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Article: Q: DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO WEAR THIS, MR BERARDI? A: Sexy women can look good in bin-liners; SUE CARROLL confronts a designer who's been sending his models down the catwalk at London Fashion Week wearing little more than a set of bandages.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 28, 1998
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THE name Antonio Berardi may not trip off your tongue. Indeed, there's a good chance you won't have heard of him.
But on the British fashion scene darlings, he's the tops. The Numero Uno hotly tipped to take over as THE designer for Versace.
Models like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell shimmer and shine in his slinky, strapless and slashed dresses.
His awesome repertoire includes a dress of bobbin lace which took 14 women three months to make, and sold for pounds 20,000.
But what does London Fashion Week, that glittering occasion of gloss and ...