I'm not sure about anyone else, but I greatly preferred the Olympic Closing Ceremony to the Opening Ceremony. That 'modern day love' scene with the guy and girl texting each other ruined it for me - wasn't it all a bit cheesy? The Closing Ceremony, however, was a thoroughly well done celebration of Britain's greatest successes and achievements. Reading the comments on last night's events, it is a shame that so many people seem to be baffled by the appearance of our finest model exports, which included Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole, Lily Donaldson (in Vivienne Westwood), Karen Elson, Stella Tennant, Jourdan Dunn (in Jonathan Saunders) and Georgia May Jagger (in Victoria Beckham). Each wore a stunning, Olympic gold dress designed by some of our most innovative designers such as Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Christopher Kane and, my favourite, Erdem. I still can't quite get over just how phenomenal Kate Moss looked. She was really working that stage like it was still the supermodel era of the 90s.
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| L-R: Stella Tennant, Lily Cole, Karen Elson, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn, David Gandy |
The British Fashion Industry is one of the greatest contributors to the UK economy and our designers continually remain at the forefront of the industry with their cutting edge creations. I'm so glad that this was acknowledged on the world stage, but it's a shame that the value of the industry seems to be so vastly underestimated and lost on the majority. Admittedly, it didn't help that the credits for the designers were tuned out on the television streaming in order to comply with zero-branding rules. Similarly, although I quite liked the appearance of the billboards to a soundtrack of David Bowie's Fashion, I'm sure more could have been done to make this part a modern spectacle in accordance with how fashion has changed since the days when supermodels simply stormed down runways; amidst everything else that was going on, it's no wonder that this part seemed a little throwaway in comparison.
What did you think of last night's ceremony? Did you enjoy the fashion feature?
I was gonna do a blog post on the fashion feature too!
ReplyDeleteI loved it so much, really made me smile and proud :)
I was saying to my boyfriend 'do you recognise her, and her, and her?' but unfortunately he didn't :(
Oh well at least we appreciated it!
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My boyfriend kept questioning me on the music - I didn't fare too well - but I came into my own once it got to the fashion!
ReplyDeleteI hated the texting bit too. The closing was a lot better!
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I'm glad someone else enjoyed it! Quite a few people I know were moaning about it, saying what was the point. But I loved it! I was in awe of Kate Moss - like you said, she was working it! x x
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