Speaking of London, THE FACE has its annual list of "Most influential people in fashion", and it is quite weird. These are the results:
1. Marc Jacobs 2. Nicolas Ghesquiere 3. Tom Ford 4. Bernard Arnault 5. Ambien 6. Patrizio Bertelli & Muiccia Prada 7. Rose Marie Bravo 8. Pam Skaist-Levy & Gela Nash-Taylor 9. David Beckham 10. John Galliano 11. Tina Knowles 12. Sue Ryder 13. Jeffrey Tweedy 14. Jane Shepherdson 15. Steve Klein.
Now, excuse me, but: Where is Alexander McQueen? Where is Donatella Versace, who is certainly much more influential than Prada? And with all due respect to Burberry's renaissance, what is Ms Bravo doing on # 7?
here is Steven Meisel? Susie Menkes? What is a vulgar cou[ple like the one on #8 doing there (not to speak about Beckham) when Heidi Slimane is out?
Oh well, lists are stupid anyway. What's clever? Their fashion feature with Agota Varga, looking simply good enough to eat. The photography is by Diana Scheunemann, I'll try to scan it by the weekend.

So, the Fashion Season is on! We begin in London this year, because NYC fashion board didn't want its event too close to 9/11. Nothing much is happening in London till this hour, no major designers (they are all in Paris), no supermodels, even not a hint of scandal. Cool Britannia? Quite cold, actually.
Then we'll have NYC, and then Paris and Milan. I wouldn't expect much from the NYC shows in a year like this, no big surprises, no sex, probably a lot of patriotism and social cohesion (black models maybe? naaah).
Smart money is on the Italian shows, all big-bucks big-hair big-boobs models are booked there. After all, it's the spring/summer shows, so you can expect the usual italian mix - very short, very transparent, very expensive.