London Fashion Week Gossip Recap- From the legacy of Alexanader McQueen to Mark Ronson’s fete, my tipster has the dish

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London Fashion Week Gossip Recap- From the legacy of Alexanader McQueen to Mark Ronson’s fete, my tipster has the dish

The Alexander McQueen legacy is coming to New York City on May 4th, The Box makes it to London and is graced with the like’s of bad boy Damien Hirst, Kate Moss, Tilda Swinton and Daphne Guinness! London Fashion Week proves to be filled with lots of Tartan…

As Season 2 of “The Real Housewives of New York City” is airing in England, I’m getting an extra dose of dish from the other side of the pond.

One of the pleasures of being the contributing editor at large here at FocusOnStyle is that I get all the really cool news from my tipsters around the world.

This just in: “Savage Beauty”, the upcoming exhibition to honor the brilliance of the late and irreplaceable Alexander McQueen, opens May 4th at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum.

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Andrew Bolton has curated the show and his passion for tracking down McQueen’s most important works won’t disappoint. I’m told there are a lot of empty closets. McQueen’s jewelry will also be featured. You can count on Focus on Style to cover the gala event and give you all the fabulous news. There’ll be one amazing guest list.

I would assume that Alexander and Isabella Blow surely would love all the drama surrounding the mounting of this show; and trust me, there has been major drama. My source tells me the line-up and placement of the private pieces on loan is like a chess game. One wrong move and you are out! Prick up your ears Scotland Yard! The claws are out and hair will be flying!

Mark Ronson got the crowd on their feet at the Box, a back-alley transplant from London’s Soho district, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Another’ magazine hosted by Kate Moss and Tilda Swinton.

The turn out was impressive.

Kirsten Dunst and Damien Hirst were seated with my tipster who texted me. The ever-omnipresent Daphne Guinness, wrapped in gold lame shimmered as always. She was wrapped arm and arm with Kate. The sun was coming up as guests were leaving. Now, that’s a lot of Red Bull, ladies and gentleman!
London fashion has always been one of my favorites with the likes of Julien MacDonald and his edgy designs made of cobweb knits and tartan chiffon. There was more black lace than in a funeral parlor. MacDonald’s expertise in tailoring is so superb. His fall 2011 collection really is a stand alone. You’ve got to check it out! Hats off to Julien.

The general feeling coming out of London fashion week seems to be a street-edgy, club-culture throw back to the early 80s with short skirts and ragged hem lines. The collections are bursting with prints, texture, and tartans. Let’s hope that eighties hair doesn’t make a come back as well! And how was your day? –Brad Boles

Photo via: LondonFashionWeek

Published on February 24, 2011

Published on February 24, 2011

Brad Boles

Brad Boles landed in New York in the early eighties at the height of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and worked his way up the make-up artist ladder to fame with his work being featured on the cover's of countless fashion magazines, as well as editorial spreads. MTV was his playground working with the most celebrated artists of the time from Pat Benatar to Grace Jones.

When Hollywood came calling, he landed his first film doing Kim Cattrall’s make-up and went on to work with Reese Witherspoon, Gina Gershon, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Billy Zane, Andrew McCarthy and more.

Brad was the creative director for Denise Rich for 12 years as her stylist and make-up artist, as well as designing her legendary parties for such luminaries as President Clinton, Patti Labelle, Natelie Cole, and Richard Avedon.

Later, Brad opened a store of exotic interiors in NYC in 2002 and then opened a store in Moscow! Brad also designed the Zarin Fabrics showroom with Jill Zarin thus leading to being on the “The Real Housewives of New York City” seen as Jill Zarin's gay husband. Brad is currently working globally on interior projects and has been busy doing interiors in New York City, The Hamptons, Moscow, Morocco, and Dubai.

He has shot the pilot for his own TV show produced by Nancy Glass Productions. Look for his coffee table book, "The Art of Extravagant Luxury" coming soon. Brad and Sharon Haver are developing a style book and series.