The Many Spandexed Looks of Amber RoseFor the past two months she’s been gallivanting with Kanye West, she’s worn plenty of outfits that nearly upstage him.
Truncated: London Fashion WeekAmerican designers don’t want to show on Labor Day next year, so they’re shaking up the schedule well in advance, which means London only gets four days to show!
Hot Off the London Runways: Westwood Returns With Legwear; Allegra Gets Our Attention With FootwearToday’s new runway slideshows fresh from the U.K. include Vivienne Westwood’s return to London after nearly a decade away, pretty printed scarves, and some boots that have captured our hearts.
• Vivienne Westwood’s Red Label announces her return to punk with some of the coolest star-spangled tights we’ve ever seen.
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London Has Big Ol’ Eyes for Masha TyelnaLondon not only continues to welcome an eye for the offbeat, but also to embrace all different beauty ideals on the catwalk. Koreans! Jamaicans! Belgians! Ethiopians! Even oh-so-exotic Ohio was on the map (what up, Edythe Hughes).
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Vivienne Westwood Fails to Raise a Single EyebrowThe buzz at last night’s Vivienne Westwood show was that there wasn’t any. The show marked the dame’s first runway appearance in her hometown of London after an absence of nine years, and it was tipped as the show of the London season.
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Anne Slowey Saga Continues; London Fashion Week Is Pretty White• Ass-electrocutionist Anne Slowey responds! The Elle editor commented on yesterday’s post about her quest to flatten her posterior and boldly admits to merely imagining a phone call to her psychic. Or perhaps we misread? Whatever, the woman still electrocuted her tush. [Cut]
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More From London’s Runways: Adventures in Headwear!And now, for your slideshow-viewing pleasure, the latest from London:
• Luella Bartley’s got Halloween locked down with witch hats, pumpkin tights, and black dresses.
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Basso & Brooke, Gareth Pugh Keep London’s Freak Flag FlyingLacking the big names of New York, Milan, and Paris, London Fashion Week is always about creativity. Once designers make a name there, they can move on to New York, as Preen and Jonathan Saunders have recently done. But aside from spotting future stars, the fun of the week really lies in the fact that “creativity” is often just another word for “freak show.”
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MisShapes Take Disaffected Tour to London!On Thursday, Fashion Week headed east to Hoxton, London’s Billyburg equivalent, where London’s asymmetrically coiffed and skinny-jean-plastered demographic runs free. So we were hardly nonplussed to find their heroes, the MisShapes crew, making themselves at home at Henry Holland’s first solo show — which was held in a venue called, of all things, the Village Underground.
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Runways Cope With Agyness Deyn’s Eye InfectionWhen we saw pictures of Agyness Deyn wearing neon shades whilst partying in London two nights ago, we instinctively assumed it was typical offbeat Deyn style (and, yes, we were also humming the classic Corey Hart hit — so Deyn can, so Deyn can), until we learned, moments later, that she’s suffering from an eye infection! Kind of punk, no?
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The London Runways Come AliveFinally, the clothes on the London runways are getting a little crazy, a look which defines London Fashion Week and is part of what makes it so great. Some observations:
• The geometric shapes and bright colors, especially one bright-blue coat at Aquascutum, happily remind us of Willy Wonka’s factory.
• Betty Jackson also used bright colors but cleverly concealed buttons.
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Miracles in London: Naomi Walks; Fashionistas Eat Mash, Drink Beer• Naomi Campbell took a surprise stroll down the catwalk at London Fashion Week yesterday for Kisa. [Telegraph]
• As London Fashion Week nears its halfway point, trends emerge including Amy Winehouse eye makeup, cropped leather jackets, thick eye-skimming fringe, and thick-framed square glasses. The LFW quarters also boast a pub that serves, of all things, pie and mash and beer. [Times]
• We saw a lot of short skirts at New York Fashion Week, but Christopher Kane and Marios Schwab showed long hemlines in London yesterday. Bonus: Kane’s highly anticipated show gets another rave review. [Guardian]