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Does London Fashion Week Need to Change?

Does London Fashion Week Need to Change?

London is the city that produced Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and still harbours Burberry, (back we hope, following a riveting and heartwarming ad campaign this year). London likes to position itself as the birthplace of creativity, a hotbed for talent bred by our fantastic fashion schools, from Central St Martins to London College of Fashion. But something has happened: either that pipeline of talent does not seem to be finding its platform, or the pipeline itself is drying up.

So instead this season Patrick threw a chic dinner, a week ahead of schedule, for just the right people: activist Munro Bergdorf, ballet dancer Anna Rose O Sullivan, artist Xin Liu, It Girl Isabella Charlotta Poppius, hairstylist Patrick Wilson, Emily in Paris actress Elizabeth Tan, trans writer Shon Faye, actress Corinna Brown, musician Douglas Dare - there was more creative talent sharing a table that night than most could hope for. Also there was Lacey Davidson from Ecovative, the progressive mycelium materials company that works with Patrick on development, and journalists and writers from Vogue, Tatler and the Evening Standard.


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