Hello from New York, my lovelies! As those who follow me on Twitter will know, I’ve escaped to New York for 10 blissful days of post-Fashion Week downtime. I’m staying with my favourite girl in New York, Nicolette Mason, and together we’re happily galavanting all over town. I’m having enormous fun getting to know Williamsburg in Brooklyn (where I’m staying,… View Post
Mary Katrantzou’s sublime floral prints; backstage before Roksanda Ilinicic’s show. By the final day of Fashion Week, we are all feeling the tiredness and fashion-lag in a big way, so it takes quite the show to get us all excited in a big way. Mary Katrantzou’s show (always a favourite) was the perfect way to start the day; she sent… View Post
To say Giles’ show was theatrical extravagance would be an understatement; a sea of crimson at Antonio Berardi. As far as Fashion Week adventures go, this day is going to be pretty hard to top. It began with Peter Pilotto’s remarkable print dresses which took us on a journey through Indonesia, followed by Antonio Berardi’s devastatingly sexy ladies in red… View Post
Sunshine yellow on the runway for Mulberry’s seaside carnival; Charlotte Olympia’s adorable retro poolside glamour. Day 3 could not have been more fun. We began the day with Margaret Howell’s unshowy loveliness (her shows are always held in her boutique, and are all about breton stripes and chic relaxed tailoring) before racing off to Claridges for Mulberry. There is never… View Post
Jonathan Saunders’ pastel Stepford Wives; pretty flippy party dresses at Emilio de la Morena (as Olivia Palermo and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld look on) After the relative calm of Day 1, Day 2 began with a bang (to be precise, an explosion of sequins) in the form of Ashish’s flower girls. After that, we all squeezed into Julien Macdonald’s tiny salon show… View Post
Sass & Bide at the Royal Opera House, remarkable silk chiffon accordion pleats at Corrie Nielsen. The first day of London Fashion Week is somewhat of a warm-up day before the madness of the weekend’s schedule begins. For me, the day began with Corrie Neilsen – one of my favourite shows last season – who again, with her tour-de-force of… View Post
London Fashion Week officially begins today, and I could not be more thrilled. Despite the 14-hour days and inevitable sleep deprivation and unhappy feet (even I can’t cope with 6 straight days of 5″ Mulberry heels without suffering) which will surely ensue, it really is a enormously fun to be in the thick of the fashion week action I grew… View Post
On Tuesday, I took a day off from the day job, put on my new Mulberry booties and went off to London for a day crammed with appointments. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Diptyque (one of my favourite brands, full stop) have a snazzy little vintage 1961 French Renault driving all over London for two weeks before taking off to Paris for… View Post
While some shows hook me in almost before the first model has even stepped onto the runway, others linger at the back of my mind for weeks and months, almost without me realising. Christopher Kane’s Autumn/Winter ’11 show (last Fashion Week in February) is firmly in the latter camp. As I sat watching the show, I was at first remarkably underwhelmed… View Post
