Putting on a Catwalk show at the main London Fashion Week venue does not suddenly elevate the credibility of supermarket label to the heights of haute couture. But when Tesco debuted F&F’s AW13 collection last week at Somerset House, they did a pretty good job
Image: The Louise Gray ’Hey Crazy’ after-party was popular with everyone
Somerset House has closed its gates to yet another super successful London Fashion Week. Critical voices from around the globe routinely praise London and its designers for exhibiting creativity and genuine talent. There is something different about British Fashion…foreign spectators simply devour it.
For most women and a particular type of man, two popular ways to induce a buzz involve alcohol and shopping. Combine them both and you have Fashion’s Night Out NYC, which kicked-off NY Fashion Week. Stores stayed open late and held special events featuring live music, free drinks, special gifts, and discount merchandise. In shopping neighborhoods like Soho, Fifth Avenue, and the Meatpacking District, revelers and deal-seekers mingled late into the night.
Alexander McQueen have certainly raised the stakes in the world of luxury accessories with the arrival of their first ‘it bag’. Ladies and Gentlemen, please be upstanding for ‘the Heroine’.
Choupette’s cousin ‘Poubelle’ - If you’re going to be a fashion cat, you’d better hope your owner knows something about ‘style’
If you’re tired of looking at cats in sinks, meet Choupette (translation ‘Sweetie’). ‘Fashion’s favourite feline’ (really?) is showcased alongside her owner, Karl Lagerfeld in the American edition of Harper’s Bazaar.
