London Fashion Week goes virtual as Covid bites

London Fashion Week goes virtual as Covid bites

LONDON: London Fashion Week begins on Friday on a virtual format due to a coronavirus lockdown with mainstays like Victoria Beckham shunning the event but others like Burberry embracing the online avatar. Despite the absence of global celebrities and fashionistas, designers such as Britain's Molly Goddard and Ireland's Simone Rocha will stream their collections on the London Fashion Week website. Most of the 94 designers participating in the show, which concludes on Tuesday, will broadcast video highlights of their collections showcasing menswear, womenswear or mixed fashions in an event that is now gender-neutral. On Monday, the British brand Burberry - known for its tailored trenchcoats - will present its menswear Autumn/Winter collection for 2021, designed by Italian creative director Riccardo Tisci. In September, the brand presented its Spring/Summer 2021 collection in a film set in the middle of a forest and broadcast live on Twitch. The streaming platform has grown in popularity, broadcasting live video gameplay and offering the possibility of live commentary. DUBAI: It's become one of the most powerful photographs of the results of the August 4 explosion in Beirut: An interior mural of the face of Lebanon's revered poet Kahlil Gibran, partially destroyed and trapped between broken