London Fashion Week

Finally, an update!

Two weeks ago I had the chance to go to a really exciting event, LFW!! It was held at Somerset House which is huge & beautiful. Here's a link to learn more about the actual building, http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/about_somerset_house/. 

 I was really impressed with all the lights & I am searching for more pictures!  

Entrance to Fashion Week:

Of course, all the important people see the real runway shows in the daytime during the week, so sadly, no celebrity sightings.  The show we saw featured 3 popular designers & one of them actually made the costumes for the movie Black Swan!! (On a side note, I really enjoyed that movie and if you haven't seen it... you should!!)

One of my favorite things that I learned about is "color blocking" which is really in! It is when you wear very bright colors that clash. Since my absolute favorite pieces in my wardrobe are LBD's this was a little new & I decided to try it! 

Models Color Blocking

ME! color block-ing on the runway

As you can see from the picture room was pretty small so we had a really good view! It was interesting to see the models. The presenter made a point to tell the audience that the designers had deliberately chosen to use models of all sizes. This was probably in response to the Size 0 Debate as fashion designers received negative attention for only using very very very thin models.  

After watching the show & seeing the women up close we all decided that we are glad we are not models. It seems very difficult and honestly, they were not as glamourous or pretty as we were expecting. After watching Victoria Secret 2011 Fashion Show I felt a little fat & depressed but in the up close & real life fashion show... I was really glad I had just eaten a huge hamburger! =)

We chose to buy "Gold tickets" which came with free gift bags! Slightly disappointing the contents were a lot of dental products but I love the actual bag :)