Last week was the London College of Fashion MA Show. Of course I was there to present my magazine project, but there was also 5 other courses showing, including the Fashion course.

It was a good show, but personally I didn't love it. Some of the students were top notch, but most of it didn't really excite me. Still, let's focus on the positives. Starting with this handsome chap.



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Hurray! A new issue of Lula!

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Valentino was arguably the most anticipated show of the week – after 45 years in the industry, the Italian designer is finally stepping down. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as he sent his finale down the runway – a seemingly never-ending parade of impeccable supermodels in matching dazzling red chiffon. The collection was something of a best-of – nothing new here, but a round up and retrospective of all of Valentino’s classic looks from over the past half a century.



There were elements of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, there were prints, florals, and chiffon, there were tailored skirt suits, one-shouldered evening gowns and pretty day dresses – this diverse, yet effortless glamour is what has made Valentino so beloved amongst his fans. Two of his biggest fans were referenced here – Princess Diana and Jackie Kennedy both adored the Italian stallion, and there were definite hints of both women evident here. Anyway – the pictures will tell you the rest. Adios V-man, we’ll miss you!

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When a collection kicks off with a model perched on a rock, surrounded by frothy bubbles, you know that a) you’re in for a good time, and b) the collection is going to be somehow connected to the idea of the sea. It was familiar ground for JPG – sailor girls are something of a favourite of his, and mermaids were surely the next logical step for a designer with a love for all things pantomime. In fact, a large portion of JPG’s collection resembled costumes for the inevitable ‘under the sea’ segment of any good British panto – sequined trousers, floaty chiffon trains, and dresses seemingly made of fish scales. There was sharp tailoring too, which was less obviously mermaid-wear, but maybe it was something they found on a rock and took a fancy to.

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Elie Saab’s spangly spectacular consisted of more than 50 crystal encrusted dresses. Be still my beating heart! To be honest, the collection itself wasn’t mind-blowing – the frilly, feathery outfits and sequined boob-tube tops called to mind, as Style.com quite rightly pointed out, Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing On Ice/Dancing With The Stars/any other dancing show consisting of Z-list celebrities wearing too much fake tan, too many sequins and too little anything else. Still – I’m a sucker for anything sparkly, so the collection was suitably satisfying.

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