The Lowdown on London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week comes to end. So what ruled the runway?


1) The Eighties trend continues to rein...but it's much more a uber fashion, 1986 a la Catherine Denueve in the Hunger or Jami Gertz in "Less Than Zero". Go buy a vintage TAXI magazine from Gallagher's and you will see where all
the references are coming from this fall 2) Velvet - it was everywhere. It's an official trend for Fall 2007. Julian Macdonald featured numerous baby doll dresses in rich jewel tones of green, dark navy, and black. Christopher Kane worked the high waisted skirt look in velvet and he also paraded his models
in velvet mini dresses, done in ruby, emerald, and blood red. 3) Black is back (again) whether in leather, fur, satin, and especially our new favorite friend... VELVET. 4) 60's silhouettes...My favorite interpretation of this look was by Gharani Strok (see pic above). She should win the award for best use of embellishment. Gorgeous Sailor Buttons. She sticked to the winning red, white and black color palette but also threw in some magenta (my second favorite color right now) 5) Best Hair: Paul Smith dolled up his models with 20’s wavy bobs & pearls..sort of preppy CHANEL. Okay, we've seen it before
but it's such a pretty look. 6) Biggest Drama at the Door: Chaos at many of the shows.People were sitting on each other’s lap at the Christopher Kane show. Naughty New York fashion behavior has arrived to LFW! Let's just hope Lil Kim doesn't make it out there 7) Leggings: sorry their back. If you want an updated look, go for ones with stirrups 8) Long gloves: If you missed the trend again (it's been about 2 yrs now), you can pick some up for next Fall. My suggestion is to buy some on EBAY. 9) Hooded Dresses - as seen at the PREEN show. Very Grace Jones meets 80's supermodel style. 10) Ruffle Necks -perhaps you were hoping this look would go away. Apparently it hasn't..tons of bows, and ties for a super lady like look for Fall. Did I forget anything? Velvet? That or Sienna Miller sporting the bodysuit and tightsagain at the shows in London. We thought we saw the last of that look at her premiere of Factory Girl.