Burberry Prorsum Shows Its Mettle With Metallics

Burberry didn't roll out the red carpet for the huge crowd of celebrities and fashion folk attending its spring 2013 show in London's Kensington Park this afternoon — there was a cream one instead, so soft and luxurious underfoot that I was tempted to feign tripping over just to make snow carpet angels on it. Not a wise option though, as there were far too many photographers in the roped-off pit outside.

The show's guest list certainly called for a congregation of (well-behaved) paparazzi — celebrities sitting front row inside included Dita von Teese, a very fine-looking Dev Patel, Aaron Paul, Maggie Cheung, One Direction's Harry Styles, Olivia Palermo, various members of the U.S.'s and U.K.'s Olympic teams, models Gabriella Wilde and Tali Lennox, and tennis man-of-the-moment Andy Murray. Murray bagged the coveted seat next to Anna Wintour; meanwhile, poor Roger Federer cried alone, whispering softly to a copy of September Vogue, "Oh, Anna, my dear, where did I go wrong?" Joe Dempsie, otherwise known as Gendry in HBO's Game of Thrones, was for some reason relegated to the second row, but I'm sure he was fine with it because he has a much more legitimate claim to the Iron Throne than anyone else in attendance.

Along with Wintour, some of the other top fashion names spotted: Alexandra Shulman, Emmanuelle Alt, Mario Testino, Stefano Tonchi, Suzy Menkes (clacking away on her trusty Dell laptop throughout), Joe Zee, Kate Lanphear, Hamish Bowles, Linda Fargo, and British Elle's Lorraine Candy. 

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