So my camera battery decided to die on me on the first day of London Fashion Week but what I saw was fantastic all round in their own different ways – Weardowney, Peter Jensen and Manish Arora – details later when the pics come out!
Here are some observations though as a mere fashion misfit outsider:
– Japanese buyers seem to get front row tickets at all the shows.
– I’m all black footless tight-ed out. Quite literally, everyone was wearing them! It seems to be a fashion crowd staple. I was grateful for a little variety when I saw some brown or grey footless tights.
– Diane Pernet (gosh we just keep seeing each other!), Hilary Alexander and Isabella Blow were all three inches away from me at one point or another. I stole secret glances a lot and just tried to breathe in their fashion air.
– The madly creative, most original dressers all hang out in the back rows (probably all students) whereas the VIP’s sit in the front row looking quite proper and prim.
– The obnoxious fashion stereotype came to life before me when a fashion PR was fuming about having to stand up in a show ‘Yah…don’t they know I represent xxx! I’m really going to have a right scream about it when I get back to the office! It’s just so f****** ridiculous!’ All the while her friend nodding and agreeing with ‘Yah, absolutely, we shouldn’t be standing out here at all!’
– The catwalk is a lot shorter than I imagined.
*EDIT* I just picked up on some comments/questions about why I’m at London Fashion Week, how to get tickets etc. Just to first clear things up, strictly speaking, you need to be a member of press or a buyer to attend shows at London Fashion Week. Of course if you have contacts in the fashion industry, you can wangle your way in but generally, Joe public can’t go in. I’m there as press (kinda) for Fashion156 which is how I got invites. If you are press, it’s too late to register online for accreditation so you need to pop to the BFC tent at the Natural History Museum to register there bringing ID and copies of your published work. It’s pretty much too late to request invites though. I have seen some people who tried to talk their way in but the bouncers seem very clued up and was very strict about the invite only rule (I had heard stories about people blagging their way in sans invite). If you’re brazen enough, you can have a go at it this week!
hey there! I’m also really sick of black footless tights – grey is cool though! Your blog is really cool, I read it like everyday!! I aspire to one day have a site like yours, do you think maybe you could visit my fashion blog and tell me what you think (like how i could improve etc.) if you have time… its http://www.xanga.com/jadore_dior_x
thanx!
xox
out of all that you wrote, i could only think about how sick i am of footless tights. when will the trend end???
How fabulous that you get to breathe fashion air. I wish I was so lucky.
Keep the observations coming. It’s nice to read the thoughts of a fashion forward person who isn’t jaded or bored by Fashion Week. Well, excpet with footless tights.
Hi susie,
I just got back from Antwerp and it was amazing~thanks for your help and shopping in antwerp is good.it’s like 10x better than brussels =P I bet is even better when it’s sales period.hehe~
Anyway,snap loads of pics for us who can’t go to the london fashion week~hehe~xoxoxoxo
Hi!
I just kinda stumbled onto your blog a few days ago, its pretty awesome.
So its also New Zealand fashion week this week, and being a fashion student, I get to go and dress for it (yay!) – and while I’m extremely jealous that you’re at london fashion week, I just can’t get over the fact that the dressers at London fashion week seem to be hanging out and watching the shows and wearing whatever the hell they like – we’re stuck backstage and have to wear black pants and a black “crew” t-shirt to let everyone know we’re bottom of the heap!!
hi, seeing that you’ve got so many vintage items is making me salivate. i’m a guy and want some vintage branded items. where to go?! other than portabello and camden…that is.
You are soo lucky that you get to attend this. I hope you will have pretty pictures to show us!
Oh god, how I envy you. Wish I was at London Fashion Week.
I’m probably the only person here who still loves black footless tights. Firstly, I like them, so I don’t care if they are ‘so yesterday’. Also the thing is, here in the Netherlands we do a lot of cycling. When I’m wearing those tights under my skirt, I don’t have to worry about accidentally showcasing my bootie to the whole world while on my bicycle. So they’re rather convenient as well. And I actually prefer black ones on myself, because they’re slimming. Not everyone has to worry about that factor of course, but eh, I do.
I don’t really object to black footless tights because they’re so ‘over’ but more because everyone wears them in the same way…. cute babydoll dress over footless tights – the outfit of the week….
b.: For guys, I’d recommend going to Beyond Retro on Cheshire Street off Brick Lane – it has a bigger and cheaper selection than Portobello Road. But my friend goes to Stables Market in Camden and says the selection there is just as good. Also, I think Loewy on Earlham Street is pretty cool….