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A tip of the hat to London
September 23, 2012, Sunday
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A slew of designers unveil their spring/summer 2013 collections at London Fashion Week with Vivienne Westwood going retro and Philip Treacy making a comeback after 10 years.
Philip Treac
The big show was a concert extravaganza for royal milliner Philip Treacy, who made his comeback after a 10-year hiatus.
But Lady Gaga, (pictured in a hot pink, floor-length shroud), stole the show when she opened her friend Treacy's Michael Jackson-themed comeback show. Treacy, who has designed fanciful hats for Gaga as well as countless royals and celebrities, has not shown at the fashion week for a decade.
Raising her arms and looking up, the pop icon announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest milliner in the world: Philip Treacy."
She was joined by fellow celebrities Kim Cattrall, Grace Jones, and Nick Cave in the front row at the show, which featured Jackson's legendary stage costumes paired with Treacy's headgear. The outfits, which included the original red "Thriller" jacket - were lent from a collection held by the King of Pop's costume designers. They are set to be auctioned in California in December.
Vivienne Westwood Red Label
Few designers could, or would, overshadow the models wearing their outfits. But Vivienne Westwood (pictured right) did just that on September 16 in London, walking down the catwalk wearing a ragged T-shirt, shorts and makeup that looked as if she had a giant black eye.
It was all in the name of fighting climate change, her favorite cause.
Westwood turned her London Fashion Week show into a soapbox to call attention to the need for change.
She somehow made a bizarre combination of late 1950s and early 1960s looks seem at once glamorous and tongue-in-cheek.
Burberry Prorsum
The colors are bright and brash, and the fabrics as shiny and enticing as candy foil wrappers. Luxury label Burberry Prorsum dazzled its catwalk audience on September 17 with a show that celebrated decadence.
Creative director Christopher Bailey packed in iridescent body suits, space-age plastic capes, satin corsets and feather dresses, and in the finale sent his models marching out in a magnificent rainbow of metallic trench coats.
"Fashion is also about entertainment," Bailey said. "I wanted to do a collection that makes people smile. I want it to be joyous, a bit sassier and sexier."
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