Alexander McQueen honoured with Met exhibition
The late Lee Alexander McQueen will be recognized with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, designer Stella McCartney, and UK First Lady and British Fashion Council ambassador Samantha Cameron were present to promote the Met’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, opening on May 4. The exhibition will feature […]
Cheryl Cole, Emma Watson, Blake Lively and other celebs sparkle at Elle Style Awards
Cheryl Cole, Emma Watson, Blake Lively, Alexa Chung, Eliza Doolittle, Alice Dellal, Courtney Love, Vivenne Westwood, Thandie Newton, supermodel Hélèna Christensen and Boy George were among those attending the Elle Style Awards at the Grand Connaught rooms in London. Numerous celebrity prizes were handed out at the London event: Watson won the Style Icon […]
Victoria Beckham, Thandie Newton, Claudia Schiffer, Lily Cole, at British Fashion Awards
Rightster Above A highlight reel from the 2010 British Fashion Awards. Although the below videos can be found in our main story from the 2010 British Fashion Awards, they were added through the small hours of the morning as they became available, and some readers may have missed them. For those readers, below are […]
Céline’s Phoebe Philo wins Designer of the Year at 2010 British Fashion Awards
Rightster Above, from top Designer of the Year Phoebe Philo. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wearing Alexander McQueen, receiving an award commemorating 25 years of her career. Céline designer Phoebe Philo has won the prestigious Designer of the Year accolade at the 2010 British Fashion Awards, beating off Erdem and Christopher Kane, held at the Savoy Theatre […]
The Alexander McQueen–Hells Angels fashion fiasco explained
On October 25, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corp. took a different route when confronting someone with a ‘problem’ instead of the usual threaten-and-get-’em routine—going so far as to hiring intellectual property attorney Fritz Clapp from the central district of California. ‘There’s no doubt in my mind the designer had seen the death head mark,’ he […]
Some of our favourite dresses (so far) at the 63rd Festival de Cannes
Getty Images Venturelli/WireImage Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Tony Barson/WireImage Olivier Borde/Getty Images Getty Images Giorgio Armani We promised readers late last week that we would have some images from the Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) that were not from Giorgio Armani, who had sent us quite a few ahead of the other designers. […]
Alexander McQueen inquest adjourns
The inquest into Lee McQueen’s death, which opened today at Westminster Coroner’s Court, has found that the 40-year-old designer had hanged himself in his wardrobe. McQueen had died of asphyxia and hanging, according to a post mortem, and had left a suicide note. Det Insp Paul Armstrong told the coroner, Dr Paul Knapman, […]
Alexander McQueen commits suicide on eve of mother’s funeral
Designer Lee McQueen, better known by his label’s name of Alexander McQueen, has been found dead at his home, a victim of suicide. McQueen, 40, had found it difficult to come to terms with his mother’s passing on February 2. Her funeral was scheduled to take place tomorrow. His Twitter postings reflected his […]
ShowStudio gets exhibition at Somerset House
Naomi Campbell, Bring and Buy, ShowStudio, 2005. Copyright by Nick Knight. Beginning during London Fashion Week, Somerset House will present an exhibition on ShowStudio, founded by Nick Knight. In 2003, both Lucire and ShowStudio were vying for a prize in the same category in the Webby Awards—which ShowStudio deservedly took that year. The exhibition […]
