What fine timing. Just as I’d finished ogling all the mens neckwear action at the recent Milan and Paris shows, an email landed in my inbox showcasing the wares of Timo.
Using luxury leathers, satin and silk, the designers, Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein describe their collection of scarves, ties and bow-ties as ‘Elizabethan meets Western dandy’. As I’m totally down with anything with ‘dandy’ in the title, this unisex collection is right up my alley. Dreamy, no?
I hate all these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s but that was a bad experience.”
Manolo Blahnik in the FT
You can’t fail to have noticed that Beth Ditto has designed a range for Evans. It lauches next week but the PR machine kicked in last week with an unveiling to press and bloggers, followed by last night’s fash bash at Sketch. A fabulous feast was laid on, comprising bowls of rich risotto, plentiful chicken skewers and my favourite, the super-sized posh burgers. Forget what you’ve heard about fashion people not eating, these went down a storm. As did the vodka Russians. Oh, the clothes were nice too, sported by a bevvy of Beth-esque beauties.
I didn’t manage to clap eyes on the Ditto or the Moss as they were mostly hiding in the VIP room but I did get quite close to Sir Philip Green – if only because his people turfed me and my buddies off our chaise so he could sit there. I don’t know if the rumour’s true that he regularly throws samples out of Arcadia’s windows in a fit of pique but I can quite believe it.
Tomorrow is the third ASOS.com and London College of Fashion hook-up, where 100 LCF graduates have designed pieces to be sold in an online frenzy at ASOS.com. The sale starts at 1pm sharp and last year everything sold out in a matter of seconds, resulting in cries of “FIX!” from disgruntles slow-coaches all over the country.
You can check out Markus Lupfer’s favourite ten pieces here – Lupfer was one of the selection committee ( who knew ‘committee’ had so many double letters!) – and my favourites below. Hmmm, how to choose between Tian Wang’s jacket (£250), Rie Bromley’s necklace (£50) and Ekaterina Demidova’s madly brilliant star-shaped bag (£80)?
