Report by David Hayes
Photograph by Anna Bauer
Boy, was it hot at Christopher Kane. Maybe it was the high wattage front- row line-up, including Anna Wintour, Donatella Versace, Sir Philip Green, Natalia Vodianova and Miss Joan Collins. Or maybe it was the stellar collection from London Fashion Week’s hottest star. But boy was it hot.
Still, even [...]

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Report by Rebecca Lowthorpe, Fashion Features Director, Elle
It all started with a smile. On the catwalk! True, an almost unheard of occurrence in the straight-faced business of modelling. The girl in question was prancing down Dame Vivienne Westwood’s catwalk and –boom! – out of nowhere, a beautiful, broad, toothy smile.
And so it was that by the [...]

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Compiled by Cat Catalogue
Photography by Catwalking.com
The hot new hues for summer? Sun-faded and pretty, sugared-almond shades. Think lilac, pistachio, baby blue, lemon or peach. Either wear one colour head to toe, as at Louise Goldin [see above] or several in one go, Christopher Kane-style. You’ll look a treat!
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Compiled by Cat Catalogue
Photography by Catwalking.com
She’s on the cover of art/fashion publication V, was the toast of New York Fashion Week and emerged as the left-field style icon of the London shows. Yup, Lady Gaga will have a lot to answer for come next season. Her signature PE-style, high-waist pants cropped up at almost every [...]

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Compiled by Cat Catalogue
Photography Tyrone Lebon
Want to make your current wardrobe Spring/Summer 2010-worthy without a shopping splurge? Rustle up some ankle socks and team them with platform sandals or slingback kitten heels. Big at LFW, fashion eds were working the look by day two of the six-day event. Cute!
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Compiled by Cat Catalogue
Photography by Catwalking.com
As if inspired by the Japanese art of origami (paper folding), designers draped and cut fabric into delicate, angular folds, creating a new silhouette for summer. Sounds complicated. Is for them. Isn’t for those wanting to dip their toe in the trend. Just invest in a drapey shift or a [...]

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Compiled by Cat Catalogue
Photography by Marcus Dawes
Whether super-sized [Luella, see above], graphically bold [Danielle Scutt] or slightly blurred and Tipp-Exy [Kinder Aggugini,] polka dots look set to be the print of choice for Spring/Summer 2010. Playful, girly and ever so slightly eccentric, spots broke out last week over practically every item you can imagine. Channel [...]

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Report by David Hayes.
Photography by Catwalking.com
You might have thought that your body parts were fixed exactly where they were. Barring major surgery, of course, that your hips would always be below your waist, your chest above, shoulders, two arms at the side, that kind of thing. You are wrong, of course.
Every couple of seasons, fashion [...]

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Report by Isaac Lock.
Photography by  Catwalking.com
Hooray! Thanks to a new menswear day that tagged on to the end of London Fashion Week in a joint initiative between the British Fashion Council (BFC), new-designer umbrella Fashion East and Topman, menswear in London is becoming something of an intimidating force. The day was made up of MAN (a [...]

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