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Holly Fulton has architectural inspiration at London Fashion Week for her fall 2010 collection

Runway Review: Fulton's designs referenced famous world-skyscrapers including New York's Empire State Building, which reconfirmed her fascination with art-deco In an intimate show at London Fashion Week, Royal College of Art graduate, Holly Fulton, presented her optimistic, striking Fall 2010 collection. Inspired by depictions of telephones in iconic artworks by Frenchman Louis Barillet, this collection by the Edinburgh-born designer carried a strong geometric theme, which was demonstrated through complicated, bold patterns featured on simple, sharp silhouettes. >> More fashion show photos and runway reviews Snake-print shift dresses came in mini lengths and slim-fit trousers featured busy, bold designs. Skirts in pencil shapes offered clean lines whilst cropped jackets and pea coats substantiated the range as a winter collection. Holly Fulton

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Ashish Fairytale Theme Fashion Show at London Fashion Week

Runway Review: Ashish's tongue-in-cheek attitude remains evident, but teamed with sensible, some might say conservative, tailored pieces; this collection opens many more fashion doors for the London designer Every season Ashish Gupta takes us on a journey. So it comes as no surprise that on this early morning a sleepy-eyed fashion crowd were whisked away into a land of fairytales and references… >> Ashish Fashion Show Photos Busy prints inspired by European folk art were exhibited in abundance on loose-fitting sweaters, oversized dresses and trousers. Not one to shy away from the use of loud colours, Ashish's palette included bright shades of orange, hot pink, red and yellow, mixed with more muted tones of mushroom, cream, white and black. A

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Mary Katrantzou Fall Fashion Show at London Fashion Week

Runway Review:Every garment, from the colour, to the design, to the strategic placement of the printed fabric, all work together to achieve the ideal hourglass silhouette. Digital prints and Mary Katrantzou go hand-in-hand, but her eye for striking graphics is not her only talent as demonstrated in her Fall 2010 show… Katrantzou's latest collection highlights her strengths as a designer who, not only has a great visual eye, but who also possesses a very impressive tailoring ability. Beautifully crafted dresses that hug the body in all the right places are incredibly flattering and structured paneling tricks the eye, taking inches off the body.>> More Mary Katrantzou fashion show photos Every garment, from the colour, to the design, to the strategic

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Mulberry bags a brilliant Fall 2010 collection at London Fashion Week

WHERE IT NOW | Runway Review: A-line skirts, slim-fit trousers and glamorous evening shift dresses in mini lengths, were wearable and wonderful but the show-stopping items definitely came in the form of stunning leather accessories. In the Fall 2010 show from the much-loved British brand, Mulberry showcased a range of dazzling leather accessories as well as an impressive collection of ready-to-wear garments. RUNWAY REMINDER | YOU SAW IT THEN | WHERE IT NOW Set in the beautiful location of The Orangery in Kensington Palace, Mulberry exhibited a diverse collection of 35 looks in a palette of cornflower blue, mauve, purple, orange and beige. >> Mulberry Fashion Show Photos Mulberry Fashion Show for Ready to Wear & Handbags Stand-out pieces included

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Frank Tell Fashion Show Fall 2010 NY Fashion Week

Runway Review: It's a wild and woolly ride on 3D knits that has a well-studied reserve and articulation Set amongst a Dan Flavin inspired assortment of neon lights, Frank Tell's recent presentation at Milk Studios was rife with a futuristic simplicity that was appropriately less urban warrior and definitively more wearable. Frank Tell Fall 2010 at New York Fashion Week >> More Fashion Shows & Runway Reviews What's remarkable about Tell is the fact that he can work with essentially trendier elements, voluminous yetti knits, sarouel pants, grommets and leather minis, without ever seeming like an over-zealous downtown crowd pleaser or trend chaser, everything has a well-studied reserve and articulation. Here icey blue patch worked yetti knits, grommet edged suiting

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Burberry Prorsum Fashion Show Fall 2010 London Fashion Week

Runway Review: After the superb trench coats of last season, you would be forgiven for questioning how Bailey could possibly out-do the designs in Burberry Prorsum's Spring collection. But step up to the challenge, he did! As the rain came down outside for London Fashion Week and a soundtrack of stormy weather blasted inside, the mood was set for British heritage brand, Burberry Prorsum's Fall 2010 show. But, despite the weather, the message certainly not one of gloom and the reference was purely to emphasize the delights of wrapping up in spectacular outerwear… >> Burberry Prorsum Fall 2010 Fashion Show Photos

