20 February, 2012

LONDON FASHION WEEK AW12: DAY 3

I tried to keep this brief but it didn’t happen so here goes. First up: Margaret Howell. You don’t get many surprises here but that’s OK. With some designers I like to know what I’m getting and for AW12 we’re getting the perfect white shirt, trad fairisles, fitted twinsets, schoolgirl box-pleated skirts, indestructable tweed trench coats (an update on my navy wool one that kept the biting chill out all weekend) and boyish blazers. To finish off – low side ponytails, penny loafers and darling little olive green Tam-o-shanter hats. (more…)

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18 February, 2012

London Fashion Week AW12: Day 1

Day one of London Fashion week is traditionally a bit of a soft launch but in reality yesterday was as busy as I have ever seen it. Clearly the days of the privileged few having exclusive access to the shows are over and you know what? It’s all for the good of the industry. (more…)

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16 February, 2012

Quote of the day

“As much as viewers like to see the eventual winners of these shows realise their dream (at least momentarily), they love to see the losers: the untalented, the girls who lock themselves in the bathroom and cry, the ones whose hopes are wrecked. Because to see regular people fail is to feel, “My life sucks, but it doesn’t suck as bad as that guy/girl’s life sucks right now.””
Vanessa Friedman on fashion reality TV, FT

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16 February, 2012

Doha photo diary

Some more photos from my trip to Doha, which I’m only just getting around to uploading now. In two days we jam-packed a trip to the Museum of Islamic Art, a walk through the souk, the Toujouri store launch party, a dinner, followed by a crazy brunch in the middle of the desert where first our two Land Rovers literally raced each other across the sand dunes. Oh yeah and we rode camels Sex & The City style… while taking Twitpics obviously. (more…)