So... It's been a while. Views on Riots and LFW...

Hello one and all. Presumably you all thought I may have dropped off the face of the earth into that well known place called Blogger's boredom.

Well, no that wasn't actually the case- the combination of no spare time and moving home vastly contributed to my two month hiatus, but now I am settled and ready to blog once more.

First things first- hello from London! Yes, I've moved to the Capital and what a week to move.

Unless you have had your head buried in the sand, you won't have failed to notice the horrendous riots that unfolded last week.

A fellow blogger and friend of mine wrote a great article trying to make sense of it all- just how and why was this allowed to happen?

If you want to read his insightful views check it out here. My own viewpoint is similar, although as London returns to normality, you have to wonder- what now?

Much has been made of the bad press that this will give us for the Olympics next year, but I have a question about an event less than a month away.

London Fashion Week. A trivial event to some (which really irks me- they don't say that about Football or Cricket do they?!) but as the second biggest employer in Britain, the fashion industry surely must have suffered as a result of the riots.

We are known for being quirky, being the most scatty of all fashion weeks if you will, but still nurturing some of the best designing talent in the world.

Forget the Olympics for now and concentrate on bigging up the capital for a much more homely institution, which takes place year on year and regularly has the likes of Anna Wintour flying in for the spectacle.

I'm not saying the Olympics aren't of huge importance, because obviously that will be the biggest thing to happen to Britain in a good while and can only give us a huge boost, both economically and socially.

But right now, while the country reflects and calls for tougher punishment on these looters, rioters and vandals, lets put some positivity back into LFW. Let's hope the big buyers, journalists and celebs still venture to the Capital for the week, because otherwise these criminals will have won.

And that will be a very sorry day for Britain indeed...