The first day of London Fashion Week brought a range of looks introducing a whole load of new trends for Autumn 2011. There were eye catching colours at Sass and Bide, beautiful structure at Jean Pierre Braganza and cool '60s frocks at Paul Costelloe and PPQ. There was plenty of embelishment too at Irwin & Jordan and Prophetik. Click through to see my favourite looks from day one! Read more
All eyes are on London today as it takes on the batton from New York and plays host to five days of Autumn shows. Paul Costelloe kicked everything off at Somerset House this morning with a fun, '60s inspired collection. All of the models had red frizzy bobs for the show which included super short skater skirts, boxy jackets, and ladylike coats. There was focus on texture with jacquard fabrics and Read more
It feels like the first day of term today as the fashion pack heads down to Somerset House for the Spring 2011 shows at London Fashion Week. Proceedings were kicked off, as always, with Paul Costelloe who created a Hawaiian themed Summer collection. The Irish designer used pastel shades on '60s inspired mini dresses with skater skirts and a metallic finish. They were teamed with cute, cropped Read more
Forget the Frizz-Ease girls, high volume pouffiness is emerging as one of the hottest hair trends for Winter. This week, London's catwalks have been packed with teased hairstyles. Topshop Unique fell in love with the idea of "savage woodland brownies", creating giant frizzy manes for its models using a combination of tonging and backcombing. Then there was Vivienne Westwood, who with hairstylist Read more
The Autumn 2010 shows kicked off in London this morning with Paul Costelloe's collection. The Irish designer began with plenty of metallics in bronze shades and jacquard fabrics. There were high waists and big full knee length skirts as he played with dimension. The show continued with several full length belted coats which fell somewhere between equestrian and military. As the line developed Read more
Paul Costelloe has been opening London Fashion Week for six seasons and Spring 2010 was no exception. He began proceedings with an architectural inspired collection with futuristic shapes. After the show, BellaSugar UK and I went backstage to catch up with the man himself where it was a very family affair! At least three of Paul's six sons were proudly chatting backstage whilst their father Read more
Lucky FabSugar UK and I were able to get backstage after the 2010 Spring Paul Costelloe Fashion Show at the BFC Tent on Friday morning. As it was the first show at London Fashion Week, it kind of felt like the first day of school with people wandering around the new (and might I add beautiful) new Somerset House vast location. The tents look relatively the same, however the backstage area is far Read more
London Fashion Week opened this morning with a show from Paul Costelloe who always gets the showcase off to a great start. There was a lot of excitement around the first show as everybody tried to find their way around the new Somerset House venue. The catwalk tent is in the middle of the courtyard instantly providing a beautiful backdrop. Costelloe's Spring collection continued on from his Read more
History repeats itself, even when it comes to fashion and beauty. So, it's no surprise to see red lipstick making it's appearance on the autumn catwalks again, and I must say, that I'm quite relieved that deep purples and blood-coloured goth-inspird lips are taking a break and giving the classics a chance to make their return. Take a peek at some of the red-lip looks from the runways of 2009 Read more
Calling all beauty junkies, there's a new pink eye trend on the scene! However, this time I'm talking about coloured eye shadow, not Agyness Deyn who had conjunctivits last fashion week and wore a patch to cover it up so that she could still walk the runways. Back from the 80's, fuschia shadow has already been spotted at the Paul Costelloe show, Topshop Unique, and both Nars and Lancôme have Read more
