Last night I attended the exclusive preview of VICE’s new series Fashion Week Internationale at the VICE offices. A treat all round.

First there were Fashion Week Internationale cocktails made with Hendricks (the classy gin) and an acai berry drink called ‘28 Black’, so far, so fashiony. THEN there was sushi (tick tick) and of course the appearance of the obligatory fashion crowd dressed and ready to see miss Charlet Duboc present a series of videos documenting fashion weeks unlike anything i’ve ever seen before.

The series, already featured on elle.com  and The Guardian, documents a very different side to the traditional bi-annual fashion presentations we’re so used to, what with their front row faces, fads and upcoming fashion trends. No, in this series the focus also covers bombs, powercuts, politics and plastic surgery.

Filmed in a documentary format with Charlet Duboc as our host we are treated to the sartorial offerings of Islamabad, Columbia and Full Figured Fashion Week providing the viewer with a range of dodgy characters and even dodgier outfits:

From Episode 1 - Islamabad Fashion Week

The series is both funny and informative, and I thoroughly recommend you watch it. And you can! 

Islamabad Fashion Week is now online. Watch Pakistan’s second ever fashion week (the first, held last year in Karachi, was plagued with power cuts and bomb threats) where a thriving, progressive fashion scene exists led by Pakistan’s irrepressible style guru, Tariq Amin who is awesome.

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You can also meet “Pakistan’s only rapper”, who’d prefer three porn stars to the Koran’s promise of 72 virgins, and the designer who really thinks “the whole Muslim world needs to relax…big time!”.

To watch the first episode follow this link - http://www.vice.com/en_uk/fashion-week-internationale/islamabad-part-1

and stay tuned for the other two……..

So the final part of the 3-part series with Daisy Lowe and Sony Ericsson is out. This is the one where they follow Daisy around as she goes about a typically busy day in her life cooking a dinner party for her pals in her swanky new North London flat.

She wears a beaut of a dress as well - toates feeling the tight but unbuttoned burgundy maxi dress for A/W.

Watch le vid Here or click the image below.

My dreams have come true..

Ridiculed in Vice’s “Press Releases Vs Reality” for London Fashion Week

JAMES HILLMAN

What the press release says: Hillman’s research led to him being specifically inspired by the 59 Bike Club and an admiration for the clean and simple elements of the teddy boy’s tailored look. He found the clothing shapes of both of these sources to be very similar to the biker look: Both square and very masculine.

What reality says: You know what? Fuck Sacha Baron Cohen. I’ve devoted my entire life to reinventing the fashion wheel and that asshole comes along with his shitty Bruno movie and undoes all of my hard work in 90 minutes. So for the LAST TIME: no, I am NOT joking, I really do think this is worth displaying in public.

CARLOTTA ACTIS BARONE

What the press release says: Carlotta’s designing is always political in direction and focused on true social matters. This collection is based on the fight against racism, particularly on the deportation of Africans to America before the 1865 civil war. As Carlotta states as boldly as her powerful designs: “I protest against racism! This is my message, this is my fashion.”

What reality says: LOL.

Read the rest at Vice Magazine: LFW: PRESS RELEASES VS. REALITY - Viceland Today