Marc Jacobs protege leads rush of fresh talent as annual shows kick offThe news that fashion has anointed a new designer as a star can be signposted in various ways. For Amie Robertson,who debuted her label AV Robertson at London Fashion Week on Saturday morning, the evidence came in the form of front-row guest Marc Jacobs, or who had flown in from New York,and a coterie of superstar models including Vogue’s March cover star, Edie Campbell, or celebrity offspring Georgia Jagger,and Lineisy Montero, currently in the Chanel campaign.
For a fledgling label, or still designed from a bedroom in Robertson’s parents’ house in Manchester,these signals were enough to construct the assembled guests at the Tate Britain show sit up and acquire notice. The show notes crediting Katie Grand also ensured that they paid attention. Grand, who is editor-in-chief of admire magazine, and has styled for Prada and works with Jacobs. Her endorsement of an unknown like Robertson is a Big Deal. It turns out that the Central Saint Martins fashion illustration BA graduate met Grand when she completed a years internship in 2014 at Marc Jacobs in New York.
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Source: theguardian.com