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lifestyle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 FASHION Models, led by Cara Delevingne present creations from designer Burberry Prorsum. Bradley Cooper visits London Fashion Week Day 4 ondon Fashion Week saw its starriest out the sequins - at his shows. Versions of and most hectic day yet Monday, as that jersey are now sold online, independ- LHollywood celebrities turned up at ent of the luxury design label. (61 refers to big-ticket shows and rubbed shoulders Ford’s year of birth.) “I just took the knock with fashion’s elite on the front rows. Singer off from online, and knocked it off,” Ford Harry Styles and actors Bradley Cooper and told The Associated Press after the show, Naomie Harris dropped in at Burberry which also featured black and red velvet Prorsum, which led a schedule that includ- dresses, sporty hoodies and animal print ed back-to-back catwalk action at separates worn with high-heel boots. Ford Christopher Kane, Erdem, Issa and Tom said the collection was about “modest luxu- Ford among others. Here are highlights ry” and updates on 1960s shapes and the from Day 4: styles women wear in the American West, where he grew up. “The first dress was Bradley Cooper supports actually the same dress that Navajo Indian model girlfriend women have been wearing since the 1920s Cooper gave the fashion week some and still wear,” he said, referring to a black high wattage star power when he showed velvet dress that opened the show. up at Burberry, where his girlfriend, Suki Waterhouse, was modeling the autumn Burberry draws big a-list crowd US actor Bradley Cooper, center, is photographed arriv- and winter collection for the luxury label. with luxury display ing for the Burberry Prorsum autumn/winter 2014 He squeezed in next to US Vogue editor Harry Styles and Naomie Harris were London Fashion Week show. Anna Wintour, and the two were pictured among those joining Cooper at the front chatting and joking together. A few hours row at Burberry, Britain’s most successful and an outfit change later, Cooper was fashion house and host to the week’s glitzi- spotted on the front row at Tom Ford, this est show. The label showcased dozens of British model Suki Waterhouse, centre left, and her boyfriend US actor Bradley time with Waterhouse next to him. The pair new variations of Burberry’s bestselling ºCooper, centre right, watch the show by Tom Ford during London Fashion Week kept a low profile, deliberately turning their trench coat, with the standout styles in put- Autumn/Winter 2014. — AP/AFP photos backs to prying cameras. That wasn’t too ty-colored leather, hand-painted with floral my taste but always wanting to jazz it up time everything was wearable. “I really liked difficult. The show space at Ford, set up like designs. There was plenty of warm outer- with something modern as well.” Other the fur, the black, pink, coffee white,” said a nightclub, was so dark that they could wear to choose from, including painted familiar faces on the front row included stylist Caroline Sieber. “It was very chic.” have gone unnoticed. shearling jackets, blanket coats and wool movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, singer ponchos in bold geometric prints, and Tinie Tempah, Topshop boss Philip Green, An ornate dollhouse at Erdem Tom Ford ‘Knocks Off’ Jay Z heavy blanket scarves embroidered with TV presenter Cat Deeley and celebrity pho- Designer Erdem Moralioglu’s new col- Tom Ford may be best known for his initials. When customers buy those scarves, tographer Mario Testino. lection was set in an industrial warehouse- razor-sharp suits and slinky womenswear, they are encouraged to have their own ini- like building, but guests were transported but the designer showed a humorous side tials added. That personal touch and Mannish, feminine, to the most decadent dollhouse once the Monday with a catwalk collection that emphasis on individual craftsmanship cool: Christopher Kane has it all show came on and the dresses came out. played on his own fame and rapper Jay Z. comes at a hefty price: A sheepskin trench Christopher Kane opened his show with Models wore highly ornate dresses in black, The designer’s catwalk, unveiled at London coat straight from the runway could set you tough and mannish all black outfits, and gold, and metallic jewel tones, all in rich Fashion Week, featured sequined football back 6,000 pounds ($10,000.) Designer ended with little dresses that couldn’t be fabrics like velvet and silks and decorated jerseys emblazoned with the giant white Christopher Bailey said he wanted the col- more delicate. The designer, one of with lace, intricate floral embroidery, and letters “TOM FORD 61.” That’s a playful refer- lection to be “very sophisticated, and with a London’s favorites, offered many more laser cut-outs. There were also Chinoiserie ence to Jay Z, who recorded a song called slight nuance of sexiness.” “It was absolutely looks in between. There were black plastic- prints, and beaded and jeweled numbers. “Tom Ford” and wore a similar jersey - with- beautiful,” said Harris. “So vibrant, classic looking dresses trimmed with cream fur, Erdem’s clothes are known for their femi- with such a modern twist, and that’s what I all-black outfits made trendy with neon ninity, but the look on Monday avoided love, because I’m personally quite classic in green or yellow accents, sporty puffer jack- being too “done” by pairing the ornateness ets and ladylike pale pink wool coats. If with modern boxy shapes and short, play- that’s not enough, he added clever and sur- ful skirts. — AP prising touches that would make anyone who wears his clothes a talking point. Memorable designs included cocktail dresses that came with sculptural ‘sleeves’ made of stiff ribbons that looped around the arms, or made of countless layers of thin parchment-like fabric, so that they fan out like the pages of a book as the models moved. Kane’s creativity could be too quirky and weird for many women, but this Tom Ford .

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