'Pink Eye' Epidemic Sweeps London Fashion Week?
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
It was bound to happen really, what with all those models backstage sharing mascara wands and trading eyeliners. A rash of conjunctivitis is said to be sweeping London Fashion Week, leaving some crusty-eyed models out of work. Rumors were fanned Wednesday as model Agyness Deyn showed up on friend Henry Holland's runway sporting a tartan eye-patch. While some might chalk it up to some kind of John Galliano pirate homage, twitters in the fashion world noted that Deyn had been absent at many of the big shows earlier this week, and may have rallied for Holland in spite of her gunky condition.