2009 British Fashion Awards

THERE’S only one day left to vote for your winner in the British Fashion Awards' new London 25 category - which recognises an individual who embodies the spirit of London and is an international ambassador for the capital's fashion industry . The race really began to hot up last week and the frontrunners are in. The British Fashion Council, which hosts the awards, confirmed that the five leading the field are Alexander McQueen, Alexa Chung, Joan Burstein, Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood.

But it's not too late to vote for your London fashion icon and with names like Christopher Kane, Erin O'Connor, Matthew Williamson, Naomi Campbell, Sienna Miller, Manolo Blahnik, Sir Paul Smith, Stella McCartney, Sir Philip Green and Twiggy there’s still everything to play for! Visit www.britishfashionawards.com/london25 (soon!) to register your vote.

The winner will be announced at the British Fashion Awards ceremony on December 9 at the Royal Courts of Justice along with the evening's more established prizes, including Designer of the Year, Swarovski Emerging Talent, Accessory Designer of the Year and Model of the Year.

Lily to go for a career change?!

LILY Allen is swapping the music scene for the style scene. The singer said in a Radio One interview that following her final gig in March next year, she plans to concentrate on "doing some behind-the-scenes sort of stuff" - namely a fashion venture with her sister.

"It's about making fashion democratic. That's the idea behind it," Allen explained of her proposed venture, a rental fashion store called Lucy In Disguise - in keeping with her new "neo-luddite" ways.

"It's about getting really nice clothes but letting people rent them for affordable prices so they can go out and feel like a million dollars and it won't cost them a million dollars," she said.

Last July, Allen - who was recently made the face of Chanel's Coco Cocoon collection - launched her own jewellery range and back in 2007 she collaborated with New Look to create a cheap yet chic clothing line called Lily Loves.