Michael Cera’s new romantic comedy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, had its European premiere in London last night, and though most of the film’s leading ladies (from Anna Kendrick to newcomers Ellen Wong and Mary Elizabeth Winstead) made an appearance, all eyes were on Florence Welch, the fiery front woman of the rising pop act [...]

First Chanel, then Louis Vuitton, now Lanvin—the rush to Saint-Tropez continues. Elbaz and co. are the latest to open a shop in St.-T, and they’ve got other plans too—including a refurbished Web site and the new Fall campaigns, like the Meisel-shot womenswear ads starring Magdalena Frackowiak, Anja Rubik, and Mariacarla Boscono (pictured). [WWD]The World Cup [...]

If you want to distill the difference between the London fashion scene and the New York fashion scene down to a single particular, this isn’t a bad one: Whereas your typical New York It girl tends to show up to a crowded after-party in something sleek and recently off-the-runway, in London, she wears a vintage [...]

In the hierarchy of London fashion, there’s a whole stratum of designers who’ve been thrust up the totem pole recently by the competitive dressing stakes of the music world. Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Beyoncé, God bless them, have set the pace in ever more extreme image production, and London’s become a happy hunting ground for [...]

There was quite a surprise in store for guests at Hannah Marshall’s first-ever catwalk show in London this weekend. The hotly tipped designer, who debuted her line in 2007 with a collection of 12 black dresses and who has made a signature of all-black looks with a bracingly futuristic silhouette, sent several looks in electric [...]

“I used to work for Jonathan Saunders,” comments designer Hannah Marshall. “I think it’s possible I burned out on color.” That’s one explanation for the all-black palette of Marshall’s Fall ‘09 collection. A better one may be that Marshall simply excels at gothic glamour. Marshall launched her brand for Fall ‘07 with a collection of [...]