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Vote! Who takes the cake for best dressed designer/muse duo at the British Fashion Awards?

By Randi Bergman | November 29th, 2011 | 1:00 pm

Left: Alexa Chung and Christopher Kane shot by Mike Marsland/Getty Images. Middle: Kate Moss and Stella McCartney shot by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images. Right: Marc Jacobs and Victoria Beckham shot by Mike Marsland/Getty Images

Some of our favourite fashion talents were celebrated last night at the 2011 British Fashion Awards in London, with Sarah Burton, Mary Katrantzou, and Charlotte Olympia (to name a few) coming out on top in their respective categories. As always, what everyone was wearing was equally top of our minds, and we’ve especially enjoyed these neat little red carpet photo combos of megawatt designer avec megawatt muse (or muse-come-designer in Victoria Beckham’s case). In one corner, we’ve got the bright-young-thing duo of Christopher Kane and Alexa Chung donning a look from his Spring 2012 collection, and with Charlotte Olympia kitten heels. In the other, you’ve got the black-on-black pairing of Marc Jacobs and Beckham in her own design (may we just say, Vicky’s looking less extreme than usual, and we like it) The always-cool McCartney and Moss duo triumph with Stella in a sexy-tomboy suit and Kate in all-over fishnet. So, who takes the cake for the best dressed duo?

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Beauty

Alexa Chung and Rachel Weisz’s new hairstyles are not bang on

By Paige Dzenis | November 29th, 2011 | 11:00 am

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Alexa Chung photo by Eamonn McCormack/WireImage, Rachel Weisz photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Imagesy

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Alexa Chung and Rachel Weisz both showed off new hair this week: loose, piece-y bangs that hit below the brow line. Frankly, we’re not sure if the look works for either. While Chung is usually the queen of turning casualwear into pretty and polished, she looked rather frazzled at the 2011 British Fashion Awards. (However, she still won the British Style Award!) Actually, Chung’s makeup artist should take some of the blame. While “no makeup” is on trend, it still requires a solid base—by the end of the night, Chung’s dewy skin just looked washed out. And with the new messy bangs hiding her eyebrows, the rest of her features seem to fade away. Read more »

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Red carpet round-up: Plenty of quirk and black dresses at the British Fashion Awards

By Jennifer Campbell | December 8th, 2010 | 11:50 am

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Photography by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

The British Fashion Awards were handed out last night at the Savoy in London. (Check out the winners here.) The red carpet scene was one of the more enjoyable we’ve seen in a while–even the sea of black dresses gave us something interesting. Standouts were Alexa Chung, who paired prim Chanel with a biker jacket, and Lara Stone doing her best Diane Kruger in a minimalist Calvin Klein sheath. See the rest of the red carpet–with Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon, Thandie Newton, Daphne Guinness and more, after the jump. Read more »

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British Fashion Awards gives top nod to Phoebe Philo

By Jennifer Campbell | December 7th, 2010 | 4:59 pm

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Photography by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

Phoebe Philo was awarded Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards today. The Celine designer was up against Christopher Kane and Erdem Moraliglu for the honour. Shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood took home the award for Accessory Designer, Patrick Grant of E. Tautz won for menswear, and Meadham Kirchoff for Emerging Talent. Naomi Campbell’s 25-year modelling career was honoured with a special award while Lady Gaga stylist and freshly-anointed Thierry Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti was given the Isabella Blow award for Fashion Creator.

Phoebe Philo Named Designer of the Year at British Fashion Awards [WWD]

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Fashion news: Jean Paul Gaultier’s ’80s music video, Kate and Wills’ Testino shoot, and Alexander McQueen’s posthumous award

By Septembre Anderson | December 6th, 2010 | 12:20 pm

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Behold, Jean Paul Gaultier‘s 1988 music video for his single “How To Do That” featuring supermodel Naomi Campbell strutting her stuff for the camera. [Jezebel]

Princess watch: Kate Middleton and Prince William posed before the lens of Mario Testino for their first official portrait. [The Cut]

Alexander McQueen will receive a posthumous Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design award tomorrow at the British Fashion Awards ceremony. [Vogue UK] Read more »

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Christopher Bailey wins big and Karen Elson takes a fall at the British Fashion Awards

By Jennifer Campbell | December 10th, 2009 | 12:40 pm

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Burberry designer Christopher Bailey. Photography by Peter Stigter

The British Fashion Awards were held in London last night. Christopher Bailey and Burberry were honoured twice: Bailey for British Designer of the Year and his label for Best Designer Brand. During his speech, Bailey announced that he would be showing the Prorsum collection in London again for the fall shows in February. While we were crossing our fingers for the Canadian talent on the nominees list–Mark Fast for emerging ready-to-wear talent and Todd Lynn for Best Menswear Designer–those awards went to Peter Pilotto and Kim Jones for Dunhill, respectively. (Don’t feel too bad for Fast–dressing Julia Restoin-Roitfeld on the red carpet was a win of another kind.) Read more »

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Canadians Mark Fast and Todd Lynn nominated for British Fashion Awards

By Anna Cipollone | November 27th, 2009 | 2:57 pm

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A look from Mark Fast's Spring 2010 collection. Photography by Peter Stigter.

On December 9th, The British Fashion Awards 2009 will recognize the most influential players in the British fashion industry. Among the nominees are two Canadians: Winnipeg’s Mark Fast is up against Medham Kirchhoff and Peter Pilotto in the emerging ready-to-wear designer category, while Todd Lynn is nominated in the menswear category with Graeme Fidler of Aquascutum and Kim Jones of Dunhill. Lynn, an Ottawa native who launched his own label of androgynous ready-to-wear in 2006, has worked with Roland Mouret and put Mick Jagger, Marilyn Manson and Bono in his bespoke leathers. Fast, a quickly-rising knitwear name, showed his third collection at London Fashion Week in September at a show that was surrounded in controversy after the designer chose to use a handful of non-size zero models.

Other nominees include Daisy Lowe, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Georgia Jagger in the model category. Winners will be announced on December 9 in London.

Click to see a gallery of looks from Mark Fast’s and Todd Lynn’s Spring 2010 collections.