London Fashion Week

Designers Bring Africa to Runways, Leave Models Behind

Shaena Henry | Posted 10.21.2009 | Style


Shaena Henry

I am now puzzled by the numerous fashion references to African and African-American cultures while the failure to acknowledge models of said backgrounds continues.

Fashion Weeks' Most Outrageous Outfits: Chic Or Shriek? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 10.10.2009 | Style


The month filled with fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris has come and gone, and with it, thousands of eclectic ensembles ripe for spri...

Anna Wintour Repeats Same Outfit Three Times In Two Weeks (POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.08.2009 | Style


Cityfile points out that amid all the Condé Nast cutbacks, Anna Wintour has made some economical choices of her own. The Vogue editor-in-chief was sp...

PHOTOS: The Extreme Hair Fashions of Charlie le Mindu

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.29.2009 | Style


Piers Fawkes

French hair artist and wig designer recently presented his second collection at London Fashion Week.

Boris Johnson, London's Mayor: An Unlikely Friend Of Fashion (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 11.21.2009 | Style


London mayor Boris Johnson took to the runway to open London Fashion Week on Friday. And after his October British Elle cover and his recent trip to N...

London Fashion Week's Hair-Raising Coifs

StyleList.com | Bee-Shyuan Chang | Posted 11.21.2009 | Style


Avant-garde wig designer Charlie Le Mindu took wacky hair to a whole new level for his Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Among the outlandish wigs was a...

Street Trends Take Center Stage At London Fashion Week

New York Times | Suzy Menkes | Posted 11.21.2009 | Style


Yet the strength of the city as a fashion capital depends not on the scores of individual designers who often explode onto the scene and then swiftly ...

London Fashion Week Kicks Off In New Home

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 11.18.2009 | Style


LONDON — Look out London, Anna Wintour is coming. The only fashion editor so famous she's been portrayed in two separate movies (one fictionali...

Why Have We Stopped Raging Against the Sick, Sick Fashion Industry?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style


Johann Hari

Women have replaced the prison of the kitchen with the prison of an unachievable body shape. The more powerful a woman is, the more likely she is to be bulimic.

Vogue, Prada and the Fashion Revolution

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style


Hoyt Hilsman

The global economic crisis has hastened the demise of the already toppling fashion establishment.

Boris Johnson, London's Mayor, To Grace Cover Of British Elle

AFP | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style


London's famously dishevelled mayor, Boris Johnson, will grace the cover of fashion bible Elle next month in what many will see as a surprising partne...

London Fashion Week History: Tracking British Style From Westwood To McQueen To Schwab

Guardian UK | Sarah Mower | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style


My induction to London Fashion Week took place sometime in 1986, at the hands of Lynne Franks. I say "hands" colloquially, but it was, more accurately...

London Fashion Week Kicks Off With Champagne In The Morning, Few Signs Of Recession

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 03.23.2009 | Style


LONDON — London Fashion Week got off to a gala start Friday morning, with champagne corks popping despite warnings that events would be toned do...

Trend Alert: Investment Dressing (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 11.10.2008 | Style


Sincere apologies to the fashion industry. It seems that there was a reason all the fashion week shows in Paris, Milan, and New York lacked some serio...

'Manorexia' Plagues Menswear Shows

guardian.co.uk | Charlie Porter | Posted 11.08.2008 | Style


It is the inclusion of this word that raises alarm bells. "Manorexia" is a cheapening label, making eating disorders sound like a trend, a depersonali...

The Best Of London Fashion Week

Refinery29.com | Pete Miszuk | Posted 10.20.2008 | Style


Right off the plane from London Fashion Week, our very busy photographer friend Pete Miszuk sent us these highlights from his week. Stay tuned for his...

London Fashion Week: The New Helmet Head (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 10.18.2008 | Style


The Giles Deacon Spring/Summer 2009 collection hit London fashion week on Tuesday. The designer, whose inspiration sprang from the 1980s game Pac-Man,...

Jasper Conran at London Fashion Week

Josa Young | Posted 10.19.2008 | Style


Josa Young

Wartime shapes, but in ethereal fabrics and colours, wandered through the collection, emerging in defined shoulders and waists, neat little skirts and hair worn long and waved in the Veronica Lake style.

Stella McCartney Gives Good Fashion Show For Adidas

The Guardian | Jess Cartner-Morley | Posted 10.17.2008 | Style


Size zero is so last season. Feeling inspired by the Olympics ("Wasn't everybody? It was brilliant!"), Stella McCartney brought the sporting spirit to...

Front Row Styles At London Fashion Week

Times of London | Nicola Copping | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


If you thought the catwalk was the focus at Fashion Week, you were wrong. For the real insight into trends and styling tips, all eyes are on the fashi...

London Runway Models Need Doctor's OK To Walk Amid Report That 40 Percent Have Eating Disorder

The Guardian (U.K.) | Jess Cartner-Morley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Catwalk models at London fashion week will have to show a doctor's certificate proving they are physically and psychologically well enough to work, un...