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UJ at London Fashion Week February '09

Originally published on Monday, 23rd February 2009

Gossip: Weekend

Haven't got anything nice to say? Come sit by us.

Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd February.

 

Overheard:

Presumption Is The Mother…
Irate VIP: "Sorry, how did you not know who I was? Who did you presume I was? Just some hanger on-er nobody who just fancied a look at nice clothes after taking in some science, perhaps?"
Apologetic intern: "I'm so sorry, I just presumed..."
Irate VIP: "I'll tell you what. You can PRESUME I am the Queen of F*ucking Sheba until you hear otherwise."

Newbie show-goer whoops as the lights go down at John Rocha
Fashion friend: "Please love, this isn't the theatre."
Newbie: "Oh sorry. Um, so when do we clap? After each model?"
Fashion friend hisses: "It's not a bloody football match and the models aren't goals. Clap at the end. Christ."

Fashion Hound
"That's not a fashion dog; he shouldn't have it in that bag!" (A hissy queen, referring to the chap with the sausage dog in his tote at the Horace show in the Vauxhall tent.)

The Hallowed Press
Journo to three interns: "Get me a glass of wine, please. I said, get me a glass of wine."
Poor intern: "White or red?"
Dismissively: "Anything, so long as it's free."

Cocktail Confusion
Waspy Journo at the free bar: "What's the difference between the blue one and the purple one?"
Even waspier bartender: "Why sir, the colour."

Finger-Lickin' Queue
Girl standing in line for the PPQ afterparty, which snaked round the Café de Paris and circled an enormous KFC: "I hate waiting for fried chicken."

Trends

1. Tight buns, worn on the very top of the head

2. Cotton socks with heels, à la Pixie Geldof at Topshop Unique show

3. Men's large leather bags, and Balenciaga looks to be quite the popular choice

Around Town

Front-To-Back
At the Romeo Pires show, about five models took a tumble on the runway wearing the back-to-front style shoes (with toes at each end) and some also wearing back-to-front hair with ponytails in their faces. One poor girl fell over no less than three times.

Power To The People
After culling the free drinks at an ungodly 10:37pm at the Eley Kishimoto afterparty at Paramount, the two-deep, blood-baying mob at the bar were apparently such a force to be reckoned with that the freebies were back on by 10:41.

We're Loving
The Louis Vuitton pink graffiti leggings, as worn by a male front row-er at the Ann-Sofie Back/Peter Jensen show

Spotted

Suzy Menkes making her own coffee in the press lounge at the BFC tent, with not a fashion intern in sight. Warming, non?

 

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