Having missed London Fashion Week by sticking to my resolution to be a good student in Leeds, I was keen to find out more about the Vodafone London Fashion Weekend after a friend recommended it to me when we were brainstorming possible activities for another one of my weekend retreats to the big city. A tribute to that pinnacle week on the Fashion calendar, LFWeekend is situated at Somerset House on the Strand and consists of a host of fashion-related activities: discounted designer shopping, live talks and catwalk shows. It definitely sounded like our kind of day, so we promptly bought the last few tickets left for Sunday afternoon and wasted no time planning out LFW worthy outfits.
On the day, we joined the throngs of equally excited (mainly female) shoppers, snapping preliminary shots outside the show tent and weaving through the packed indoor shopping zone. I admired those who threw caution to London's freezing cold by going without a coat or even a pair of tights. Now that's real dedication. On the other hand, Juliet and I were content with being wrapped up to keep warm outdoors. Pneumonia is never in style.
