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London Calling: Paul Smith, Louise Goldin, Ossie Clark

Jennifer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST

London's Fashion Week kicked off almost as soon as New York's ended, and yesterday, three of the biggest names in British fashion — Paul Smith, Louise Goldin, and the revived house of Ossie Clark — showed. And while I'm digging Goldin's perverse knits (and we would love the giant hood she closed her show with, at left), I'm afraid that Smith's layered smocks are destined to leave wearers looking frumpy. As for new Ossie Clark, well, it's a strange fusion of looking too dated and too futuristic. See for yourself with selected images of the good, bad, and ugly from each show, after the jump.

Paul Smith:
Sunny and bright, with a playful twist on a trumpet skirt. Verdict: Good.

And English garden's...weeds. Verdict: Bad

I suspect even the Olsen twins would protest this shapeless, pointless layering. Verdict: Ugly

Louise Goldin:
That sweater grandma knit you for Christmas never looked so rebellious. Verdict: Good.

Though I like the concept, I feel puffy just looking at it. Verdict: Bad.

I like a good pair of long johns, but I'm gonna have to just say no to this walking yeast infection/knit body suit. Verdict: Ugly.

Ossie Clark:
Demure and feisty, all at the same time. Verdict: Good.

The same look could probably be achieved through industrious Salvation Army-searching. Verdict: Bad.

It's alive! Verdict: Ugly.

[All images via Getty.]

Egomaniac Movie Mogul & Marchesa Designer Say "I Do"

Jennifer — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein and Marchesa co-designer Georgina Chapman got hitched on Saturday night at Weinstein's home in Westport, CT. The bride wore Marchesa, the groom Tom Ford, the Gypsy Kings gave a private concert and even Vogue's Anna Wintour attended. Also there: Model Natalia Vodianova, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, Renée Zellweger, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz (all of whom, sadly, need no further introduction). [WWD, 1st item]
Chapman designed not one but two gowns for her wedding: One for the ceremony and one for the reception. Modest! [GlamChic]
This year's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fun big winner Rogan Gregory is rumored to be the next designer to do a collection for Target, thus confirming Moe's theory that designers go straight from Vogue to the red bullseye, lovingly guided by Anna Wintour herself. [WWD, 2nd item]

God bless Valentino. The man denied his retirement for an eternity, then announced he was retiring, then threw himself a giant party for the anniversary of his label, and now — just for good measure — he is being honored by the mayor of Paris with an honorary citizenship to the city. [Fashion Week Daily]
Victoria Beckham's "V-Sculpt' make-up line scares us even more than Victoria Beckham's sculpted boobs. [BellaSugar]
Oh Lord: Who would want Tara Reid to be the face of anything? Yet alone "sleepwear." [Sassybella]
High Grant ex/English socialite Jemima Khan has designed a charm bracelet to benefit some charitable cause. The charms on the bracelet represent the five major world religions. Says Khan of her design, "I have been personally connected to the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism through my paternal grandfather, Christianity through my mother, and Islam through my marriage and my children." Well doesn't that make her special! [Fashion Week Daily]
All that talk about Vivienne Westwood moving her show back to London from Paris? Sorta bullshit. Westwood will only be showing her secondary line, Red Label, in Mother England. The eponymous shit will still show en Paris. [Vogue UK]
YSL designer Stefano Pilati has decided that runway shows and scary and impersonal so he will be showing the YSL menswear collection in a presentation and a private dinner this season instead. Touching is permitted. [Fashion Week Daily]
Oh no! Another cryptic e-mail from ELLE's Gilles Bensimon! Really, someone please stage an intervention and soon. [Fashion Week Daily]
Another reason to love/loathe Topshop: Launching collections ''collaborated" on by English designers Jonathan Saunders, Louise Goldin, Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab, Todd Lynn and Richard Nicoll starting in mid-January. [WWD, 5th item]
Herve Leger is back! And now designed under the Max Azria label. Um, ok? [WWD, 4th item]

London Fashion Week: Slightly Tailored, Slightly Bound

Jennifer — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:30:00 EDT

We're about halfway through London Fashion Week, and though we're not there in the flesh, some of us are there in spirit. [Meaning, Jennifer. -Ed.]After taking a gander at what's shown so far, we're happy to see that many of our English mates share our desire to embrace a feminized menswear sensibility. (Note the lovely and sedate looks shown by TopShop, shown at left.) Those who went less minimalist though? Big oy. The good, the bad, and the ugly of London Fashion Week so far, after the jump.

The Good:
Doru Lolwu makes us have 50's nostalgia; Paul Smith Woman finds a moment of Calvin Klein in a sea of nouveau prep; and and Marios Schwab keeps things tailored.
Luella Bartley makes sex look classy; Peter Jensen channels Jean Seberg; and TopShop keep everything crisp and clean.

The Bad:
Danielle Scutt went for the leopard / bondage look (Liza Minnelli on a bad day?); Louise Goldin took knitwear somewhere knitwear just shouldn't have gone; and Christopher Kane got lost in ruffles.

The Ugly:
Gareth Pugh. Wow: This just screams ready-to-wear to us, doesn't it?

[All images except TopShop via ELLE.com; TopShop images via Style.com.]