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Spring 2012 preview: London

Rebecca Tay — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000

From hot spots to celebrity front-rowers, London fashion week was brimmed with hot designer collabs, florals and balloons! View our editor’s picks »

LFW backstage beauty: A red wine–stained, snogged mouth at Giles

Rebecca Tay — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:00:01 +0000

“It’s all about a red wine–stained, snogged mouth,” said Lucia Pieroni of the makeup at Giles Spring 2012 show, applying M.A.C’s lip pencil in “Brick” onto the inside of the mouth and “Burgundy” on top, blended outward with a Q-tip. “There’s no defined line around the edge, but it’s quite dark in the middle.” The [...]

LFW backstage beauty: Swishy ponytails and Chloë Sevigny at Erdem

Rebecca Tay — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:00:16 +0000

While Erdem Moralioglu showed Anna Wintour his pieces backstage (and everyone tried to stay out of their way), hair and makeup artists buzzed about in frenzy—this was one backstage that was not so calm. Inspired by “south of France chic” and Chloë Sevigny, Charles Worthington himself created a high, soft, and swishy ponytail to match [...]

LFW diary: A day of standouts from Erdem, Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, Burberry, Mark Fast, and Giles! (Woah!)

Rebecca Tay — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:18 +0000

Today was a day of standouts at London fashion week, from Peter Pilotto to Christopher Kane and Erdem. The other shows today? Burberry, Mark Fast, and Giles, all of which included some great pieces. Burberry had cropped parkas, African-inspired geometric beading, and straw riding hats with pompoms, while Mark Fast featured looser knits—almost crochet-like, in [...]

LFW diary: Kristen Stewart and Kate Moss at Mulberry, plus the scoop on Peter Jensen, Topshop, Acne, and Tom Ford

Rebecca Tay — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:30:21 +0000

Ice cream, pink lemonade, and nearly 2,000 balloon animals aren’t typical ways to start a Sunday morning—but then we only get to start our day off with a Mulberry fashion show but twice a year. This show is always a big ticket of LFW, for its prime guest list (um, today’s show included Kristen Stewart [...]

LFW backstage beauty: Floridian ’50s housewives at Jonathan Saunders

Rebecca Tay — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:30:29 +0000

Ahh, Florida; the ‘50s Miami woman inspired the hair and makeup at Jonathan Saunders, where Paul Hanlon first blow-dried hair using Fekkai Strong Hold Mousse—“it gives a lot of guts to the hair,” he said—then parted it on the right and combed it into a low ponytail, tied with a basic black elastic. Then, using [...]

LFW diary: A chock full day 2 of Ashish, Vivienne Westwood, House of Holland, Jonathan Saunders, and more!

Rebecca Tay — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:30:15 +0000

Jardins d’Ashish, a collection chock-a-block with sequined sunflowers, daisies over checkerboard patterns, and the occasional brick wall, brought day two of London fashion week to a sunny start—even if it ended on a much (MUCH!) colder note. After the show, I headed backstage to meet Ashish Gupta, the designer behind Ashish. “I think was feeling [...]

LFW diary: A Louboutin-prompted trip, followed by 4 stellar shows by Jean-Pierre Braganza and more!

Rebecca Tay — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:00:59 +0000

I decided to kick off London Fashion Week by nearly falling…into my fabulous silver Mercedes Benz sedan. Thanks, British Fashion Council (and ouch, Louboutins)! Not a great start, but all was forgotten once I got to the Jena.Theo show, where an excited Hilary Alexander was already seated, wearing the cutest leopard-print sneakers. Loved the great [...]