LONDON FASHION WEEK PARTY BUZZ

Despite a somewhat somber start to London Fashion Week, with the shows always come the parties. The week’s after-hours festivities kicked off with Naomi Campbell’s second fundraiser of fashion month, a party that attracted London’s fashion glitterati including Kate Moss, Sir Philip Green and muse to the late Lee McQueen, Annabelle Nelson. The celebrities continued to celebrate fashion throughout the week at the Mulberry Party in The Orangery at Kensington Palace, where editors and tastemakers danced the night away with Alexa Chung, Amber Le Bon, and Olivia Palermo – all of whom were noticeably absent from the next morning’s 9am show. Claire Danes, Kristen Stewart, Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller, Peaches and Pixie Geldof, Courtney Love and Janet Jackson all made front row appearances but it seemed model fundraisers were the place to be this week. On the final night, Natalia Vodianova hosted The Love Ball to benefit her Naked Heart Foundation, which attracted everyone from model Jaquetta Wheeler to designers Carolina Herrera, Diane von Furstenberg and Matthew Williamson.

*Sarah Joynt is a Canadian fashion writer living in London. She has written for TheFashionSpot.com and TCHAD magazine.