I love a bit of glitz and an award ceremony for a bit of dress watching. Even better a fashion award ceremony, where the stars, designers and models all turn out in some of the best fashion out there. Yesterday the British Fashion awards, sponsored by Swarovski and hosted by Mariella Frostrup was held in London and attended by amongst others Claudia Schiffer, David Furnish, Emilia Fox, Erin O Connor and Sophie Ellis Bextor, .

The winner was non other than Luella Bartley, ex fashion journalist with Vogue and Dazed and Confused. Luella who launched her label in 1999 is pretty much self taught and has inspired  a huge following of the fashion elite with her quirky London style. Luella returned to London fashion week last September much to my delight. Other awards went to the following:

Menswear Designer of the Year - Christopher Bailey

Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design - Stephen Jones

Designer Brand award - Jimmy Choo

The Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator - Tim Walker (photographer)

Accessory Award - Rupert Sanderson

Emerging Talent award - Louise Goldin

Red Carpet Designer - Matthew Williamson

Model of the year - Jourdan Dunn

Bespoke Award - Richard James of Saville Row

Emerging Talent award for accessories - Nicholas Kirkwood

If you want a bit of Luella’s award winning cool London style, try wearing this satin blouse from her Autumn winter 08 collection.

London Fashion Week is upon us again and I am particularly excited about the Luella show.  It was probably the best I have seen of Luella yet. With clashing purples, pinks and oranges, assymetrical details and ladylike pearls and tweed. Luella used a lot of traditional stuff but still managed to keep the look young and edgy.

 The lace and frills were feminine but not too much so. I loved the way she created gorgeous and unusual assymetrical shapes using frills and lace. A very clever collection and one that is sure to replicated on the high street in one way or another and I can’t wait.

Anyone would think a dress with fowers and frills would be a bit OTT bit not this one. It strikes just the right balance between pretty and sexy.

The pinks in this dress are just divine, add in the clever detail and it is a dress that I would just love to have.

I love the ruched details on this dress, again pretty and pink but looks great with the contrasting hair piece.

The contrast between bold candy stripes and pretty florals makes this an eyecatching outfit with a real wow factor.

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If you love the grown up floral look at Luella then try this Hotch Potch Jersey Dress from Boden.

I realise that for some, grunge has never really gone away. I however have not really had much experience with the grungy look since my teenage years. I am feeling quite glad that grunge is back but this time in an altogether more polished and grown up sort of way. This is great news for me as the grunge look is easy to wear, comfy and practical, all qualities that I love in my clothes. So where did this new grunge emerge from?

At the Autumn Winter Burberry Prorsum show, grunge completely dominated the catwalk. Christopher Bailey really showed what he was made of with a stunning collection of luxe grunge featuring cool cashmere beanie hats, opaque tights and striped knits.

At Luella the look was perhaps more slightly on the gothic side of grunge with crimped hair and white foundation. But the opaque tights and grungy greens and blues had a definite wearability about them perhaps more than anything else that I have seen on the catwalk this season.

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This Burberry short sleeved T shirt is a bit of luxury and a great colour for next seasons grunge trend.