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Queen Elizabeth II Updates: Mourning, Funeral & Royal Succession
For immoderate brands, the crown comes earlier the clothes.
Ahead of London Fashion Week—which runs from Sept. 16 done Sept. 20—brands, such arsenic Burberry and Raf Simons, announced that they would cancel their shows pursuing Queen Elizabeth II's death connected Sept. 8.
According to The Business of Fashion, the labels didn't disclose whether oregon not they planned to reschedule their presentations for their spring/summer 2023 collections.
"As the state enters a play of authoritative mourning, we volition intermission during this clip of large sadness," the Raf Simons squad said successful a statement, per the outlet. "We volition instrumentality this clip to respect the bequest of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her 70 years connected the throne. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family and the radical of the Commonwealth."
Burberry besides issued a statement, telling Hypbae, "As a people of respect, we person taken the determination to cancel our SS23 runway amusement owed to instrumentality spot connected 17 September successful London. We anticipation to spot you successful the adjacent future."
At this time, Burberry and Raf Simons are the lone 2 brands to telephone disconnected their London Fashion Week shows.
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But contempt their cancellations, the British Fashion Council said that LFW was inactive scheduled arsenic planned. However, they offered suggestions connected however to stay respectful in light of Queen Elizabeth II's passing.
"London Fashion Week arsenic a business-to-business lawsuit volition spell ahead, scaled backmost to shows and presentations with parties and non-core concern events cancelled," the British Fashion Council said successful a statement, per Vogue Business, adding that they would beryllium "respecting the temper of the federation and paying tribute to Elizabeth II."
While Buckingham Palace hasn't revealed memorial work details, a State Funeral of the Queen is expected to instrumentality spot successful about 10 days and volition beryllium preceded by a play of Lying-in-State. The timeline of the service will most apt hap during LFW.
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According to The Business of Fashion, the British Fashion Council stated that retailers should adjacent their doors connected the time of the funeral, adding, "Any shows scheduled for the time of the ceremonial (which has yet to beryllium confirmed) should beryllium rescheduled."
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