Claridges Hotel, London, played host to the 2011 Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards last night, and therefore had the likes of Florence Welch and Daisy Lowe dripping all over each other, most of Duran Duran and their dates, additional Le Bons,Laura Bailey, Poppy Delevigne, Poppy's sister, Sophie Dahl, The Winkleman, Annie Lennox (who's positive about HIV or HIV Positive)Jessie J(only just copped the 'J' stands for 'jumpsuit') and a slew of other high heels tottering around its innards. So heaving was the hotel’s belly,Mariella Frostrup thoughtfully came as a bottle of Pepto-Bismol.
Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2011 Winners:
Role Model of the Year: Helena Bonham Carter (she helped her husband with his speech)
Breakthrough of the Year: Jessie J
Lifetime Achievement: Judi Dench
Designer of the Year: Sarah Burton (AKA the designer of Kate’s wedding dress)
Businesswoman of the Year: Tamara Mellon, co-founder of Jimmy Choo
Man in a Woman's World:Tom Ford
Visionary of the Year: Tracey Emin, artist (right, these awards official mean f*** all now)
International Woman of Influence: Arianna Huffington, cofounder of The Huffington Post
Man of the Year: Arki Busson, founder and Chairman of the EIM Group
Inspiration of the Year: Camila Batmanghelidjh, businesswoman, charity leader and author
Fashion Icons of the Year: Supermodels Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford and Eva Herzigova
The last one was a bit of a cop out, was it not? How can all of them be the fashion icon of the year? And what year, specifically this one or every year since 1990? Grow a pair, pick just one of them, and then watch the rest of them simmer *cackles*. Go on, it’s not fair on Kate Moss to be the only one not chosen.
Well, at least she didn’t attend. Unlike Elle MacPherson.
