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We’re great lovers of wrapping ourselves in a big warm topper, so it’s hard to resist this Lovely’s beautiful robe coat. The oversized purple motif is smartly cropped so you never quite see that it’s a flower (just right for avoiding any granny connotations).
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MARK FAST Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter
London-based Canadian designer Mark Fast will show his Fall 2010 collection on February 20 at 3:45 p.m. GMT (10:45 in Toronto and Montreal, 8:45 a.m. in Calgary, 7:45 a.m. in Vancouver) and we have the live stream here.
Update, 11:14 a.m.: We’re told the show is running late but people are being seated. Check back soon or follow us on Twitter (@FashionCanada) for updates.
Update 2: It appears we’ve had a failure to launch. So sorry everyone. Will work on getting show details to you.
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Photography by Raymund Galsim
On Friday morning we trekked out to Plutino Groups gorgeous loft offices to shoot an interview with London’s designer of the moment, Winnipeg native Mark Fast. We also got to see a few pieces from his upcoming lower-priced line, Faster (which we can’t share yet), and check out some complicated knit creations from his Spring 2010 collection, including a dress covered in Swarovski Crystal Pearls that feels like it weighs about 50 lbs. (Get the full story when our video airs in January.) As part of the meet-and-greet festivities, the designer threw a cocktail fête at Mercer Street boîte Ame. Click the images below to see some snaps from the party.
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Photo via telegraph.co.uk
When we were young, our mom would decorate our Christmas tree entirely with shiny, light pink metal bows, which was so embarrassing, because everyone knows that real Christmas trees have reindeer and tinsel. If anything could have turned our tiny, traditionalist hearts toward decorator trees it would have been John Galliano’s Dior Tree, unveiled today at London’s historic Claridge’s hotel. The papier-mâche and polystyrene seems more like something from The Jungle Book that The Night Before Christmas: The twisted white trunk is covered with blue leaves and is home to dragonflies, parrots and a leopard. [Telegraph]
ERDEM Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter
Canadian designer Erdem Moralioglu will showcase a collection of his favourite designs London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Erdem’s pieces will be showcased in the Raphael Gallery in conjunction with the Fashion In Motion series. “I am thrilled and honoured to be showing at the Victoria & Albert Museum,” said the designer, who has been based in London since 2003. “Since my student days, it has been one of my favourite museums and I even showed my very first collection here.” The four runway shows will be held December 11 (vam.ac.uk) and are free–except for your plane ticket, of course. [Vogue UK]
Lovely in: A lady-like look worthy of a box seat at the Queen’s Plate.
Spotted: Spitalfields Market, London
Why: For wearing a prim and proper ensemble with a dash of whimsy that makes us long for the polish of a bygone era.
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MARK FAST Fall 2009. Mark Large/Zumapress.com/Keystone Press
Everywhere I’ve been seeing this intense, starkly angular, raven-haired woman, and wondering, how do I know that face? What magazine does she edit, again? And it’s only on the last day of London Fashion Week that I realize: duh. Erin O’Connor.
ERDEM Fall 2009. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Best thing about LFW: all the different venues. More shows are held outside the great white tents than in them. From the Saatchi Gallery to the Science Museum, a repurposed industrial warehouse to a shabby-genteel flat, every day is a whipstitch through London’s patchwork heart. Yesterday morning was a favourite: Erdem (Montreal-born, London-adored) showcased his FW ‘09 collection in the Embankment Galleries at Somerset House. Down by the Thames and across a cobblestoned courtyard, it couldn’t have been better on a postcard.
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CHRISTOPHER KANE Fall 2009. Lewis Whyld/PA Wire/PA Photos/Keystone Press
On Day 3 of LFW, Sunday brunch is a wistful memory. It’s a grey and early breakfast instead, then a black cab to Betty Jackson’s 9:15 a.m.(!) show in the tents. Thankfully, it’s all very nice: buttercup and baby blue knits (love the cropped sweaters!) and wildflower or woodgrain-printed silks. The prim schoolgirl effect is achieved with knee-high nylons and fuzzy knit backpacks (better than they sound).
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JOHN ROCHA Fall 2009. Steve Hart/Zumapress.com/Keystone Press
In John Rocha’s Dover Street shop the other day, I inquired about a couple of large wire-frame rabbits. “Oh, those were going to be hats,” a charming salesboy replied, “but it turned out to be too much, so we left them as sculptures.”
“Too much?” I said, disbelieving. “For the British?”
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