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PFW: Celine Spring Summer 2012

Phoebe Philo's preference for reduced, no frills fashion, proved another hit for her Spring Summer 2012 Celine collection. Strip away embellishment, prints, appliques and unnecessary distractions and you are left with very beautiful clothes. This time the London-based designer chose to accentuate volume, silhouette and shape: last season's...

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LFW: The front rows

Celebrity front rows, or FROWS, are as much talked about during London Fashion Week as next season's collections. Designers and brands love to enlist celebrity friends to support their catwalk endeavours which ultimately filters down to sales and keeps media interest high. A few column inches in the daily papers and freesheets will have millions...

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LFW: Burberry Tweetwalk

Burberry on Monday pitched a giant plastic tent in Kensington Gardens in Hyde Park to showcase its Spring Summer 2011 collection. The British luxury giant tweeted every look on Twitter before models took their catwalk exit, making the most of its social media connections, which currently stands at over 8,000.000 Facebook friends. So too, its...

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Tom Ford behind closed doors

It will be a while yet before we see images of Tom Ford's Spring Summer 2012 collection. As we have become accustomed to, the no photographs embargo at his shows means Mr Ford's press office will release the images in time for the press season, and not a day earlier. So what was on show? Think sex appeal and silhouette, as deftly described by...

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LFW: Mulberry SS12

Delectable sherbet colours and candy floss hues where order at the day at the 9am Mulberry presentation on Sunday. The collection was inspired by the "neon-festooned lights at Blackpool" creative director Emma Hill said after the show. "I was looking at pictures of when I was growing up in the Seventies and holidays meant sitting on the beach...

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NYFW: Emerging trends

The spring summer season always bring about a lightness that retailers look forward to after months of stocking weighted knits, outerwear and weather appropriate attire. The standout shows to date were Proenza Schouler for its Hawaiian glamour and vibrant urban relevance; Chado Ralph Rucci for its lightness and use of texture; Theyskens Theory...

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NYFW: Victoria Beckham

New York Fashion Week got off to a strong start, despite design houses rushing against the clock after the recent tornadoes and storms. Victoria Beckham received raving reviews for her precision-cut label, and her strength in delivering must-have dresses each season will leave none of her customers disappointed for Spring 2012. Sharply tailored...