Fashion’s A-list kick off summer in London

It's regarded as the social event that kicks off the summer season of partying in London, so no surprise fashion's heavy-hitters came out for an evening of art at last night's Royal Academy of Art's Summer Exhibition Preview Party. Making a welcome return to town, Agyness Deyn wowed on the blue carpet wearing her best London pals clothes - a Giles Deacon mini-dress and House of Holland jacket - twisting and turning to show off the ‘punk Marilyn' style hair do she'd requested to funk up her outfit. But as the supermodel tucked in to the canapés hungrily, we spotted Beth Ditto chatting fashion with Stella McCartney and waxing lyrical about the wonders of Spanx knickers! Her band The Gossip got the fashion crowd - including Alexa Chung who'd also flown in from New York, Erin O'Connor, Yasmin and Amber Le Bon and Jaime Winstone in that Matthew Williamson dress - dancing with a brief performance. All except Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who was busy regaling friends about how she'd been working far too hard in recent months and was longing to get back to Ibizia with her boyfriend, Tyrone Wood. Tough life, huh? Check out who wore what below.

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  • Love Alison Goldfrapp's sequin top, Tamsin Egerton's whimsical shoes and Yasmin's CK dress!
    Amber Le Bon, Erin and Rosie H-W all look gorgeous!
    Trinny and Claudia should eat some food!!
    Nancy Dell'Olio and Beth Ditto should have been arrested for crimes against fashion!!
    And...Jaime Winstone's coral MW Valencia dress is so played out I can't even bear seeing it!!!
    stylish
  • king Facebook the most popular social network, followed by MySpace and Twitter.other human at the loading dock this morning. The man didn't have a name, just a number, like the rest of the robots. Paris, at Night.
    Jeffrey
  • aggy looked great fast becoming my stle icon,great hair and love the dark lippy.
    Claudia looked great too but Nacy just looked nasty and a sfor stella oh dear.
    highpeakfashion
  • Jaime Winstone, that dress had its day ten Lindsay Lohans ago...
    Aggy, stop channeling Madonna doing Marylin and please try to think of something new - it is kind of your job after all!
    Claudia Winkleman, stop biting your lip, stop wearing that Miu Miu dress (Hell's Kitchen, the Hell part begins with W and ends in inkleman...) and 3/4 leggings? Under a dress? 2008 is on the phone, and wants its summer trend back.
    The Le Bons and Rosie H-W are the only girls to shout about here, thank god for them or the UK would be having a style crunch as well as a credit one.
    SassyJ
  • Alexa has the cutest dress...www.missperfectblonde.com
    missperfectblonde
  • Get the Alexa look at www.fifty8.co.uk
    FIFTYEIGHT
  • please tell me how beth ditto
    can b a fash icon i really dont get
    it think she is awful
    babygirl
  • what is that...thing that Nancy Dell'Olio is wearing? And as for Stella McCartney- what's up with the sofa cover? Tracey too- ohhhh dear. On a brighter note, I love Tasmin's outift, spesh the shoes. Yasmin Le Bon looks amazing as well!
    cuppatea
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