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Costello Tagliapietra Fashion Show Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week

Runway Review: Costello Tagliapietra gave their Barney's babes an assortment of polished looks that had a somewhat off-kilter, slightly relaxed and inventive zest that made for a strong outing For Fall 2010, design duo Costello Tagliapietra-- Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra-- known for their immaculate takes on classic Grecian draping cited Japan and the early work of it's most iconic designers, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo as influences, giving their Barney's babes an assortment of polished looks that had a somewhat off-kilter, slightly relaxed and inventive zest that made for a strong outing. Costello Tagliapietra Fall / Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week Love the hair? So do we! >> Read off the Runway Hairstyle Tips for the Modern Geisha

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Mark Fast has models of all sizes on his London Fashion Week fall 2010 runway

Runway Review: Fast's decision to cast ‘normal-sized' models in his shows is surrounded by controversy, but it is a comforting reminder that we don't have to be super thin to enjoy the creations by this talented London-based designer Moments before Mark Fast's Fall 2010 London fashion Week show commenced there was only one question on everyone's lips – were we about to see ‘normal' sized models strut down the runway in the style of last season? We quickly became aware that the answer to this was yes, as we witnessed none other than famed plus-size model Crystal Renn modeling one of Fast's tightly knitted, body-con creations. British plus-size model, Hayley Morley who starred in the designer's controversial Spring 2010 had

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Rebecca Taylor Fall 2010 Fashion Show Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York

Runway Review: Loaded with layering separates, clean lines and chic faux furs that were right in step with the seasons emergent trends For her Fall 2010 Collection Rebecca Taylor traded out her favored florals, floaty, flirty shapes, dresses and candy floss colors for a slightly more modern, refined feeling line-up of animal prints, tailored tweeds, sweater knits and earth tones. The result was loaded with layering separates, clean lines and chic faux furs that were right in step with the seasons emergent trends. >> More Fashion Show Photos & Runway Reviews Rebecca Taylor fall 2010 One such look featured a bum grazing buttonless cardigan with a ruffled lapel over a button down “grandad shirt” in oyster and ecru respectively and

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Stephen Burrows Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week Presentation

Runway Review: The hits of this collection stood true to Burrows own legacy since his rise to fame was centered around New York's forever-chic on-the-go party girl Attending Stephen Burrows intimate presentation on the last day of a tiring fashion week with each exit receiving a boisterous amount of cheers from the audience left one feeling merry just from the felicitous environs alone. >> More Fashion Shows Add that to the fact the Burrows is an icon himself, one of the few black designers out there to hold such a place in fashion history, pepper it with Pat Cleveland's daughter Anna (pictured above) and her dramatic posing and a collection that held it's own in trends, and you can see

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Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 Fashion Show New York Fashion Week

WEAR IT NOW | Runway Review: Marc Jacobs is back in full form for Fall 2010 making his collection one of the week's top highlights, if not the best collection of the week itself See It Then / Wear it Now: Relook at what we liked for fall After several hair-raising collections full of ostentatious complexities and unapologetic clutter, Marc Jacobs is back in full form for Fall 2010 making his collection one of the week's top highlights, if not the best collection of the week itself. Addressing fashion's call for cleaner garb, Jacob's was on the dot with a range that this time referenced his own quiet, well-studied girl of the past in a right-on-the money palette of sober

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Julian Louie Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week at Milk Studios

Runway Review: This outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality Amidst a fun & energetic Friday at Milk Studios with stellar presentations everywhere you turned, Julian Louie's short film screening of Ukrainian model Jules Mordovets was set in a serene if not hyper-bourgeois setting, complete with a mannequin resting on a gilt settee in full-on Charles James inspired regalia. Were we in for heavy and baroque from a designer that's been working laid-back sophistication with an uncompromising ease and cool hand? Thankfully, this wasn't the case as this outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality. Julian Laurie Fall /Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week presented at

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Burberry Fashion Show WATCH LIVE STREAM on FocusOnStyle

Turn your computer into your personal catwalk! It's like a like a front row seat, but YOU chose your seat... We are delighted to bring you the Burberry Prorsum fashion show LIVE from London. Mark your calenders as you now have the best seat in "your" house to watch the Burberry Prorsum Fall / Winter 2010 fashion show live from London! Live stream date & time:Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 3.45pm GMT / 11:00am EST Place:Wherever you feel like cozying up to some very amazing fashions from the Burberry runway. Don't forget to click for full screen. Video player will be black until the show begins Shucks, you missed the date?! The on-demand version will begin shortly after the live

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