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The international collections are the most glamorous weeks in the fashion calendar, where anyone who is anyone in the fashion industry rubs shoulders at the shows and where the editors on the front row are under as much sartorial scrutiny as the clothes on the catwalks. So just what does an industry expert pack in order to look utterly stylish at all times, in any weather conditions and for every event, day or night? We asked some of the world's busiest editors to tell us how they pack for four hard working weeks spent in transit across the globe and what they will be filling their suitcases with this season. We've spoken to US ELLE's style director Kate Lamphear and Brit Aboutaleb from Fashionista.com about what they are bringing to London; WhoWhatWear.com's editorial director, Hillary Kerr and ELLE's fashion director Anne-Marie Curtis about what they are packing for New York; sharing what they are taking to Milan is ELLE's Editor in Chief Lorraine Candy and our very own girl about town Mademoiselle. Plus new today last stop on the fashion express, ELLEuk.com's editor and ELLE's Fashion Features Editor Rebecca Lowthorpe reveal what they are taking to Paris tomorrow.
Lotion, £127.23 by Creme De La Mer 'its ridiculously expensive but I spoilt myself once and now I cant live without it'
Trainers, £100.00 Adidas by Stella McCartney at SweatyBetty. 'Working for a daily title like elleuk.com is hard work during fashion week – a 24 hour, 7 days a week kind of a job! However I’ll make sure I find some ‘me time’ time to go running every day to organise my thoughts, clear my head and burn off all of those croissants.'
'boy' Pants £6.00 by Marks and Spencer 'I have recently discovered these they are SO comfortable which is so important at the shows. Im
i Phone, price on request from O2. My i Phone contains over a 1000 pictures of my son Fritz, so I can look at him whenever I like. And take pictures at the shows you never know which celebrities will be there.
Lotion, £127.23 by Creme De La Mer 'it’s ridiculously expensive but I spoilt myself once and now I can’t live without it'
'boy' Pants £6.00 by Marks and Spencer 'I have recently discovered these – they are SO comfortable which is so important at the shows. I’m so over thongs!'
i Phone, price on request from O2. My i Phone contains over a 1000 pictures of my son Fritz, so I can look at him whenever I like. And take pictures at the shows – you never know which celebrities will be there. So far this season, I have a very bad picture of Kanye West.
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson. 'This is my favourite book'. £8.61 from Amazon
Folding photo frame, from £90.00 by Smythson 'I use this to keep pictures of my three children'
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