On Saturday, i-D hosted an evening of i-Nspirational Men to celebrate the inaugural London Collections: Men.
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Thought up by our Fashion Editor Elgar Johnson, who hosted it alongside Terry and Tricia Jones and Victorinox, it was an amazing night of dinner and drinks at Bistrotheque, with tasty dishes like lamb over sea purslane, and peaches with rosemary mascarpone. There were inspiring – and hilarious – before-and-after dinner speeches by Judy Blame, Dennis Morris, Richard Buckley, Mark Lebon and Sir Norman Rosenthal, who all shared stories and jokes about their colourful lives; and many shout-outs to inspiring women such as Dame Vivienne Westwood, at table 2. And, of course, there was an extraordinary guest-list of the fashion galaxy’s brightest stars, including Carrie Cassette Playa, Christopher Kane, Dylan Jones, Gareth Pugh and Carson McColl, Gwendoline Christie, Katie Grand, Katie Eary, Nicholas Kirkwood, Panos Yiapanis, Terence Koh, the SIBLING massive and many, many more. Our special thanks go to Adrienne Merrill and Victorinox, without which none of this would’ve been possible. The worldwide Swiss heritage brand – famed for its watches, its Swiss Army Knives, its awesome jackets and its ongoing collaboration with Christopher Raeburn – sponsored dinner and kept us company all night… thank you Victorinox and Ketel One.
Text: Dean Kissick
Photography: Rebecca Thomas
From left: Andreas Kronthaler, Terry Jones and Vivienne Westwood; Gareth Pugh and Carson McColl; Holly Shackleton and Nicholas Kirkwood; Richard Buckley and Tim Blanks; Judy Blame and Adrienne Merrill; Christopher Kane; Dennis Morris; Tricia Jones and Katie Grand; Mark Lebon; Scott Schuman; Katie Eary and friend; Jocelyn Lloyd and Caroline Newell; Matthew Stone; Adrienne Merrill and Elgar Johnson; Joe Bates and Louise Gray; Milly McMahon, Sean Baker and Sarah Raphael; Gwendoline Christie; Matthew Josephs and Daniel Sannwald; Milly McMahon and Cozette McCreery; Katie Grand; George Harvey and Ger Tierney; Jodie Harsh and Ryan Pickard; Rebecca Thomas and Louise Gray; Judy Blame and Carri Mundane.
