1. London's Calling
With London Fashion Week continuing to wow, shock and impress global fashion commentators season after season, it was only a matter of time before it officially became the fashion capital, overtaking Paris, Milan and New York. And the reason?
Bekka Payack, fashion correspondent from the Global Language Monitor, confirmed that "we are seeing what the impact of two media stars, Princess Kate and Alexander McQueen can have upon a global ranking. Our numbers show that it was their presence that tipped the victory to London over New York".
McQueen, an ex-Central St Martin's graduate, has left a legacy of ecletic fashion that we've grown to associate with quintessential London. With a British campaign hoping to bring his blockbuster exhibition from NYC's Met to the homeland, it's clear his influence has, and will continue to cast widespread. And as for Middleton?
Well, it would take a hermit/someone who has failed to be in a lucid state of mind over the last year or so, to have failed to notice the 'Middleton mania' that is sweeping the nation. And so with the power of the press as relevant as ever, we soar to the top of the charts with style.
It can only be good news for our up-and-coming designers. Roll on Fashion Week!
2.Kate vs Kate
Before anyone would let Princess Catherine get ahead of herself in the fash stakes, a few fashion heavyweights have let their opinions be heard. Vivienne Westwood has deemed her style 'ordinary' and criticised her over-excessive use of black eyeliner, with designers Viktor and Rolf nodding in agreement. Given Westwood's slamming of Emma Watson (claiming she didnt know who she was, to her face, while presenting her with an award) I don't think Kate should be too offended - at least Westwood knows who she is.
Since becoming one of the most photographed woman in the world, she's won over the general public with her elegant, beautiful fashion and seems to have stayed true to her own sense of style. Isn't this a sign that the media should accept that her relatively civilised sartorial choices as indicators that she isnt trying to gain an iconic status, she's simply dressing in the way she always has done. Therefore must every item of clothing be literally front page news (when educating the public on current affairs might actually be of use) and under intense scrutiny? Yes she's our Princess but the veneration, followed swiftly by criticism, must stop.
Naturally of course, Moss has the final word.
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