ROBERTO CAVALLI 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

ROBERTO CAVALLI 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY with guests Leona Lewis, Heidi Klum, Kylie Minogue & Naomi Campbell donned their finest frocks to celebrate the designer's 40 years in the fashion industry at a glam Parisian party.

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DOLCE & GABBANA READY-TO-WEAR 2011 WITH LOVE FROM SICILIAN

Dolce & Gabbana Ready-To-Wear

Sicilian Sensuality – unsurprisingly from Dolce & Gabbana – the collection was almost entirely in white. The inspiration, the Pair told us, was the “sensual kind of elegance and tradition that characterises the typical trousseau of Southern Italy”.

It had the signature sex appeal of Dolce & Gabbana  – old fashioned underwear cut so tight that even these girls bulged out of it – made romantic by acres and acres of heavy white lace, as if they’d seen the potential in their grandmother’s lace curtains and given them a whole new purpose.

The show started with an clip of black and white photographs of people and places that the Dolce woman has experienced – with Madonna, star of the current ads – as a central character. Then the lace floorlength dresses through which sexy underwear could be glimpsed, lace-fronted playsuits under frilly house coats, shift dresses striped horizontally with alternate lace and chiffon, flippy skater skirts, and pretty drawstring milkmaid tops – all worn with wooden wedge heels smothered in the same white lace. It was all the house signatures swathed in white lace, making for an incredibly romantic hit show

An occasional black outfit – one particularly gorgeous scoop-fronted long sleeved dress – reminded us that virginity isn’t always the Dolce & Gabbana girl’s primary concern, and a touch of leopard print, for chiffon dresses also featuring white appliqué lace, ensured that the print that is all over the front rows this season will be just as big next summer.

At the end, the lace spawned glittering embellishment adding a disco effect to the bright white innocence – “like snowflakes in an ocean”  and they were right: each one was slightly different.

Finally the army of models paraded back out together in their underwear – a finale that never fails to impress. With Kylie, Naomi Campbell and Jade Pinkett Smith in the front row to prove it, the Dolce & Gabbana team hit headlines again.

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Celebration of Naomi Campbell 25th anniversary of her career at the Dolce & Gabbana shop ... in London Happy Anniversary

Dolce & Gabbana celebrate supermodel Naomi Campbell’s 25 years in the business with a collection of limited edition T-shirts and a party last night...
"And guess what guys.. I was there too".

What amazing night it was, everyone that was on Ms Campbells list was there. I Partied alongside Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana with the likes of Claudia Schiffer, Erin O'Connor, Liz Hurley, Florence Welch.

Naomi Campbell and a group of models all wearing the T-shirts

Alexandra Burke struck a pose

Jaime Winstone plays with Lily Allens baby bump

 

Pixie Lott

Paloma Faith looked Amazing

Amelle Berrabah in a amazing Dolce & Gabbana dress

Roisin Murphy

Claudia Schiffer

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Christopher Kane & Alexander McQueen Tribute

It was an explosion of neon today as Scottish designer Christopher Kane unveiled his Spring/Summer 2001 collection.

US Vogue editor Anna Wintour and model Amber Le Bon were among those who headed to an east London warehouse for the eagerly anticipated event.

And Kane certainly didn’t disappoint, his ninth line, which was themed around ‘an aristocrat gone bad’, included everything from lace, to leather, to graphic prints and even neon vinyl.

Splash of colour: Christopher Kane's Spring/Summer 2011 collection, which was unveiled at Nelson Passage in east London, included intricate designs with lace, graphic prints and traditional embroidery

Even the model's staggering high heels were in neon shades.

There’s been so much white and minimalism, I just reacted against that. I don’t want that. I don’t see that as being modern. To me, I think it’s old and used,’ he told reporters after the show.

 

The designer’s use of fluorescent shades of green and pink certainly brightened up a sombre day which saw Kate Moss, Sarah Jessica Parker and Naomi Campbell take a break from London Fashion Week to attend a memorial service for the late Alexander McQueen at St Paul's Cathedral.

The fashion world later queued up to pay tribute to the designer who began his career with an apprenticeship at Savile Row tailor's Anderson & Sheppard.

'An aristocrat gone bad': The designer's use of fluorescent shades of green and pink certainly brightened up proceedings at the eagerly anticipated event

Kane’s show was held shortly after the ceremony with Wintour and Dazed & Confused magazine editor Jefferson Hack managing to attend both.

‘I basically just have a bowl and just throw everything in it,’ said Kane. ‘Because it’s such a long season, you kind of get brainwashed early on, so you need to really be focused and just be open.'

Highlights from the collection include his laser-cut leather pieces and neon lace dresses. 

But it was the traditional embroidery, unmissable colours and attention to detail which made the collection one of the week's stand-outs .

In the audience: US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour with Vogue European Editor at Large Hamish Bowles (left) and Yasmin Le Bon were among those at the show