R.I.P. Lee Alexander McQueen

The first day of fashion week opened with a speech from Harold Tillman and the prime ministers wife Sarah Brown. Harold Tillman also asked for a one minute silence for Alexander McQueen. Which everyone obliged, well, apart from the fash packs beeping blackberrys that stop for no one and had to be hastily switched off. I felt their pain, I remember thinking "please no one call me, please no one txt me" and then after the one minute silence was over thinking "how comes no one called or txted me?". My phone can't win.

There was also a wall for McQueen, where people could write notes for him and post pictures. As you walked into the main tent you kind of immediately gravitated towards the wall, it created a slightly sombre atmosphere amongst the excitement and you couldn't help but feel a little sad.