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Kate Moss Demonstrates Her British Style Genius

fashionologie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:21:35 PDT

>> It's always a treat to see Kate Moss talk - since she doesn't log much on camera time, with the exception of all those Rimmel commercials - and it's even better when she's making silly faces, telling stories about catching girls in her Topshop line, and being all around cheeky. Last night, she did just that on the new BBC series British Style Genius, which for a few minutes follows Kate as she purrs and paws her way through Topshop meetings about her Fall 2008 line. If you're in the UK, you can watch the whole episode here, but we boiled all the good Kate parts into one for all below.

British Style Genius: Productive Television

coutorture — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:10:22 PDT

If you're a fashion enthusiast and stick to shows like Project Runway and Gossip Girl when you happen to sit in front of the television, we're betting you'll be happy about a show airing just across the pond. British Style Genius, which aired in the UK last night, is a documentary show with interviews by some of fashion's most celebrated English designers. Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, and Paul Smith will all make appearances on the show as it attempts to examine Britain's most eponymous fashion looks. Episodes are broken down, for instance, by 'the high street' or 'the tailored look' and then the appropriate designers are called up to stage. So far we can't find the first episode online but we're guessing it's only a little while before it's available for Americans to watch. Check out the titles video, below.

The Fashion World Reacts to Alexander McQueen's Death

fashionologie — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:27:51 PST

>> The news of Alexander McQueen's death hung like a dark cloud over the Fashion Week events today. The McQueen store down the street from Milk Studios in Manhattan, where a number of shows were held today, had its windows covered with white paper; a placard left on the ground outside. Passersby left flowers and notes in a makeshift memorial out front. Barneys, too, changed out its windows in tribute to McQueen - the store sold over 500 McQueen scarves today.

This morning at the BCBG show, just as the news broke, Anna Wintour left before the show's finale. The Ports 1961 show held a moment of silence in honor of McQueen, Cushnie et Ochs included a tribute note in their show's program, and at the LnA after party this evening, Patti Smith dedicated her performance to the designer.

Kate Moss, who was scheduled to hold a launch party for her Longchamp collection in London, postponed the event to mourn her friend. More changes to the calendar may be made: The Cut is reporting that editors might leave New York Fashion Week early for London in light of McQueen's death.

On Twitter, there was an outpouring of grief from the industry, collected below. T's Stefano Tonchi told The Cut he partially blames the rapidly increasing speed of the fashion system for McQueen's suicide:

We all know that this is a very critical moment in fashion, and that basically he is the first victim of what is a conflict between creativity and business. Today to be a fashion designer, you have to be a superman or superwoman. You have to have nerves of steel. You have to be so strong. And if you are a little bit weak, if you have psychological problems or weakness, you end up like him.” When McQueen began in fashion, designers worked on two or three collections a year, said Tonchi. “Now you have to be a business manager, a marketer. It’s, what? Eight, ten, fifteen collections a year. Men’s, women’s, couture, diffusion. Then they want accessories. Then they want watches. Then they want jewelry. It’s a machine, and I think that killed him.

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