London Fashion Week: All the news from day two

It's the season for British heritage labels, Biba opened London fashion week, Jaeger London had it's first catwalk show and yesterday Ossie Clarke was back. Gur showed a very Ossie collection, perhaps a little too Ossie, as many felt he stayed too loyal to the Clark archive to be thoroughly modern and relevant today. Certainly pieces were elegant and cut beautifully but too many seemed like remakes of 1970s classics, inparticular a ruffled collar chiffon print blouse that would not look out of place in a vintage collection of Celia Birtwell prints and Clark designs.

The much hyped presentation was one of the hottest tickets at London this week, but two people not at the show were Ossie's sons, who confirmed yesterday that they intend to sue the new owner of Ossie Clark, Mark Worth, and "reclaim their father's name to prevent its continued and unauthorised exploitation." We'll be watching to see how that case unfolds.

A more successful comeback was Emma Cook - in a real return to form she showed her trademark whimsical, fairy-like designs with leather trims and panels, which had been injected with a huge dose of London cool, in the form of fringing (very Tammy Wynette) and structured wire hems. The stars of her show were a huge, swing back, black cape and the hosiery. Everyone wanted to know who had created the amazing tie-dye vinyl and bespoke

lace tights that were paired so brilliantly with heavy foam soled boots and her romantic colour palette of nude, pistachio and black.

By Laurelle Gilbert

Posted: 12 February 2008