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September 17, 2010

Braganza’s fashion extravaganza

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BEEP BEEP, make way for the Mercedes-Benz Car Bootique!

Today, on site at LFW, Henry Holland, Katie Hillier, E Tautz’s Patrick Grant and knitwear whizz kids Sibling piled into a snazzy Merc with their own creations to launch the concept. Read more »

RCA students sparkle for M&S

Providing yet another excuse to saunter toward a certain stretch of Oxford Street this week is the new RCA Collection at Marks & Spencer, a collaboration between the Royal College of Art and the historic British retailer. Read more »

Craving Daisy

Fact: we can’t stop thinking about the chocolate fudge cake and blueberry muffins from Tom’s Deli. Read more »

London Fashion Week’s local: One Aldwych

For those seeking a sartorial experience post show, nip down to One Aldwych to sample its “Moet Movies on the menu”. Read more »

Logan’s Run

Blue Logan aka the  ‘Pencil Paparazzi’ hosts his first UK solo exhibition of illustrations captured front row at the International Fashion Collections. Read more »

Free the Hogslop Four!

Spare a moment of sympathy for the Hogslops.Members of the Leipers Fork, Tennessee-based old-time music band intended to make their way to London to support Jeff Garner at his Prophetik show, and maybe raise a little hell in the process (last Facebook status update before departure: “The hogslop string band is in route to London! Hide your daughters!”). »

A Royal Visit

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. »

Burberry Prorsum

*Flash* *Pop* Oh there’s Carey Mulligan.*Flash* Kristen Stewart.*Flash* Samantha Cameron *Pop* Fizzle* The Oslen Twins. »

Simon Ward-robe

We’re making a tripod and two legs are in place.Showcasing – London Fashion Week now creates huge exposure for British designers. »

Caroline in a Rush

Pringle first tonight, amazing knitwear and looks from the formidable and talented Claire Waight Keller and team. »

Catwalk Illustration At Charles Anastase

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Mr Caryn Franklin

In which our intrepid, in house, LFW Daily Dandy attends a gentleman’s show or three. »

Inside Out

Grans 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. »

Anna’s handbag

My all time fashion bargain is a chocolate brown Hermes Kelly bag, found in a second hand designer boutique in 1988 for £70. »

Caroline (in a) Rush

The LFW Daily diary Ed Vaizey, the Shadow Arts Minister, last night brought the Creative Industries Network to LFW. »

A Safe Haven

A sign as you enter reads ‘Leave your coats and looks at the door’.This is posted on the entrance of the much needed refuge that has been set up for show-weary models during London Fashion Week. »

Boots In The Boot

Live fashion shoot featuring hot new season boots, photographed on location in the LFW Daily’s Mercedes Benz. »

Simon Ward-robe

Growing content and excitement at LFW’s menswear day today, with the grown ups starting to join the new talent. »

Scents and Sensibility

PHOTOGRAPHS Christian Blanken BY CATWALKING.com Report by Mr Caryn Franklin With but a few hours left before the end of Rag Week, a certain tenderness re-emerged yesterday in relations between myself and the fashionista. »

I Should Coco

Not that they’re pitching, but Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos sent out an assured collection  that could set the curtains twitching along Rue Cambon… Let’s play a quick game of fashion musical chairs. »

Mr Caryn Franklin

Swathed then in navy pinstripe, scarlet hoodie and two metres of burnt orange silk I take to the Bakerloo Line, musing. »

Something for the weekend…

Rub shoulders with the fashion elite by booking yourself into One Aldwych for an elegant weekend break. »

Let there be light…

To mark London Fashion Week One Aldwych has given itself a make-over by lighting up the façade of its Edwardian exterior with energy efficient LED lighting. »

George Tries It On

Where better to road test a manly look than at Man day, LFW FEB 2010? Coat, sweater, scarf, tie, undies, all by M&S. »

Fred Butler: Craig Lawrence

“Whilst creating a one-off metallic stage piece for Skin (Skunk Anansie) Craig went on a dig for gold and unearthed shiny florist foil at a salvage yard in Suffolk. »

Pyfashorous theorem

The LFW Daily gets baffled by some fashematics I know it must be hell doing the seating plan for fashion shows. »

One Aldwych

Any fashion and beauty editor not flitting to Milan post LFW will be treating themselves to one of the luxurious Natura Bisse treatments at One Aldwych’s The Heath Club. »

What The Butler Saw

Cooperative Designs are a luxury label creating knitwear that you want to completely replace your existing wardrobe with. »

INTRODUCING THE IT TROUSER

First the bag, then the shoe.What next for the ultimate statement piece? If the LFW catwalk shows are anything to go by, it’s looking like trousers. »

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