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A Day in the Life: Ken Downing at London Fashion Week Spring 2013, Part 3

2013-01-26T04:39:18.797Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!

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How crazy to go to a Burberry show where often Christopher Bailey loves something that's a little bit more of a subtle palate, metallic, intense color, pink to red ombre, brilliant blue to turquoise ombre, perspect handbags and color, bright yellow wedge shoes, and laser-cut lace in gold, which was one of my absolute favorite looks on the entire runway, which actually needs to be in the Art of Fashion campaign. Brilliant collection from him, I have to say, London is delivering one amazing show after another.

It's 9:30 at night, exactly where we started this morning.
London's in love with color, they're in love with pattern and print, and they're in love with the excitement that happens on the runway, so much so that we're at shows that are ending at 9:30 at night. But it's London and it continues on tomorrow morning with more shows, so see you in Milan.

UJD | Fashion: A Day in the Life: Ken Downing at London Fashion Week Spring 2013, Part 2

2013-01-26T04:33:35.721Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!

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We're going to go by the McQueen, McQ Store, the contemporary collection by Alexander McQueen, by Sarah Burton. Sarah's done amazing things here. And it's a brand new store and we've been invited and actually the McQ collection is on display. It's a little press and buyer preview. So we're going to see the new store. And then off to Christopher Kane where we get to take an elevator. Because if it's not an elevator, it's not a fashion show, all about an elevator. They love a good lift here.

Off to Christopher Kane, which-- I'm a huge fan of Christopher's. I actually saw his first collection after he had graduated from St. Martins. He is really a pretty prolific young man.

Erdem was beautiful. It's interesting at Erdem that the first look out was a bomber jacket over a dress. It's obviously on everybody's minds, that idea of taking something super sportif and putting it on something with a very ladylike sensibility. It just gives a little bit more of an edge and I think that's what Erdem does such a beautiful job of. So very lady, they're very appropriate, very feminine with all of the lace. But then he just gives it that jolt of bold color, really takes it to where it needs to go.

UJD | Fashion: A Day in the Life: Ken Downing at London Fashion Week Spring 2013, Part 1

2013-01-26T04:21:48.120Z

Follow Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing on his four-city Fashion Month!

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London is really on fire at the moment. Everybody's talking about London. Excited to see what's going to happen here. Big shows today. Let's hit the streets. See who we see. Say hello to a few designers backstage and find some gorgeous things for you all to wear this season.

What did you think of the show?

Stupendous. Tour de force. It's interesting to see what that young design team has fully created. What some of these people are talking about is really influencing what's happening in fashion. It's really coming from the runways here in London, the idea of color and the idea of print, somewhat what Peter and Christopher have done, many designers are paying attention to all around the fashion globe.