An intimate setting in London was chosen to showcase British designer Julien Macdonald's new Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The Welsh-born designer fused 'old and new' at his London Fashion Week show which was attended by celebrities including Bianac Jagger and Rosario Dawson. The designer said he was inspired by the luxury boats seen around Monte Carlo and St Tropez. SOUNDBITE: Julien MacDonald, designer, saying (English): "So it's a taste of the Orient, a taste of spice, the exotic, hence the blue and white print, which is inspired, it's a very old Japanese wood print of the ocean, and then from the ocean came clashing dragons and fish jumping out of the sea.'' The designer usually unveils his collections to an audience of more than 400 people, often in luxurious and elaborate venues, but this season he chose to turn away hundreds. SOUNDBITE designer Julien MacDonald saying (English): "This ... the collection is exclusive, it's very expensive only the richest people in the world can ever afford to buy it, and so I just invited the best. I said no to 550 very upset people." Clothing from the line is expected to go on sale around the world in luxury department stores in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and South Korea. London Fashion Week ends on September 21. Alicia Powell, Reuters.
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