Mixing It Up In London
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Musician Prince watches models on the catwalk at the Matthew Williamson fashion show for Spring/Summer 2008 on Sept. 19, 2007. Prince later staged a surprise performance of "U Got the Look" during the catwalk show. It is rumored that footage from the performance will show up in his next video.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Designer Matthew Williamson returned to London with his latest collection after five years showing in New York. He says his latest collection celebrates "a global nomad girl that goes all around the world, and she just has fun with her clothes." He said his latest look was "a little bit of menswear, and then very unstructured dresses, and just really feminine, uplifting pieces."
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
One of the big events of London Fashion Week was the gala opening of a new exhibition, "The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957," at the Victoria & Albert Museum. At left, British model Kate Moss and fashion photographer Mario Testino arrive at the gala on Sept. 18, 2007.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
A 1954 Michael Donellan design, left, and a 1955 dress by Christian Dior are displayed in "The Golden Age of Couture" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dior's "new look" in 1947 jump-started a momentous decade in fashion, one that Dior himself called a "golden age," as fashion celebrated the end of World War II and the birth of a new era.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Claudia Schiffer arrives at the gala opening of "The Golden Age Of Couture" at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on Sept. 18, 2007. The exhibition runs until Jan. 6, 2008.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Rock performer Courtney Love and designer Riccardo Tisci pose at "The Golden Age Of Couture" party at London's Victoria & Albert Museum on Sept. 18, 2007. Tisci now heads the fashion house of Givenchy.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Liz Hurley attends the gala opening of "The Golden Age Of Couture" at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Sept. 18, 2007 in London.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Emma Thompson arrives at the gala opening of "The Golden Age Of Couture" at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Sept. 18, 2007 in London.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick and Bianca, arrives at the gala opening of "The Golden Age Of Couture" at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Sept. 18, 2007 in London.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
In a very different era, model Naomi Campbell strolls down the catwalk during the Boy George and B-Rude LFW Spring/Summer 2008 show on Sept. 18, 2007 in London. The singing chameleon now moonlights as a fashion designer.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Boy George, in the purple hat, and Naomi Campbell appear on the catwalk during the Boy George and B-Rude LFW Spring Summer 2008 show at London Fashion Week 2007 on Sept. 18, 2007.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Earlier in the week, Naomi Campbell attended a party thrown by the champagne house Moet and Chandon in London's Holland Park on Sept. 16, 2007.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Actress Katie Leung arrives at the Moet and Chandon evening in London's Holland Park on Sept.16, 2007. The champagne house threw the party to celebrate London Fashion Week.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Back on the catwalk, a line of models wear creations by the design team Sinha-Stanic on Sept. 18, 2007 in London.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
One of the week's biggest events was a tribute to the late British magazine editor and style icon Isabella Blow. Here, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and her daughter Princess Beatrice leave the tribute at London's Guards Chapel on Sept. 18, 2007.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Model Naomi Campbell arrives at the Isabella Blow Tribute at Guards Chapel on Sept. 18, 2007 in London. Her hat is a tribute to Blow, whose eccentric hats were a trademark. Blow died in May 2007 at the age of 48.
Rock Stars And Royals At Fashion Week
Designer Stella McCartney arrives at the Isabella Blow Tribute at London's Guards Chapel on Sept. 18, 2007.