Long night of the fashionistas

antonia bland joins the queue for the Kate Moss experience at Topshop

It was London's most keenly anticipated fashion event of the year so far - the 'premiere' of the Kate Moss collection at Topshop, the Biba of Generation Y.

Standing by were the Metropolitan Police, 'Working together for a chic-er London', and Topshop's security blokes. "DON'T MOVE!" bellowed one, and a gorgeous blonde froze in her stilettos. He stooped to retrieve her lost gold hoop-earring. Another fashion victim saved.

Rumour had it that Kate Moss was to pose in the window facing Oxford Street; even a passing Number 7 bus craned to catch a glimpse of Kate. And then suddenly she appeared, gloriously nonchalant in a floor- length red gown, flanked by foxy