How The Fashion World Paid Homage To The Departing Queen
From runways that are keeping a one-minute silence, to shows that are being designed to respect the departed Queen; there is a lot being done... It started with the London Fashion Week finding itself on crossroads as the death of the last monarch and 'Queen Of Hearts' was announced. Shortly after the announcement, Burberry, the biggest name at the event and the holder of a royal warrant, cancelled its show, followed shortly after by Raf Simons. As a co-designer of Prada, and ex-Dior creative director, his presence had been something of a coup for the London event, and his departure coming so soon after Burberry suddenly threw the entire week into doubt. Like the old saying goes' the show must go on' and so it did, but with a lot of changes being made around the day the Queen had to be buried. A ll events booked for the day of the funeral were hurriedly rescheduled, parties were cancelled, and guests were politely asked to refrain from publishing street-sty...