As the shows move on to Europe, first up is London, an increasingly influential fashion center, where all eyes are on Christopher Kane, who recently left his job on Versus, the secondary label from Versace, to focus on his eponymous label.

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And in 2009, Donatella Versace hired him to design her secondary collection Versus, where he was seen as making a distinctive mark before stepping down last year to focus on his own signature label.

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