London Fashion Week

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First Look: Biba

Biba’s had a rocky comeback since hitting the catwalks with Bella Freud’s (really awful) designs two years ago. Now in the hands of a small design collective, Biba seems content to riff on the designs of others – namely Prada and Zara. Still, there were a few really cool things this time around, including a [...]

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Are you in London for Fashion Week? Hope you’ve already got your tickets. We hear American editors at major magazines are scrambling, thanks to the frenzies surrounding both Vivienne Westwood and Henry Holland’s upcoming shows. Some big glossy girls are being turned down entirely from entering Henry’s show, while Westwood’s PR people have issued curt [...]

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Fashion relationships that have actually lasted: Dolce + Gabbana. Ruben + Isabel Toledo. Patrick Robinson + Virginia Smith. Fashion relationships that have always crumbled: Ours. And apparently, most of the Mulberry girls’, too. Since London Fashion Week happens smack on Valentine’s Day this season, the handbag company’s throwing a bash inside their Notting Hill store, [...]

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We just got our schedule for London Fashion Week, and although the whole event seems incredible as always, there’s one particular day – Wednesday, February 13 – that’s a little too OMG for words. The party starts at noon with Armand Basi, a favorite avant guardian of ours from last season, when he sent Tanya [...]

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We’re thrilled that Henry Holland will show again at London Fashion Week, and now we hear that TopShop will help him out: Our favorite mega-store will sponsor the New Generation initiative (again), giving financial assistance to Henry, plus Christopher Kane, Duro Olowu, Erdem, Louise Goldin, Marios Schwab, Nicholas Kirkwood, Poltuck and Walsh, and Todd Lynn, [...]

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Bye Bye BoomBox

Reader Brittany writes in from London to tell us something sad: The British party BoomBox will close on New Year’s Eve forever. BoomBox was a dance bash that happened every Saturday in Hoxton, London. In its short lifespan (not quite 2 years), the party drew style blood from John Galliano, Naomi Campbell and Lindsay Lohan [...]

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Will Vivienne Westwood show in London next season? We’re hearing, “Sort of.” WWD reports the designer could trudge back to Britain for February, and the move makes so much sense, since Vivienne is so English it kills, but we suspect something a little different: According to our sources, Vivienne may still show her Fall ’08 [...]

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