A ripple of excitement went through the crowd as the lights went down for Todd Lynn yesterday – and then the paparazzi descended. Who were they here for? I spotted Marc Almond sitting next to Roland Mouret, but as the show commenced, a beam of light hit Mouret’s other neighbour – Janet Jackson! The show went on to be what you’d imagine the undead in a fashionable bar in True Blood would wear. Forget studs and chains – these vampires would be wearing Todd Lynn while standing around looking serious yet sexy. Todd designs brilliant jackets and slim trousers – a modern urban uniform of androgynous cool. His outfits operate on a one-colour basis; the colours in this show were pale nude, honey, tobacco brown and grey. Fabrics included suede, leather, wool and canvas. Matching high-heeled Louboutins were worn, and fox fur sprouted dramatically from shoulders. “It was about the hunter becoming the hunted. And, as always, I studied military uniform through the ages,” said Lynn. And the Janet connection? “We worked on her last video together. She flew over to see the show.”
