Wherever the major fashion events took place this year there Catwalk Queen was - sometimes in the flesh and sometimes not. Our favourite fashion events this year spanned the globe from Hollywood to Paris to New York to right here in our home city of London. It is a tribute to the contributors of CQ that coverage was achieved of most of the major fashion events of 2006 no matter where the event was taking place. Our extensive coverage of this year's Oscars, spearheaded by Gemma, was the highlight of our year along with London Fashion Week, Graduate Fashion Week and Project Catwalk.
Top 50 of 2006 (39 - 35): Fashion Events- Part I
Leading the list of our top fashion events for 2006 is the Oscars. Always a highly-anticipated event at Shiny Towers, this year CQ went even further in its coverage of the event to include our predictions, favourite moments, highs and lows, hits and misses. Read on to see what else made the grade...
39. AngloMania Exhibition
The Costume Institute Party of the Year was the AngloMania Exhibition at The Met in New York. Showcasing their work alongside historical costumes were designers Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Phillip Treacy and Manolo Blahnik. As with any good event, CQ picked up on a couple of the most-talked about trends that came from AngloMania .
38. Celebrity Charity & Designer Auctions
It was a big year under the hammer at celebrity and designer auctions around the world. All in the aid of charity, the auction buzz began in September with Elle magazine donating 26 designer pieces to breast cancer research. Julien Macdonald also raised money for cancer by teaming up with Auctioning4u in November. But of the course two of the biggest auctions of 2006 were the Forever Marilyn auction where London designers created Marilyn-inspired designs for charity and the Audrey Hepburn 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' dress auction which raised a staggering £410,000 for City of Joy Aid.
37. Vogue's 90th Birthday
British Vogue's 90th birthday was one of the biggest fashion events to be held in London this year. Celebrations included a gala and dedicating their December issue to the milestone. The Vogue birthday bash was a celeb-studded event with many of London's fashion elite in attendance. Unfortunately CQ wasn't on the guestlist this time around, maybe for the 100th birthday...?
36. Viktor and Rolf for H&M Launch
Amongst the surge in designer capsule collections for high street brands this year, the highlight for CQ was definitely attending the Viktor and Rolf launch at H&M. We first posted about the collection in October and in eager anticipation headed to the launch at their flagship store with camera in hand. Ifyou haven't checked out the hilarous video yet then do so now!
35. Paris Fashion Week
From hair to the latest trends, this year CQ covered the highlights for Paris Fashion Week Winter and Summer collections. Among them were the Chloe collection for Spring 2007, Vivienne Westwood using her collection to criticise the fashion world, Lily Allen appearing as a special guest for Chanel and Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes embarking together on the event.
