The collection was inspired by Holland and Roxy’s shared love of music, fashion and snowboarding. The range consists of 15-pieces of sportswear, fashion pieces and accessories and is “designed to take you seamlessly from the slopes to the chalet”.

Colours are vibrant with heart and stud detailing and quilted leather highlights. Key pieces include a stud zippered snowboard jacket, a leather quilted pencil skirt and a mohair cardigan with heart detailing.

I have my eye on the quilted leather skirt and grandad cardie with hearts!

Check out the range as its fab!

As you would expect from the designer there was plenty of eye popping colour and jewelled party dresses.

The idea behind Williamson’s collection was a runaway urban girl who ends up at sea and then – with her entire wardrobe still intact ends up shipwrecked on a desert island.  With this in mind there were sun-bleached silk dresses with parachute silk drawstrings, and mini dresses were fringed in raffia, tied around the body in luxurious crochets and beaded to match.

A big influence seemed to come form the Seventies with high waisted wide legged trousers and pleated shorts that came with skinny striped knits, while a leopard print jacket came above a  shift dress with the same print.

Fringing was also a big look on everything from bags to tan and khaki tunic dresses.

All in all this is one collection I would want in my summer wardrobe next year!

Costelloe introduced menswear last September and that was a major part of the show. This time it was a family affair though as his six sons came out together modeling some of  the designers  suits.

This collection seemed to be a much younger, sexier collection than Costelloe has previously showcased.

Fashion Week was officially opened by the New York Mayor and Diane Von Furstenburg- who showcases her collection on Sunday.

Then the party packs up and head to London- when London Fashion Week opens with Paul Costelloe on Friday 17th September. Yay!!

I’ll be  attending some of the shows and cannot wait to let you know about the trends to wear for next Spring/Summer 2011. And of course we have more coverage of the fashion weeks (New York, London, Paris and Milan) across the site.

The brand new men’s site will go online in January 2011 and will, of course, offer up the most coveted brands around. Everyone from Burberry and YSL to Rick Owens and Margaret Howell is on the stockist list.

The £20,000 River Island Gold Award was presented to Rebecca Thomson of Manchester University School of Art for best student collection.

The 22 -year- old  based her collection on the classic white shirt, re-styled with giant, striped and polka-dot bow-ties, lace bib-collars, and skirts with cascading pleats in a palette of white, pale dove grey, soft peach and black.

Rhea Fields, of Northbrook College Surrey, took home the womenswear award for her strong and contemporary collection. Thomas Crisp’s (Ravensbourne) rock star-ready range won the menswear award.

Anna Lee of De Montfort University won the Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles prize, while the BHM Knitwear Visionary Award went to Ledina Zhang of Northumbria University. Roya Hesam, from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute received the International award.

So another year and another great showcase of Britain’s fashion designing talent.

Personally I can’t wait to see what’s on offer next year….

I have to say the openeing day did not disappoint. There were a  stunning array of  innovative designs with the University Of East London opening the event.I particulaly liked graduate Jennifer Bourne’s creations which included elegant draped dresses in soft jersey with rich embellished shoulders.

Rich evening wear was showcased by Jane Branco- silk jersey dresses in nude and ice cream shades billowed down the catwalk.

But my favourite has to go to Bunmi Olaye’s warrior-like woman collection (pictured above). Iinspired by the mysterious, men-only Leopard Masquerade cult of the Efik tribe in the Nigerian province of Calabar, mixed with references to the high-collars, tight waists and voluminous sleeves of the Victorian era The look plays with proportions, gorgeous colours, vibrant prints with strong shoulders and enhanced waists.

And it seems this designer is already mixing in the right circles. Last year she established her own label which now has a celebrity client list which includes Mel B, Mischa Barton, Alesha Dixon and Estell.

Definately one to watch!

She showcased chiffon tunics and kaftans, printed with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Other dresses were printed with the Union flag, or Union Jack, in shades of sage, navy and yellow, all over yellow bra tops and sports-shorts.

A penguin, a drummer boy and a monkey were the prints on display on Jessica Thompson’s dresses, skirts and crop tops bringing a cheeky feel to the collection.

And also worth a mention is Sara Zadeh’s designs. She sent her models down the runway in pink, coral and black crochet maxi dresses over the top of tight body con style floral dresses.

Graduate Fashion Week continues until Wednesday night with a Gala show at which the winners of the Best Menswear, Best Womenswear and the River Island £20,000 Gold Award will be announced.

This year’s theme and that of the accompanying exhibition was The American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.  American femmes – from Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields and Oprah Winfrey to January Jones, Katy Perry, Kirsten Dunst, Chloe Sevigny, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Claire Danes graced the red carpet.

There were plenty of international women also joining in - including co-host Anna Wintour, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Emma Watson, Carey Mulligan, Donatella Versace, Marion Cotillard and Diane Kruger – and Sienna Miller even stepped out officially with Jude Law for the first time since they reunited.

So what about the outfits on the night?  Well white and metallic gowns were in abundance with one dress that actually lit up! (Katy Perry’s).

Quirky British style was very much in evidence. While most of the guests opted for floor-length evening gowns, the Bafta winning actress, Carey Mulligan wore a lilac mini-dress. And Alexa Chung decided to stick with her (yawn) tomboy look and wore a tuxedo and braces.

In the past designers such as Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace and  Thierry Mugler have created Beyonce’s stage outfits, which are usually glamorous and skimpy.
The dresses are expected to make their stage debut later this year when Beyoncé plays a series of concerts across the US.

I can’t wait to see the results. What about you? What do you think Victoria will create for the singer?