Armani paints London Town Red

Last night London saw its most fashionable party yet. Even Beyonce was in awe of Armani's star-studded event, saying: "Thank you for having me, Mr Armani!" after her perfomance to 1600 privileged guests. Giorgio Armani showcased his SS07 Emporio Armani collection in London while simultaneously highlighting his involvement with the Red Charity and the opening of Armani/Casa on Bond Street earlier in the day.

But by the standards of any fashion capital, this was not so much a catwalk show as a stadium gig. After all, what fashion show - let alone one held in London - is presented by Leonardo DiCaprio and Bono? Or lavishes a crowd with dinner, champagne and the chance to eyeball 50 Cent at close range.

Armani, according to the Independent, is the most powerful man in fashion, and so it should be no surprise that he, and his charitable cause, are able to persuade Beyoncé, Razorlight, Bryan Ferry and Andrea Bocelli to provide the soundtrack to his catwalk show. There were plenty of clothes for the guests to look at though, many flown in from Italy .

Making a nod to the charitable intentions of the evening, there were splashes of red in his otherwise grey and black spring Emporio Armani collection, as was the case with the tomato-coloured patent belts worn with a black-and-white striped cocktail frock keeping in tune with the 1980s trend hitting London catwalks earlier this week or strawberry-red taffeta dresses. RED clothing refers to the charity's stated intention to fight Aids in Africa .