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The British Fashion Council just released the nominations for this year’s awards and surprise, surprise Kate Middleton favourites Sarah Burton and Erdem (yay!) are up for the Designer of the Year award alongside the always-thrilling Christopher Kane.

Other big nominations include Victoria Beckham for Designer Brand of the Year, even after last year’s controversy started by industry veterans over her nomination in the same category. (But, hey, she can sing, dance, and be pregnant in heels, so that’s got to count for something, right?) This time around, she’s up against Burberry, Stella McCartney, and Tom Ford. (In the case of Ford, apparently living part-time in London makes you a British designer?)

In the Model of the Year category, rockstar and supermodel offspring Georgia May Jagger will battle it out with Chanel muses Stella Tennant and Kristen McMenamy. Meanwhile, we’ve got a soft spot for all nominees in the Emerging Talent category. How can you choose between Mary Katrantzou, J.W. Anderson, and Peter Pilotto? The winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 28.

Since its worldwide debut at the most famous wedding of the year, Kate Middleton’s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown has won over fashion critics and royal watchers alike. The dress continues to impress, with a record-breaking number of fans flocking to Buckingham Palace to see it IRL.

Since opening on July 23, “The Royal Wedding Collection” has had 354, 000 visitors so far, and with just a month left until the exhibit closes, the expected revenue from the $27 tickets will be $13 million.

So, where’s all the cash going? Part of the revenue is going to William and Kate’s wedding charity fund—oh, and to spruce up the Royal Family’s digs, including their palaces and extensive art collections.

One week after the fairytale wedding to end all fairytale weddings, we’ve still got a serious case of royal fever. We can’t get enough of the gossip around the royal couple (or lack thereof because it seems that they are flawless!), and we have a feeling you can’t either. We hope this will provide a cure. If only for a little while…

In case you didn’t know, there was this little wedding that happened last Friday, for which the future queen wore… well, McQueen (or more correctly, Sarah Burton). We’ve been awaiting the designer’s comments on Kate with baited breath, and at long last, they’re here!

While the Met’s Savage Beauty exhibit is filled with breathtaking pieces from the late Alexander McQueen, there’s nothing like seeing his creations in motion. While we’d certainly all know this to be true, there was a surprising lack of his dresses on the red carpet, save for a few winning entrances by Sarah Jessica Parker, Karen Elson, Gisele Bündchen and Vogue‘s Hamish Bowles. The inimitable Daphne Guinness didn’t disappoint either, not only dressing in one of the designer’s most fantastical creations, but also giving onlookers a chance to peep her very own collection as she got dressed in Barneys New York‘s store windows. Here, we give you our favourite tribs from last night’s ode to the late and great McQueen.

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Our minds, hearts and eyes were proverbially blown this morning by the dizzying spectacle that was the royal wedding. Cementing her place amongst fashion royalty as well as the real kind, Kate showed real foresight by choosing Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen to design her dress and sending the fashion folk along with the rest of 3 billion viewers worldwide into an equally spellbinding tizzy! Recalling a little Grace Kelly (hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace bodice) and a little Queen Elizabeth II (nipped waist, full skirt and train), Kate’s dress just radiated regal romanticism. Simply put, there was nothing negative you could possibly say about that dress! We’ll have more coverage a little later today direct from London, but in the meantime, lets digest some of the details surrounding Kate’s (or should we say Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s) wedding day outfit:

A longstanding and decidedly British tradition is donning all kinds of extravagant headwear to nuptials⎯a tradition the royal family has long followed.

Catering to both the fashion crowd as well as royalty is designer and milliner Philip Treacy, a former protégé of Isabella Blow, and frequent collaborator of the late Alexander McQueen⎯besides virtually every female royal, his pieces have sat on the heads of Lady Gaga, SJP, Grace Jones and Daphne Guinness.

Designers Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi are both out at Gianfranco Ferre. [Fashionologie]

By Gillian Pryor Rag & Bone go DIY in their latest campaign, having models Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Aldridge and Abbey Lee Kershaw to take their own pictures in the duo’s wares. [Fashionologie] Still on track to prove that she is otherworldly, Lady Gaga looks like a literal saint in M.A.C’s new ads. [Temptalia] Daphne Guinness […]

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Karl’s latest (and most ironic?) CHANEL short makes living dolls out of models Baptiste Giabiconi, Magdalena Frackowiak and Barbora Dvorakova. [Fashionista]

“You can see who has the real power in Paris,” one retailer remarked as we took our seats along with nearly 3,000 others in the Grand Palais for Chanel’s Spring 2011 show. Where other designers have absurdly restrictive guest lists, Chanel has always opened its arms to clients, buyers and press. Although the inclusiveness comes […]

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“Leave the couture to Carine, she is the queen of the party.” Anna Dello Russo gives you 10 rules on how not to disappoint Paris Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld at a costume ball. Also on the list: “Mask plus tuxedo? so obvious” and “Shoes? doesn’t matter, nobody will note it” Especially if you’re wearing sparkly fruit on your head. [Anna Dello Russo]

“There’s always got to be some darkness, because otherwise you don’t appreciate what’s light. I’ve had a training in darkness, but I don’t feel that it’s necessarily a personal thing to me. I’m a bit lighter.” Sarah Burton, Alexander McQueen‘s successor, talks about his legacy, her favourite McQueen memories and what’s next for the label. Burton mount her first womenswear show for Alexander McQueen on October 5 during Paris Fashion Week. [WWD]