Friday, October 3, 2008

Princesses Party in Style

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie also got all dressed up with Pussy Glamore lingerie designer Marissa Montgomery (part of Lizzie Jagger's 'Pussy Posse') for the FORM launch at Harrods. Outfit thoughts?

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Harrods After Hours

Boris Becker and Sandy Meyer-Wolden at the FORM launch at Harrods. Copyright Piers Allardyce. All Rights Reserved.Harrods hosted the launch of FORM, an exclusive menswear line by Formula 1 legend Bernie Ecclestone's daughter Petra. Alexa Chung guest DJed, Princesses Bea and Eugenie showed up at the party, and even Jamiroquai's Jay Kay stopped by. (Go to LondonNet for more pictures.)

Boris Becker and his girlfriend, Sandy Meyer-Wolden, also checked out the collection. What do we think of the look Sandy chose to look at the clothes?

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Spotted: London Fashion Week, Day Five

Vivienne Westwood. Copyright LondonNet. All Rights Reserved.Vivienne Westwood, London loves you. Because who else can pack Pamela Anderson, Dita von Teese, Jourdan Dunn, Alexa Chung and Daisy Lowe into one room during fashion week?

Viv, your Red Label collection looked great. And you proved last night at Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief that your dancing's not half-bad, either.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Drool, Spend, Repeat

Naomi Campbell at Fashion for Relief. Copyright LondonNet Limited. All Rights Reserved.Naomi Campbell might get a lot of negative attention for her little lash outs, but the girl can seriously put together a good charity event. Her celeb catwalk show and auction tonight not only featured work by all (no really, all) the best designers, but also had enough big names to make even Mischa Barton gawk from the front row.

Just to get the details straight before the name dropping commences, the programme was called Fashion for Relief, it benefitted The White Ribbon Alliance (designed to keep pregnant women, mums and babies healthy in developing countries and around the world), it was at the BFC Tent, and tickets could have set you back about £650. The show ran an hour and a half late, but the first two rows got gingerbread men to eat, which were tasty.

Now for the celeb lusting. Estelle opened the show, did a little dance at the end of the runway, and was followed by 64 other models including Tyson Beckford, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Cheryl Cole, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Sculfor, the Sugababes, Daisy Lowe, Erin O'Connor, Lizzie Jagger, Kimberley Stewart, Jacquetta Wheeler, Jade Parfitt, Alice Dellal, Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Tamara Beckwith, Tamsin Egerton, Terri Seymour, Roisin Murphy and Naomi herself.

Show highlights: Chanel Iman strutting with Naomi. Tyson Beckford walking around in a motorcycle helmet. Vivienne Westwood nearly breaking into a jig. Seeing designers from McQueen to Lanvin to Prada on some of the most gorgeous specimens around.

After the runway show - introduced by Trudie Styler, BFC chairman Harold Tillman and Sarah Brown - came auction time. The first item up for bids didn't take such a shabby total. Turns out a Zac Posen couture peacock-feather gown, worn by Mama Campbell, can fetch £25,000 fairly quickly.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Spotted: London Fashion Week, Day Four

Avsh Alom Gur Runway Look. Copyright LondonNet Limited. All Rights Reserved.The celeb news is light for the moment, but wait for tonight, when Naomi Campbell stages her Fashion for Relief charity auction and catwalk show. The invite promises "special guests", which roughly translates to "special spectacle".

Suzy Menkes was on hand again at Avsh Alom Gur's Vauxhall Fashion Scout runway presentation. The Ossie Clark designer's personal label was something like '50s machinist babe (read: industrial playsuits with headwraps, see left) meets Camden girl on holiday.

And to rewind a bit, Giles drew an impressive crowd at his show last night. Emma Watson, Daisy Lowe, Mischa Barton, Tamsin Egerton and Jamie Winstone were just a few of the faces watching Agyness Deyn's first London runway show this season.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Spotted: London Fashion Week, Day Three

Chanel Iman at Nicole Farhi. Copyright LondonNet Limited. All Rights Reserved.The London Fashion Week reception at 10 Downing Street might have drawn Naomi Campbell and Matthew Williamson, but Nicole Farhi didn't do so poorly for herself at the Royal Opera House this morning.

Here are just a few of the front row offerings: Suzy Menkes, fashion director of the International Herald Tribune (and the recipient of a possible tongue stick-out by Marc Jacobs). Kate Lanphear, US Elle style director (looking chic in YSL). Designer Jasper Conran, who showed his latest runway collection Monday.

Oh, and there was Chanel Iman, looking gorgeous as usual.

Check back tomorrow for highlights from The Met's Fashion Candy Party. It's yet to be seen whether guests will actually eat the chocolate jewellery.

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Check the List

Jourdan Dunn at Nicole Farhi. Copyright LondonNet. All Rights Reserved.Most people hate waiting, but when you get a large crowd of skyscraper-heel-wearing fashion-show followers standing in a 150-strong queue, you have a bit of a situation. Such was the case at the On/Off 10th Anniversary Party, where a selection of editors from, let's just say, big magazines, were left standing in the cold for 45 minutes puffing Marlboro Lights.

And since Rhys Ifans doesn't seem to be with Kimberly Stewart these days, there wasn't even that to watch.

On the bright side, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Ali Michael were all looking smashing at Nicole Farhi this morning. And tonight there'll be another party at The Met, so time to buy some plasters and keep on with it.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Party Like a Frock Star

Photo Credit: Bramus! C.C. License.It was the Vendome in Mayfair. It was late. People were getting crabby or giggly, depending on whether or not they had started sampling the Moet. When PPQ stages an after-party on opening night of London Fashion Week - and brings on Andy Weatherall, Kevin Rowland, The Charlatans' Tim Burgess and The Horrors as guest DJs - the scene is going to be big.

While Daisy Lowe bobbed in and out of the club, and while Roisin Murphy strutted in wearing a suspiciously linebacker-ish black jacket, the queue stretched halfway down the street for a party known to be a fashion-week spectacle. Tonight is the 10th anniversary party for the On/Off design branch, starring Rhys Ifans' band The Peth, so check back tomorrow for pictures and all the latest.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Spotted: London Fashion Week, Day One

Peaches Geldof. Photo Credit: Life in LDN. C.C. License.At Ossie Clark: Alexa Chung, Jade Jagger.

At PPQ: Peaches Geldof, Henry Holland, Alexa Chung, Kimberly Stewart, Daisy Lowe (sans Mark Ronson).

Check back tomorrow for pictures, trends and more gossip.

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