Are you really ever the #1 fan of anyone? No. We tend to forget the term is short for fanatic which in full fan-spirit leads one to the world of stalking and restraining orders. Not a very fashionable opening on our part for LFW, but we simply couldn’t jump in without acknowledging our love for Mr. Alexander McQueen. We will simply say we were a HUGE fan and to quote another fan…”How will we ever look good without you?”
Among fashion designers, friends, industry professionals, and McQueen fans, the Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Brown opened London Fashion Week AW10 with a minute of silence in memory of the late Alexander McQueen. Chairman of the British Fashion Council, Harold Tilman, paid a warm tribute to the talented designer and referred to him as a “genius” and “one of London’s leading lights”. Despite the sad passing of McQueen, Mrs. Brown said: “I’ve no doubt this will be a creative and inspiring Fashion Week.”
Inspiring and high tech…more than 40 designers at LFW are live streaming their FW10 shows including Paul Costelloe, Caroline Charles, Betty Jackson, John Rocha, Jasper Conran, Danielle Scutt, Henry Holland, Boudicca, Daks, Jaeger, Savannah and Sienna Miller’s Twenty8Twelve collection, and Australia’s Sass & Bide. Central Saint Martin’s MA graduates catwalk show is also on the digital agenda. It’s easier to count who is not streaming live.
To watch the remaining shows, check LFW LIVE for all updates.
Meanwhile, in Milan, Dolce & Gabbana has announced that both its mainline show and the younger, diffusion brand, D&G, will be “live” on SmartPhones and Androide mobiles.
On a final note, Alexander McQueen’s AW10 line was near completion prior to his death and will be shown in a private setting during Paris Fashion Week.
In the meantime, a few shots from the queen of punk, Ms Vivienne Westwood…
The fashion crowd has had a bumpy ride lately. Stripped of the tents at Bryant Park, they’ve been forced to embrace Lincoln Center as their new venue.
