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'I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human'

- the eternally delicious David Bowie

British Fashion Awards 2010

To Lee, With Love, Nick - A Tribute to Alexander McQueen By Nick Knight from SHOWstudio

Last night the British Fashion Council posthumously awarded Alexander McQueen the Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design Award and celebrated his many creations, achievements and McQueen himself with this beautiful film, by photographer Nick Knight in collaboration with Showstudio.

Other winners included Lara Stone as Model of the Year, Phoebe Philo as Designer of the Year for her visionary work at Céline, Nicholas Kirkwood as Accessory Designer of the year, Mulberry for Best Designer Brand, and the multi-talented and frankly awe-inspiring Nicola Formichetti won the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator of the Year.

R.I.P Lee McQueen.

All That Glitters...

Keira's Fresh Start

The absolute beauty that is Keira Knightley graces the front cover of January's British Vogue. Shot by Mario Testino and looking both glossy and slightly nineties [the wet-look hair gel; the strong bushy brow - can't help but think of Ross from Friends, circa '94], Keira exclusively reveals how she nearly quit acting three years ago;

'I think I intended not to work again. I wasn't enjoying what I was doing and I felt terribly guilty about that. I remember hating the idea that I was in a privileged position and couldn't see the point of any of it,' she said. 'I had worked solidly since I was 16, till 22, and I had not been on holiday in all of that time. I didn't know if I was going to go back to acting at all. I think for a long time I thought I wouldn't.'

Luckily for us, instead of quitting the glittering lights of Tinseltown, she went on a tour of Europe with friends and promptly got over it. Excellent stuff. What do you think of her cover?

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Beautiful, one of a kind and missed, Isabella Blow in a Philip Treacy hat.

'When I said, 'I know this sounds a bit weird but I want to buy the whole of your collection,' Alexander McQueen offered to sell me a coat for £350. I said, 'That's a lot for a student.' And he said, 'But I made it.' In the end I bought it all for £5,000 but it took me a long time to pay for it'