Queen Elizabeth II tribute show at London Fashion Week
LONDON - Even before Monday's funeral at Westminster Abbey, when London Fashion Week took suspended all activity, the creators paid homage to Queen Elizabeth II in their parades. They sent special outfits, used symbolic designs and patterns, and spelled out messages on their clothes.
Wanting to acknowledge the Queen's "widespread support for creative freedom", Michael Halpern has focused on a blue dress the monarch wore to attend an opera in 1957 with the then French president. His version was a zhuzh-up figure with a headscarf, topped with a billowing cape that drifted in absolute silence.
Nensi Dojaka paid homage to the show by laying out a carpet of white hydrangeas, and asking models to wear a sprig of lily of the valley, the queen's favorite flower. At her show on the eve of fashion week, Harris Reed gave one of her models a lily of the valley bouquet to wear with her short wedding dress.
Related GalleriesAt the British Museum, Erdem opened her runway wearing a black Bar jacket and long skirt. His collection was rich in mid-century haute couture silhouettes, to which he added regal touches, such as trains and shoulder drapes.
S.S. Daley sent out young mourners dressed in white shirts with oversized collars and tall black pants. Each held a lit candle.
Christopher Kane opted for a floral homage: his short cheongsam dresses were covered in pink or poppy prints . He noted that the flowers were "symbolic of love, death, celebrations and condolences".
Designer Jonathan Anderson took a more direct approach. Anderson, who held her show at the Las Vegas gambling hall in Soho, sent in a model wearing a black t-shirt with the years of the Queen's long and incredible life and the words "Thank You".
>London Fashion Week resumes on Tuesday and designers are expected to pay many more tributes on the catwalk.< /p>
LONDON - Even before Monday's funeral at Westminster Abbey, when London Fashion Week took suspended all activity, the creators paid homage to Queen Elizabeth II in their parades. They sent special outfits, used symbolic designs and patterns, and spelled out messages on their clothes.
Wanting to acknowledge the Queen's "widespread support for creative freedom", Michael Halpern has focused on a blue dress the monarch wore to attend an opera in 1957 with the then French president. His version was a zhuzh-up figure with a headscarf, topped with a billowing cape that drifted in absolute silence.
Nensi Dojaka paid homage to the show by laying out a carpet of white hydrangeas, and asking models to wear a sprig of lily of the valley, the queen's favorite flower. At her show on the eve of fashion week, Harris Reed gave one of her models a lily of the valley bouquet to wear with her short wedding dress.
Related GalleriesAt the British Museum, Erdem opened her runway wearing a black Bar jacket and long skirt. His collection was rich in mid-century haute couture silhouettes, to which he added regal touches, such as trains and shoulder drapes.
S.S. Daley sent out young mourners dressed in white shirts with oversized collars and tall black pants. Each held a lit candle.
Christopher Kane opted for a floral homage: his short cheongsam dresses were covered in pink or poppy prints . He noted that the flowers were "symbolic of love, death, celebrations and condolences".
Designer Jonathan Anderson took a more direct approach. Anderson, who held her show at the Las Vegas gambling hall in Soho, sent in a model wearing a black t-shirt with the years of the Queen's long and incredible life and the words "Thank You".
>London Fashion Week resumes on Tuesday and designers are expected to pay many more tributes on the catwalk.< /p>
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