London Fashion Week

 I've got really behind on my London Fashion Week coverage, and because I don't want it to spill over too much into the news from Milan and Paris I've decided to do a supersized show report from day one - starring Corrie Nielsen, Bora Aksu, Maria Grachvogel and a poodle puppy. Why a poodle, you may ask. Simply because it's not LFW without an adorable pup!  

 

 

For Autumn/Winter 2012 Corrie Nielsen took inspiration from the Scottish Highlands, so naturally there was a lot of tartan running throughout the collection. Corrie is renowned for her dramatic and theatrical designs, and the final two looks to unsecured loans hit the runway definitely lived up to the high standards set by Corrie's previous collections. 

 

 

Outside Corrie's show I bumped into Tallulah, the poodle puppy who was celebrating her first London Fashion Week with makeup artist, stylist and photographer Fiona Fletcher. Tallulah stole the "cutest pup at LFW" crown from last season's winner, Lenny the pug...

 

 

Next up it was Bora Aksu, where Kitty from The X Factor was sitting front row (for reasons unknown to me). The Turkish born designer bad credit loans somehow managed to make the palest shade of pink work with a zesty orange, making this my favourite collection of the first day. 

 

 

The Bora Aksu collection started with hints of orange lace on top of blush pink chiffon, and built up to dramatic blocks of colour. The level of craftsmanship and detail was amazing...

 

 

Finally it was over to Maria Grachvogel who showed her Fall 2012 collection in most gorgeous setting: the ballroom at the Savoy hotel. With Maria it's all about glamour, so as a red carpet obsessive I was in heaven. Here are some of my favourite looks from the collection:

 

 

Were you impressed by the first day of shows at London Fashion Week? Which collection was your favourite?

Joanna Rowsell takes individual pursuit

Sir Chris Hoy leaves it late in the Keirin at the Track World Cup in London (© Dene Percy)

Sir Chris Hoy has picked up Great Britain's third gold medal of London round of the UCI Track World Cup Classics this evening, winning the keirin in the Velodrome where, come August, he hopes to defend his Olympic title. Joanna Rowsell subsequently made it four, adding the individual pursuit to the team version she helped win yesterday. unsecured loans

In the Keirin, Hoy made his move late however, coming from a very long way back to come off the final bend high on the banking with three riders still ahead of him, finishing powerfully to beat Germany's Rene Ender bad credit loans by half a wheel with France's Mickael Bourgain third.

Afterwards, Hoy told the BBC: "I made it very hard for myself there. I sat behind Mickael Bourgain from France and I knew that he was going very well today, he had some very impressive performances earlier on, so I was confident he was going to close the gap on the leaders, and I wass going to try and come around him, but he left it pretty late.

Roared on by another capacity and highly partisan crowd, Hoy added: "With half a lap to go I wasn't sure if I was going to make it, but the crowd, the noise they make when they see you making a move is unbelievable.

"That feeling crossing the line, it's the world cup, a big event but not a massive event, but it feels like a World Championships or even Olympic Games with the support we get here, it's unbelievable."

There was disappointment for another Briton who will defend her Olympic title in London this summer, with Victoria Pendleton losing the individual sprint semi-final to Australia's Anna Meares, the current world champion, who won the third and deciding heat.

Pendleton, who yesterday partnered Jess Varnish to team sprint gold in world record time, missed out in bronze in the deciding race to Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee.

The final itself produced another surprise result ahead of next month's World Championships in Melbourne, China's Shuang Guo beat Meares 2-0 to win the gold medal.

In the women's individual pursuit, Rowsell, who had ridden to victory with Dani King and Laura Trott, went off quickly against New Zealand's Alison Shanks, leading by 1.2 second a third of the way into the 3,000 metre race. Shanks would come back in the second half, narrowing the gap to just under half a second, but Rowsell responded to the threat and with the crowd on its feet crossed the line 1.042 ahead of the New Zealander.

Two other events remain to be decided tonight, and one is guaranteed to end with a British rider taking gold or silver with Joanna Rowsell up against New Zealand's Alison Shanks in the final of the women's individual pursuit.

Meanwhile Ben Swift took the scratch race in the Omnium, having earlier finished fourth in the individual pursuit, making him the form rider of the first two events of the second day of the competition. With just the time trial to come, he lay fourth, on the same points, 32, as third placed Zach Bell of Canada.

However Swift's time for the kilo was only the 11th fastest as his earlier efforts took their toll, and he dropped to sixth in the final standings of the competition, which was won convincingly by Juan Estaban Arango of Colombia.

Madonna Stalker is now Halle berries

There have been reports that Halle Berry wants to leave Hollywood and move to France, and bad credit loans has exclusive details on the reason why — the actress fears for her life and that of her daughter, Nahla.

The crazed stalker who threatened Madonna in the 1990s has now set his evil sights on Halle, 45, who plans to flee to boyfriend Olivier Martinez’s homeland with Nahla.

“Friends are scared for her life because Robert Hoskins wants to kill her,” an insider told She is terrified for her safety.

“The LAPD told Halle that Hoskins threatened: ‘I’m going to kill that bitch, I’m going to cut her throat.’”

The homeless man from California rose to infamy when he was arrested in May 1995 for making terrorist threats against the Material Girl singer. He claimed that she was his wife, and when she rejected his proposals, he threatened to slice her throat from ear to ear and also said he would kill her bodyguards.

Rather than making empty threats, Hoskins scaled the walls of Madonna’s house and tried to steal her security guard’s gun, who was then forced to shoot him in self defense.

After serving a 10-year prison sentence, the unstable man got out last year and was then sent to a psychiatric hospital near Los Angeles, but now he is on the loose and after Halle.

“When he came out of prison, he said: ‘F**k Madonna, I want to cut Halle Berry’s throat,’” a source exclusively told unsecured loans

“They sent him to Metropolitan State Hospital last fall but he escaped on Tuesday, and it’s really frightening because he told everyone there that he was going to kill Halle.

“Halle has hired 24-hour guarded security at her home and the LAPD has been visiting her since the escape,” revealed the insider. “The police are serious about this guy because he always travels with a knife and gun.”

The Oscar winning actress and her ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, have been embroiled in a bitter custody battle over Nahla, which unsecured loans has been getting increasingly toxic since a nanny claimed Aubry physically assaulted her.

“Gabriel is upset that Halle wants to leave the country but he should understand that they have to for the safety of his daughter,” said the insider. “He doesn’t seem to be taking it seriously, he feels like it’s just Halle’s problem.”

The warring parents are due back in court on Friday to fight over papers Halle filed requesting permission to move with their three-year-old daughter.

“Friends say she’s tried other options to protect her family like renting a home in Northern California but things have become so dangerous now France seems like the best option because of Olivier,” said the source.

Halle’s previous stalker, Richard Franco, pleaded not guilty to felony stalking and residential burglary last October. He was sentenced in January to 386 days in jail and five years probation.