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I was lucky enough to have a great seat in Goldsmiths’ Hall for this show so I was looking forward to some good pictures until I was thoroughly upstaged and I think the first picture speaks for itself about my then somewhat restricted view! So I apologise for the below average photos of what was, in fact, a great collection, and I have put some images at the bottom to make up for it.

Vivenne Westwood has always been identified with British design, and national identity is at the heart of this season’s Red Label, reinforcing many of the familiar features: the plaids and the City stripes, the knits and the jersey, and in the mix of Edwardian tailoring with twisting and wrapping, but the whole collection came off as more sophisticated than sometimes in the past.  The colours were nicely autumnal with rusty reds, mauve, grey greens and I think it will feel very wearable come next autumn.

Source: Style.com

This was at Goldsmith Hall in Westminister, a beautiful venue where a number of shows were held this week. Ashley Isham sent down a big collection covering day and evening wear, using a full range of leather, jersey, lace, metallics and floral prints in some subtle and wellmatched colours. The models’ super high gloss red lips looked really strong under the lights.