PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCESCA WEBER-NEW
Report by Katie Greengrass
It was the moment we’d been waiting for all week for. Not Christopher Kane’s awesome appliqué frocks, nor Burberry’s schmooze-ingly stellar front row. Not even a sighting of La Wintour.
It was this morning when, after a tip off from security, The LFW Daily team assembled at Somerset House Embankment Entrance poised for a royal visit from none other than her majesty The Queen. Savvy, we thought, that she would choose the MAN day to attend when there’s hot boys aplenty. Would she be sitting front row to cast a few new butlers?
After a flurry of squeals and eeks (should we bow? Does one say ‘Your Royal Highness’ or a more fashion friendly ‘alright Liz?’ when greeting Her?) and what seemed like a lifetime, a shiny red Rolls Royce drove up the embankment… and straight past us.
So it seemed our tip off had been a wild card. HRH hadn’t donned her best pastel two-piece to come down and congratulate our fine British designers after all. Rather, it was the RNLI, who were the port of call for good ol’ QE2.
Gawd bless yer, Ma’am.
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Report by Katie GreengassGrans and grandads, lock up your husky jackets, outerwear is having a moment. Our old friend the coat does, of course, make up the flavour of winter but this season London designers have played the cover up centre stage.
“Designers are especially concerned with jackets and coats this season,” Harrods’ Fashion and Beauty Director Marigay Mckee told The LFW Daily. “Bombers are the particular favourite along with the military style jackets,” she said.
Burberry based an entire collection around aviator jackets while Charles Anastase layered knitwear on top of overcoats. Daks took the husky and gave it an up to date, eccentric spin via leggings, capes and bonnets from the traditional fabric. Design duo Basso & Brooke weaved Trompe-l’œil goretex anoraks into their ensemble and at Aquascutum Michael Herz transformed tailored jackets into full-length dresses. Meanwhile, at Mens day today [Wed], E Tautz featured the ultimate in deluxe outerwear courtesy a cashmere fit for a prince. Luckily one [HRH Prince Michael] was sitting front row and was seemingly rather taken by it.
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