venue to show his spring 2013 collection. You kinda have to deliver if you decide to show at such a fancy big name venue and Saunders did.
So, can you guess what our favorite part of last night’s Olympics closing ceremonies was? While there ended up being plenty of fashion-related topics to discuss from the actual games, nothing compared to this. Aside from that epic Spice Girls reunion (more on that later), we pretty much died when Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Stella Read more →
Emma Stone maintains her reign as red carpet queen as her seemingly never-ending press tour for Spiderman continues. Though, Blake Lively is giving her a run for her money this week with the stream of awesome outfits she’s been wearing to promote Savages. We’ve also got another fashiony Downton Abbey star who sat front row Read more →
Are Kim K and Beyoncé finally becoming friends? They were photographed together at a concert this weekend and, well, we’ll let the photos speak for themselves. {NY Daily News}
Naomi Campbell returns as the face of European brand Pinko in their fall/winter campaign. {Design Scene}
Congrats to model Lily Aldridge and her husband, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill, on the birth of their baby girl, who has been given the very Southern moniker Dixie Pearl. {Vogue UK}
Christian Louboutin’s name is popping up in courts everywhere, but this one isn’t exactly his doing: professional poker player Beth Shak is being sued by her ex-husband over her 1,200 pair strong designer shoe collection. {HuffPo}
Even more great resort collections have trickled in since our first roundup. From Jonathan Saunders to Rag & Bone to Celine, that 70s psychedelia trend is still there. But there are also some subdued, laid back, classic pieces that are more feasible for day-to-day life in the resort months (for those of us who don’t Read more →
