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Polished London Fashion Week sheds its quirky image
Feb 23rd, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - London Fashion Week shook off its traditional image as a mere playground for quirky emerging talent with a display of grown-up elegance for the autumn/winter 2012 season that had leaders of the global fashion pack singing the British capital's praises. By the close of the shows, top British designers such as Paul Smith, Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton and Burberry's Christopher Bailey had presented catwalk collections which more than suggested that the "edgy" London of yesteryear had matured into a sleek and sophisticated luxury powerhouse. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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