Great Expectations

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Make way for the US bigwigs, London. Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council told the UK's Evening Standard that an "unprecedented" number of US buyers from Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom will attend London Fashion Week thanks to Tom Ford's decision to actually present his collection and do so across the pond. She's expecting big things saying, "This season is set to be one of our strongest yet," while we await the ripple effects in department stores stateside come fall. [Evening Standard]