Sarah Burton scoops Designer of the Year at British Fashion Awards—videos from the night
Updated with video on November 29, 4.36 a.m. GMT Above Sarah Burton on stage after accepting her Designer of the Year Award from UK First Lady Samantha Cameron. Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen is the Designer of the Year, it was announced at the British Fashion Awards last night. Burton has been riding high […]
Prince William, Princess Catherine promote British talent in Hollywood
We virtually had a blow-by-blow of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s arrival in Beverly Hills last week, thanks to a friend of the magazine updating her Facebook. And now that Prince William and Princess Catherine have settled in as part of their American tour, they’ve begun promoting British film in Hollywood—not to mention Brand […]
Kate in Canada fashion round-up, and other features
ITN has a summary of a lot of the outfits the Duchess of Cambridge has worn on her visit to Canada, including labels such as Catherine Walker, Issa, Reiss and Alexander McQueen, and maple leaf-themed accessories in honour of her hosts. The Canadian, and for that matter, the British, media have been complimentary about […]
Harvey Nichols shows Alexander McQueen to coincide with Costume Institute exhibition
Harvey Nichols is offering its London customers a chance to feel a part of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, with its McQueen-themed windows. The Harvey Nichols windows feature pieces that could not make it to New York due to customs’ regulations, according to Janet Wardley, […]
Royal Wedding recap: the dress, designed by Sarah Burton
As predicted by many, and originally denied by the Alexander McQueen company, Sarah Burton was the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding gown. The choice of Burton stemmed from ‘its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing,’ according to an official statement. It continued, ‘Miss Middleton wished for […]
Royal Wedding recap: the Beckhams and Carole Middleton arrive
Now that the Royal Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is over, we thought we’d recap some of the arrivals from earlier in the day. From our fashion point-of-view, the hope we had that Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was from Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton was fulfilled. Also from the fashion perspective, […]
Irish bookie has Sarah Burton as favourite to design Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding gown
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has issued a press release on what odds two designers are getting as Kate Middleton’s choice for her Royal Wedding gown. Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen and long tipped by many in the fashion media as the chosen designer, is the favourite with odds of 1/25. The […]
Kate Moss is smoking; Alexander McQueen goes bridal; Lily Allen hires Karl Lagerfeld
ITN has had its cameras at Paris Fashion Week, and caught Kate Moss smoking on the Louis Vuitton catwalk. The reporter says it’s been seven years since Moss was last on the catwalk, though with her regular appearances in the media, has it really been that long? We seem to think it was only […]
Sarah Burton and Bruce Oldfield in the rumour mill for Royal Wedding dress
With eight weeks to go to the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, Sarah Burton’s name is still top of the list in the British rumour mill. ITN’s clip below has an endorsement from Anna Wintour of Vogue, though the quotation was taken from London Fashion Week in an unrelated context. […]
Has Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton won the Royal Wedding dress commission?
Reports are claiming that Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, will design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. ITN claims that Burton won the commission after numerous high-profile designs for US First Lady Michelle Obama and Sara Buys, journalist and wife of Tom Parker-Bowles, son of the Duchess of Cornwall. The McQueen company has […]
