UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen’s New Year List

By Adela Suliman LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd and Kinks musician Ray Davies have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honors List. Spice Girl and designer Victoria Beckham was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) while other fashion notables included Anna Wintour editor-in-chief of “American Vogue” and accessories designer, Anya Hindmarch. The biannual honors list is released on the Queen's official birthday in June and at the end of each year.

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UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen’s New Year List

UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honoured in Queen’s New Year List

By Adela Suliman LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd and Kinks musician Ray Davies have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honours List. Spice Girl and designer Victoria Beckham was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) while other fashion notables included Anna Wintour editor-in-chief of “American Vogue” and accessories designer, Anya Hindmarch.

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UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honoured in Queen’s New Year List

Kim Kardashian stuns at Balmain show at Paris Fashion Week

Among the forest decor at the star-studded Balmain collection, pop star and former French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy killed time chatting with French Vogue Editor Emmanuelle Alt. Guests were all waiting …

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Kim Kardashian stuns at Balmain show at Paris Fashion Week

British Fashion Council focuses on menswear, retail and digital with new board members

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has unveiled three new non-executive directors to its board. British GQ Editor and London Fashion Week Men's Chairman Dylan Jones, Founder and CEO of Farfetch José Neves and CEO of the Guardian Media Group David Pemsel have all been welcomed to the council's board.

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British Fashion Council focuses on menswear, retail and digital with new board members

Saint Laurent launches debut Canada store

Luxury fashion house Saint Laurent has opened its first-ever, freestanding Canadian boutique, in Vancouver.

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Fashionistas got caught in an elevator at Fashion Week and went Snapchat and selfie crazy

What do a group of fashion kids do when they get trapped in a elevator for 40 minutes? They get on the snaps and selfies like nobody's damn business.  In a microcosm of farshion hell, Christian Wilkins (the son of Australian morning show legend Richard), Australia's Grazia Entertainment Editor Nicholas Carolan and a bunch of other fashion-forward types were caught hot and sweaty in an elevator in Sydney, Australia, for an eternity.  SEE ALSO: Skinny ties, skinny trousers: The hip Teddy Boys of 1950s London Not knowing how to deal with the possibility of death by fashion, the squad used their final moments wisely by sending out S.O.S. Snapchats and pouting what could have been their final pouts. They also got their Beyoncé twerk on.  “When it first happened I think everyone was a little panicked … I asked everyone if they preferred Rihanna or Beyoncé and we figured that Bey was calmer so we all just listened to some music, took plenty of selfies to document the process,” Wilkins told Mashable Australia  via email.  Wilkins said he scored a few new Snapchat followers due to the incident and formed an unbreakable bond with his new clique. His priorities definitely came into focus.   “There were nine of us in there and the lift just jolted shut and this siren went off,” Wilkins told Yahoo 7 Entertainment

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