Fashion Week Begins!!!

Finally, the tired fashion journalists have arrived in London. After the big fashion circle from Paris, Milan and New York they have landed their jet lagged legs into winter chill to watch the Autumn Winter 07 08 shows.
I saw some this morning at South Kensington tube station, trudging along with their Louis Vuitton weekenders and Marc Jacobs totes before hailing a black cab to the Natural History Museum which incidentally is a 5 minute walk from the station. But will the louboutin heel hold that long on a london footpath??

Day 1> BFC tent

I had two invites, one for Caroline Charles and the other for Ben de Lisi.
Both designers appeal to mature (read old) british women who love buying their food at M & S, celebrating christmas with the family, taking a cruise with the husband, drinking earl gray and reading the Daily Telegraph.All out of sheer habit
So one can imagine, the tacky, inanely boring clothes that were showcased on the catwalk. Caroline Charles designed tunics in black, aubergine and olive satin with velvet trouses, prom style corsages on some more satin shirts, and long fish tail shifts with tacky gold and silver embroidery for the eager buyers. Ofcourse she knows her market and is not here to please the young, trendy lot. She knows who she is designing for, the faithful customer who will wear a label, beloved princess Di wore.
Ben De Lisi was obviously more stylish, but one cant expect fireworks !!

Perks were, free champagne (couldnt have any due to a sore throat), croissants, cream cheese finger sandwiches, bloody mary's for the vodka lovers and a long chat with Hilary Alexander which was a treat, because she is the fashion editor of the Daily Telegraph and an absolute delight. Very intelligent woman who knows her designers, and is friendly not like the bitchy snootiness one associates with fashion editors. Also got a quote for my story on Manish Arora.

P.S if anyone has seen absolutely fabulous the brit fashion comedy, the woman woke up with champagne, I now know why. Fashion Week spoils journalists!