Burberry Returning to Londontown for Spring 2010 Runway Show

fashionologie — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:36 PDT

>> New York City Mayor Bloomberg has declared Thursday "Burberry Day" to coincide with the official lighting of the brand's logo atop its new US headquarters. Christopher Bailey exclaimed of the event: “It’s going to be part of the Manhattan skyline - you’re going to be able to see it from all the boroughs!”

Bailey's on the first flight out of London to JFK airport tomorrow to celebrate, but he just made his own announcement worthy of celebration: he's bringing the Spring 2010 Burberry Prorsum show back to London Fashion Week in September. The brand has shown in Milan for the past eight years, but Bailey decided it "feels right" to close London Fashion Week with “a big, sophisticated show.”

The return marks the 25th anniversary of both London Fashion Week and its organising body, the British Fashion Council, and Bailey will host “a large after-party for many attendees who haven’t been seen in town for several seasons” following the show to celebrate the anniverseries.

The move is only for one season so far, but Christopher Kane hopes it might be the beginning of a trend: “It’s really good for all of us. The injection of attention again is great. Hopefully, they’ll come, and then come back again.”

The Last Two POP Covers for Dasha Zhukova's First Issue, Plus More Inside Details

fashionologie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:17:07 PDT

>> The first issue of POP under Dasha Zhukova's guiding hand hits newsstands tomorrow at $8, with two international newsstand covers, each with a 50/50 split run, of Style Rookie's Tavi, plus a 500-copy limited-edition hardback cover by Ed Ruscha (below, left), and a limited subscriber's cover of Cicciolina for the Baltic States (below, right).

“The new Pop launches at an exciting turning point in fashion, where the possibilities and potential for creativity are almost overwhelming,” Zhukova told WWD. “The new era is more fluid than ever before; one where teenage girls in Chicago, fashion editors in Paris, street photographers from Berlin and bloggers everywhere . . . redefine the fashion landscape.”

Fake Karl, Jen Brill, and Mark Borthwick are all involved »