LFW | BURBERRY SS16

LACE, LATTICE AND GILDED EMBROIDERY WERE THE KEY THEMES AT YESTERDAY'S SS16 SHOWCASE BY BURBERRY. 

PRESENTED IN A TRANSPARENT TENT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL MODELS WERE HEAVILY ADORNED IN GOLD AND LOT OF IT. WITH EXAGGERATED GOLD MILITARY DETAILS, GOLD CORD, GOLD BUTTON FACES, AND GOLD CRESTED EMBLEMS. 

AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THESE METALLIC ACCENTS WERE THE TRADITIONAL SHADES WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE AT THE AUTUMN/WINTER SHOWS. THINK BLACK,  AMBER, AND  RUSTIC YELLOW. 

CHRISTOPHER BAILEY SAID: “WE TRIED TO FORGET ABOUT THE SEASONS.” 

THE EMPHASIS ON TRANSITIONAL PIECES WAS FELT BEYOND THE COLOUR PALETTE AS BAILEY SHOWCASED A COLLECTION WHICH DELICATELY JUXTAPOSED HEAVY DUTY MILITARY PIECES WITH ROMANTIC AND  GAUZY TEXTURES: LATTICE AND MESH DRESSES IN WINTER PASTEL HUES, WERE DRAPED OVER BY  OVERSIZED CASHMERE COATS. 

THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE OF PAIRED BACK AUTHENTICITY ABOUT BURBERRYS PRESENTATION, WHICH SEEMED TO GESTURE THE CULTURE OF THE MODERN BRITISH WOMEN: A DESIRE FOR SIMPLICITY AND MUTED ELEGANCE. 

BACKSTAGE BAILEY SAID “WHEN ANYTHING FELT TO GLAMOROUS WE BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN WITH A BACKPACK. 

THE BACKPACKS WERE QUITE POSSIBLY THE STAND OUT PIECES FROM THE SHOW.  MADE FROM GARBARDINE - CONSTRUCTED  NYLON THE ACCESSORY FEATURES TANNED LEATHER DETAILS, GOLD HARDWARE AND IS DECORATED WITH MONOGRAMMED EMBLEMS. 

SELECTED PIECES AND ACCESSORIES CAN BE PURCHASED AND PERSONALISED UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH.

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PALOMA POSES FOR AGENT PROVACATEUR

For Agent Provocateur's AW15 Campaign they have cast former sales associate's Paloma Faith as it's sultry starlet and Alice Hawkins as photographer. 

Titled Knickers Forever the Campaign see's the two women - who worked together in the Lingerie companies Soho Branch - reunite to collaborate on images that see Paloma writhing around in strategic lace, butter silk hosiery and in a nod to her former role, Faith is styled in Provocateur's signature baby pink uniform. 

Hawkins - whose images traditionally offer high voltage sex and glamour - said that she 'took inspiration for the images from the Polaroids that she used to take' while working at the store.' In a vide clip released on Youtube Paloma explains the impact that the boutique had on her, 'I've never had a job, other than an AP, that has formed me as a person or influenced my whole life. ''When I walk past the shop in Soho, I feel really nostalgic about a time when I think I was quite carefree.'

Touted as "powerfully sensual" the collection is available from today and can be viewed here. 

LILY ROSE JOINS THE CHANEL ALUMNI

KARL LAGERFELD HAS APPOINTED A NEW MUSE FOR HIS LATEST CHANEL CAMPAIGN IN THE FORM OF LILY ROSE DEPP.

WITH INSANELY GOOD LOOKS FROM HER FATHER, JOHNNY DEPP (WHO AT 52 IS STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS) AND MOTHER VANESSA PARADIS (A LEGENDARY CHANEL MUSE AND LONG-SERVING AMBASSADOR) IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL LILY BECAME FORMALLY INITIATED INTO THE FASHION WORLD.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE BRANDS PEARL ENCRUSTED EYEWEAR COLLECTION, WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY KARL AND DEPICTS LILY AS A "BABY DOLL" (ALTHOUGH THERE ARE  UNDERLYING HINTS OF LOLITAESQUE CHARATERISTCS) DECORATED IN CHANEL. THE STYLING FOR THE SHOOT ALSO PAYS HOMAGE TO DEPP'S ROCK STAR GENES, WITH DARK LIPS TOUSLED HAIR AND HER #BRF DEMEANOUR. 

SPEAKING ABOUT WHY HE CHOSE THE GENETICALLY GIFTED TEEN, LAGERFELD SAID 'LILY - ROSE IS STUNNING, SHE'S A YOUNG GIRL FROM A NEW GENERATION WITH ALL THE QUALITIES OF A STAR'. LOOKING AT THE IMAGES FROM THE CAMPAIGN ITS NOT HARD TO AGREE WITH KARL'S DESCRIPTION OF FASHION NEWEST IT GIRL. 

