In Camera - London Fashion Week: The lady wearing three watches

I had a fascinating time wandering around Somerset House during London Fashion Week last month. I was probably the only person there with no interest in women's wear. What captivated me was the circus going on around the shows. Legions of bloggers all chasing the same shots, willowy models wafting around covered with goosebumps and stunning combinations of colours I'd never seen before. All this powered by the creative force which has caused London to eclipse even Milan as a fashion centre this year.

I most enjoyed meeting and chatting - with photographers, bloggers, fashion workers, artists and fellow Twitterati. Having spent most of my life in the legal profession I was plunged into a world as foreign to me as a village market in deepest Bhutan.

This lovely lady has had a long and distinguished career in the fashion industry and now runs objects2desire.com. She showed me her beautiful cashmere coat, soft as butter. We had a long chat and, as we were about to part, she suddenly pulled back her cuff as she wanted to show me that she wears three watches.

The style, characters and dress sense of the older women I met at Somerset House quite eclipsed the gaudy, often shallow, carnival around them.