It was London Fashion Week this week.
Not being particularly fashionable, but certainly intrigued by it, I scored a ticket to one of the catwalk shows. The ticket I got was more ghetto than if I was a celebrity, designer, or model, but it was something.
The show was at Somerset House, which is a big exhibit hall along the Thames. For those following my blatherings on this blog, Somerset was the site of the Valentino exhibit. The ticket I had enabled me to shop in some of the pop-up boutiques they had set up within Somerset House. The designers varied from Versace to Levi's with a bunch of new designers thrown in the mix and the range of items from clothes, to shoes, to bags, to jewelry. Anyone who knows me knows that I've got a weakness for jewelry. I'm a sucker for all sorts of jewelry. While I found some cool stuff, I didn't find anything worthy of splurging.
After shopping, they had a fashion show. The theme of the show was "Trends" and it highlighted 4 key trends for fall/winter. (In case you are dying to know what those are, they were pink, nature, graphic prints and Victorian.) The show highlighted pieces from a number of different designers and while some of the outfits were cool, I noticed a number of things:
1) The models were not pretty. Yes, I realize they are supposed to be clothes hangars, but would it kill them to find someone who didn't look like she had been smacked in the face with the mean stick? They were all fairly plain looking, but they also looked angry and/or depressed. What is up with that?
2) They were all modeling the "wet look". To me, it looked like they all had greasy roots and split ends. Bad, bad look.
3) Some of the models weren't fitted very well and you could see their underwear (and not in an intentional way). It was a bit disappointing. You would have thought that the models would have at least worn the proper undergarments. Just saying.
4) There were quite a number of kids in the audience. And by kids, I mean teenagers, although I did notice quite a few little kids while I was wandering around the shops. In the picture below, the girl in the white top on the bottom left corner was only about 12 years old and she was *super* into the whole scene. Totally not me at that age. I still wish there was Garanimals for adults.
Not being particularly fashionable, but certainly intrigued by it, I scored a ticket to one of the catwalk shows. The ticket I got was more ghetto than if I was a celebrity, designer, or model, but it was something.
The show was at Somerset House, which is a big exhibit hall along the Thames. For those following my blatherings on this blog, Somerset was the site of the Valentino exhibit. The ticket I had enabled me to shop in some of the pop-up boutiques they had set up within Somerset House. The designers varied from Versace to Levi's with a bunch of new designers thrown in the mix and the range of items from clothes, to shoes, to bags, to jewelry. Anyone who knows me knows that I've got a weakness for jewelry. I'm a sucker for all sorts of jewelry. While I found some cool stuff, I didn't find anything worthy of splurging.
After shopping, they had a fashion show. The theme of the show was "Trends" and it highlighted 4 key trends for fall/winter. (In case you are dying to know what those are, they were pink, nature, graphic prints and Victorian.) The show highlighted pieces from a number of different designers and while some of the outfits were cool, I noticed a number of things:
1) The models were not pretty. Yes, I realize they are supposed to be clothes hangars, but would it kill them to find someone who didn't look like she had been smacked in the face with the mean stick? They were all fairly plain looking, but they also looked angry and/or depressed. What is up with that?
2) They were all modeling the "wet look". To me, it looked like they all had greasy roots and split ends. Bad, bad look.
3) Some of the models weren't fitted very well and you could see their underwear (and not in an intentional way). It was a bit disappointing. You would have thought that the models would have at least worn the proper undergarments. Just saying.
4) There were quite a number of kids in the audience. And by kids, I mean teenagers, although I did notice quite a few little kids while I was wandering around the shops. In the picture below, the girl in the white top on the bottom left corner was only about 12 years old and she was *super* into the whole scene. Totally not me at that age. I still wish there was Garanimals for adults.
After the finale of the four trends, they showed a video of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's photo shoot for Elle magazine. For those that don't know, Rosie is a British model. The only reason I know her is because she dates Jason Statham (hottie from the Transporter series of movies).
After the Rosie video, they had an interview with some British fashion person. I'm so at a disadvantage because I don't know any of the British celebrities or fashion people (other than the obvious ones that have crossed over the pond).
I found it interesting that the British fashion person (I'm going to call her Helen b/c I can't remember her name) was going on an on about how certain British designers have "come back" to London Fashion Week. It was quite obvious that there was a feeling of insecurity or something akin to that radiating from Helen and the host of the show. Apparently, a lot of designers have started out in London and then abandoned the city for New York, Paris, and Milan. Helen put out an appeal to Victoria Beckham to come back to London. She was practically begging. It was interesting to see that some people in London have a "second city" mentality.
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