THE CAMPAIGN WILL APPEAR IN PRINT ON SEPTEMBER 2015.

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GAME. SET. MATCH.

AS GREY CLOUDS GATHERED OVERHEAD YESTERDAY EVENING, THE WORLD OF FASHION AND SPORTS DESCENDED ONTO THE BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS OF KENSINGTON PALACE TO ATTEND A PRE-WIMBLEDON SOIREE. 

THE EVENT WHICH WAS HOSTED BY LEGENDARY TENNIS STAR, BORIS BECKER AND BRITISH VOGUE'S EDITOR-IN-CHEIF, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN, CELEBRATED THE UPCOMING BRITISH TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND ALSO RAISED A CHAMPAGNE GLASS TO HERITAGE BRAND, RALPH LAUREN, WHO THIS YEAR, CELEBRATE ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE EVENTS OFFICIAL OUTFITTER.  

THE UNIFORM FOR THE FESTIVITIES, WAS, YES YOU GUESSED IT, LAUREN, LAUREN, LAUREN, - WITH MOST OF THE GUESTS DRAPING THEMSELVES FROM HEAD TO TOE IN THE BRANDS LATEST SARTORIAL OFFERINGS. CASE AND POINT, ACTRESS JESSICA CHASTAIN, WHO  STUNNED IN A WAIST CINCHING, BLACK AND WHITE CREPE DRESS AND BLACK SKY SCRAPPER HEELS. CHASTAIN KEPT HER LOOK SIMPLE AND LOW KEY, ACCESSORISING WITH AONLY PAIR OF DIAMOND EARRINGS. THE MAKEUP WAS CLEAN AND MINIMAL WHICH WAS CO-ORDINATED WITH BOLD LIPS IN A DARING SHADE OF PLUM. CHASTAIN'S LOOK WAS THE VERY DEFINITION OF PAIRED DOWN ELEGANCE AND SOPHISTICATION AND DROVE US INTO A SARTORIAL LOVE AFFAIR. 

JESSICA CHASTAIN

OTHER BEAUTIES WHO SERVED UP SARTORIAL ACES WERE CINDERELLA ACTRESS LILY JAMES, WHO DAZZLED IN A WHITE CHIFFON SHIRT DRESS, SUPERMODEL ERIN O'CONNOR WHO ALSO ELEGANT IN A WHITE FLOOR LENGTH GOWN, WHICH HAD A CUT OUT DESIGN IN THE BACK. O'CONNER ACCESSORISED WITH A GOLD BELT AROUND HER WAIST AND A SIMILAR TONED  CLUTCH. 

ELLA CATLIFFF IMPRESSED INDULGED OUR FASHION TASTE BUDS AS SHE SHOWCASED HER ENVIABLE FIGURE IN A FORM HUGGING RED AND BLACK MINI DRESS. LAST ON OUR LIST OF TOP PICKS IS MOLLIE KING WHO WORE AN OLIVE TONED TULLE SKIRT, AND KHAKI VEST SHIRT WHICH SHE PAIRED TOGETHER WITH AN OVERSIZED METALLIC BELT. 

ERIN O'CONNOR IN RALPH LAUREN

ELLA CATLIFF IN RALPH LAUREN

MOLLIE KING IN RALPH LAUREN

LILY JAMES IN RALPH LAUREN

BORRIS BECKER & GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE 

JOANNE FROGGATT, LILLY JAMES & MATT SMITH 

CHELSEA LEYLAND 

Setting the scene @ralphlauren and @britishvogue #RLWimbledon summer cocktail party last night to celebrate 10 years as Official Outfitters of The Championships

A video posted by Ralph Lauren (@ralphlauren) on Jun 23, 2015 at 4:16am PDT

 VIDEO COURTESY RALPH LAUREN INSTAGRAM 

THE WORLD OF FASHION AND SPORTS WILL AGAIN TAKE CENTRE COURT ON JUNE 29TH WHEN, THE ON-COURT OFFICIALS WALK OUT IN THEIR "PREPPY" INSPIRED UNIFORMS DESIGNED BY RALPH LAUREN. 

FOR THE PAST 10 YEAR'S, THE FASHION HOUSE HAS MADE FASHION HISTORY IN BEING THE SOLE DESIGNER TO CLOTHE ALL ON-COURT OFFICIALS. TO CELEBRATE THE 10 YEAR MILESTONE RALPH LAUREN HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DRESS UP LIKE UMPIRES AND BALLGIRLS AND BOYS BY CREATING A COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND AT THEIR POP-UP SHOP AT WIMBLEDON.

THE WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT WILL COMMENCE ON JUNE 29TH 2015 AND CONCLUDE ON 12TH JULY 2015 

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