Rihanna will Launch her River Island Collection

Rihanna will launch her River Island collection with a show at London Fashion Week in February.

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 Her hotly anticipated debut SS/13 collection includes both clothing and accessories and will go on sale in River Island stores and online on Tuesday 5 March. It will also be stocked exclusively in the United States and Japan at Opening Ceremony stores. 

Speaking about her upcoming London Fashion week debut, to be held on Saturday 16 February. Rihanna explained: 'Launching at London Fashion Week is a dream come true for me. I have wanted to design my own collection for a long time and to present my collection for River Island alongside all of the other great design talent at LFW is a real privilege. I can’t wait to see the reaction from my fans and the fashion press!' 

Alexander McQueen Menswear returns with "Gangsters"

Alexander McQueen marked its return to London's fashion calendar with a creepily compelling autumn/winter 2013 menswear collection.

Alexander McQueen menswear autumn/winter 2013 collection Photo: VLADIMIR POTOP

Snaffling Sarah Burton's masculine output from Milan is the most notable coup in this London Collections: Men schedule. Yet as the audience gingerly settled itself into the rickety chairs lining a Dickensian, East End warren of wood-panelled rooms, one question begged itself - why did McQueen ever leave London at all?

Photo: VLADIMIR POTOP

After all, the capital is riddled with perfect backdrops for the artfully discordant brand of fashion that is McQueen's speciality.

Photos: Vladmir Potop

Take this collection, which featured a cast of hollow cheeked models stalking those mournful rooms in oversized, elongated suits that made them resemble a mob of sallow gangsters. For extra jitter, some wore cinematic serial killer semi-transparent face masks. Traditional Savile Row decorations including chalk-stripe, Bengal, polka dot and Prince of Wales were cut up and rearranged into a kaleidoscope of nerdy menswear references, under Pinkie-perfect peaked shoulders.