The whirlwind five days that is London fashion week is now behind us, and it left in its wake some pretty amazing collections for Fall 2013. From Brit heritage brands to upstart up-and-comers, click through to see (in no particular order) our 10 favorite London collections.
Playing the name game in London is far from easy: So many cool young designers, so many unusual names, and only a week to make sense of them all. It’s largely due to the aversion many Brit design talents have to being crafted into the sort of the fashion celebs we adore stateside. No worries; the clothes spoke volumes for themselves, as London dialed down the quirked, and turned out one of the most sophisticated seasons in recent years. See for yourself!
Ladies love (cool) Michael Kors. The mega-designer and much-missed Project Runway judge beat out Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, and Tory Burch as the most sought-after American fashion brand on the Internet. {WWD}
How much cheddar do models actually make? And no–we aren’t talking Gisele. Hard facts this way… {Refinery29}
Ok, now we are talking Gisele: Watch the supermodel mama look gorgeous and glowy as ever in this teaser for her new Chanel beauty campaign. {Grazia}
T Magazine’s new editor Deborah Needleman says she’ll try to include more people of color in future issues (there was one in her first), but what the hey? Good journalism is more important than ethnicities anyway! {NY Times}
It may have been a sleepy President’s Day here in the good ole U.S. of A., but if you’re looking for a little visual wallop, Super Monday in the U.K. offered luxed-up sex at Burberry Prorsum, fifty shades of black at Erdem, a “this is your brain on Christopher Kane” performance for PPR, and the return to the catwalk of Tom Ford.
It’s too bad Christopher Bailey’s fall 2013 Burberry show missed Valentine’s Day by only about four days. Dubbed ‘Trench Kiss’ by the designer, it was the most romantic, loved-up collection we’ve seen from the designer. Perhaps it was a love note to all of Bailey’s adoring fans–the front row included A-listers like Douglas Booth, Olivia Palermo, Melanie Laurent, Michelle Dockery, Rita Ora, Freida Pinto, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Kate Beckinsale.
There were hearts and leopard prints, which gave a quirky, girly twist to the brand’s signature trenches and daywear.
Burberry is undeniably the biggest, most star-studded show of London Fashion week. And it starts NOW (well it’s supposed to start at 4 p.m. in London, 11 a.m. here).
Click through to watch it here live!
The snow is finally melting away! You’ll finally (hopefully?) be able to move around the shows a little easier–which is why we’ve come up with this handy little guide to eating, drinking, and yes, shopping, around the epicenters of New York fashion week: Lincoln Center and Milk Studios.
We chatted up a bunch of fashion industry people today to see how they’re prepping for the storm, how they’ll dress, and whether or not they’re worried. From Tim Blanks’ plans to buy Timberlands to Cara Delevingne‘s concern that it will turn into “fashion Lord of the Flies,” here’s what the industry thinks of Nemo:
Fashion month kicks off this week, and while you can sometimes predict what fashion trends will come down the runways based on trends from the pre-fall shows, it’s not as easy to guess what kind of beauty looks designers will favor.
Luckily we have tons of experts willing to make educated guesses. Click through for makeup, hair, and nail predictions. Will nail art still be big? Will hair be slick and crunchy? Find out!
It’s that time again. The spring 2013 ad campaigns are in and we decided to spruce them up a bit with our favorite animals: kitties!
Little else really needs to be said. Click through, and enjoy.
The invites have been sent out, the seating charts are being filled, and fashion folks everywhere are resoling their Manolos (and setting their DVRs–can’t miss Girls!): Fashion week is upon us!
Congratulations are in order for Nicholas Kirkwood.
The accessory designer beat out fellow British talents like Mary Katrantzou, Peter Pilotto, Emilia Wickstead and Roksanda Ilincic to win the prestigious BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, the UK’s equivalent to the CFDA Fashion Fund Award. Kirkwood will receive £200,000 as well as access to key senior level mentors across the UK fashion industry.
