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London Fashion Week, Fall 2007 |
 After New York Fashion Week finished it’s time for the designers to show their collections for autumn/winter 2007/2008 in the British capital. London Fashion Week, which will last until February 16th. will present 49 catwalk shows and feature around 200 exhibitors.
The week of shows opened Sunday with Dublin-born Paul Costelloe’s collection inspired by Paris in the Sixties, British womenswear designer Caroline Charles presented her ideas for elegant and very feminine women and Ben de Lisi showed his collection for fall 2007 yesterday before rushing across town to dress Kate Winslet for the BAFTA's.
As always London Fashion Week is open for the young designers. Such well known designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Sophia Kokosalaki and Hussein Chalayan were presenting their first collections in London, before they became well known fashion creators.
This year the name on everyone’s lips is Christopher Kane. After graduating from Central Saint Martin’s a year ago, he’s already been working as design consultant for Donatella Versace while also creating his own line and his collection for Topshop, which is now available in stores. He will show his collection for autumn/winter 2007/2008 on Tuesday. Other young designers who will show their collections in London include Todd Lynn, Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicholl, Gareth Pugh and Mario Schwab, who won Best New Designer at November’s British Fashion Awards.
“London produces three-quarters of the fashion ideas for the rest of the world. Fashion would be lost without it,” the style and fashion director of Vanity Fair magazine, Michael Roberts has said.
Marc Jacobs, who is attending London Fashion Week for the first time, will close the fashion week with his Marc by Marc Jacobs show. The designer will be also having a party in the British capital to celebrate the opening of his first London store.
The debate over size zero models continues in London. The controversy over a proposed ban on super skinny models, rejected by organizers of London Fashion Week as unworkable, is still attracting much attention.
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