>>  I was beginning to be worried about what to look forward to next spring, this season's shows have been for the most part uninspired.  Like everyone's creative juices weren't flowing quite right. 
But leave it to McQueen to save the season.  His demicouture dresses, influenced by trapped petals, Goya drawings, Mexican dress and the Marchioness Luisa Casati, are just as expected -- absolutely beautiful.

More to come tomorrow when the pictures are better.  A tiny video of the finale, complete with orchestral version of the Stones' Paint it Black can be seen here.

>>  M. Yves Saint Laurent has reportedly collapsed near the YSL boutique in Paris.  Hopefully he will recover quickly, and nothing serious has happened...

EDIT:  Reuters is reporting from a spokeswoman for YSL:

Monsieur Saint Laurent did not have a heart attack.  He just missed the curb, dropping into his car, and he fell.  He's fine and he did not go to the hospital.

Phew.  I was shocked to even hear that the reclusive M. Saint Laurent was out and about, but so glad to hear he's okay.

>> After the prototype issue sold out, DVD cum magazine FLY is at it again.  The first official issue, "Words Remembered," drops today, featuring contributions from Karl Lagerfeld, Hussein Chalayan, Boudicca, Thom Browne, Zac Posen, and Alice Roi.  The trailer for the issue once again features a great song (and the requisite beautiful footage) -- enticing indeed.

>> Courtesy of style.com:

Have people finally had it with front-row celebrities and the inevitable delays and other hassles they cause? One designer, whose show is among the most coveted and hard-to-come-by invites of the week, is considering declining a request for tickets from fashion week's most omnipresent (and, thanks to her bulked-up bodyguards, most exasperating) celeb, Janet Jackson.

My guess?  McQueen.  And I love him for that.  Especially because Janet took Hilary Alexander's front row seat at YSL.

The whole of the celebrity hijinks, as WWD tells it: 

The celebrity scene at Yves Saint Laurent Thursday evening became a bit little untidy as expected guests Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham were nowhere to be seen just as the show was ready to get under way. It was then that a late-arriving Lenny Kravitz was ushered to the seats destined for the two stars. Just as the lights dimmed and the music kicked in, Janet Jackson and her posse suddenly rambled in to find their seats already filled. Not to worry, The Daily Telegraph's fashion scribe, Hilary Alexander, sacrificed her seat to the songstress. But that wasn't the end. Ten minutes into the show, Holmes and Beckham arrived together. They had to stand for awhile, but eventually seats were found for the two late arrivals. The more punctual glitterati include Kanye West, Catherine Deneuve, Betty Catroux and Pierre Bergé.

Sad that the real YSL VIPs -- Deneuve, Catroux, and Berge -- can all make it on time, but the other self-important VIPs cannot.