As we battle the post-holiday blues and prepare for what the new year has in store, we’re still reliving what last year had to offer – and in fashion, there were enough dramatic twists and turns to keep us on the edge of our sartorial seat all year long.

From Alexander McQueen‘s tragic death in February to the frenzy following William and Kate’s royal engagement in November, take a look at the highlights and lowlights that have made the most memorable fashion moments of 2010.

Lee Alexander McQueen

Following the designers death in February, the fashion world came together to mourn the loss of one of the world’s greatest design talents with a special memorial service at September’s London Fashion Week. His last collection was unveiled without him at a private show just one month after his death – shortly after, Sarah Burton was named as his successor, and unveiled her first solo collection at Paris Fashion Week. Celebrating his life and work, McQueen was last month honoured posthumously with the Outstanding Achievement Award at 2010′s British Fashion Awards.

Naomi Campbell

She’s had her fair share of controversy, what with being accused of attacking her New York driver – for which she didn’t face charges – and being sued by her former agent for perjury, but Namoi Campbell has had her ups too. Her Fashion for Relief catwalk show reunited the fashion greats for a worthy cause and went down as a storming success, Dolce & Gabbana payed special homage to her at Fashion’s Night Out, and the super picked up the Special Recognition Award at the BFA’s to boot.

Fashion’s Night Out (and In)

Fashion’s Night Out proved more successful in its second year than it did the first, persuading even the biggest names in fashion to get involved with the global shopping extravaganza. And in a bid to help the fledgling economy, its online counterpart was launched for the first time to encourage fashion fans to shop in style from the comfort of their sofa.

Emmanuel Ungaro

Following a tumultuous 2009, the French fashion house continued on its rocky road back to fashion’s limelight as Estrella Archs, the label’s chief designer, left Ungaro. And after much speculation over her likely replacement, it was Britain’s very own Giles Deacon who was finally named as its new creative director.

High street collaborations

After 14 coveted collections, Kate Moss unveiled her final offering for Topshop in October – but it wasn’t the end of sought-after low-price luxe. Alber Elbaz headed to the high street for the first time to launch his highly anticipated Lanvin line for H&M to a sell-out success.

A royal engagement

November saw Prince William ask for Kate Middleton‘s hand in marriage, and whilst they figured out a date – April, as it happens – fashion had a field day wondering what she’d wear. From Bruce Oldfield to recent rumours of an unknown designer, we just can’t get enough of the dress speculation.

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Those guys at Ungaro, they just can’t hold on to a designer, can they? With news that Giles Deacon may be on his way in at Ungaro, chief designer Estrella Archs has announced she’s left the label for good.

Well, we suppose if everyone was talking about a replacement designer coming in to fill our shoes whilst we were still there, we’d hand in our resignation before we got the boot, too.

“Estrella Archs announces that she has left her job as chief designer of Emanuel Ungaro due to irreconcilable differences related to the creative direction of the brand,” a spokesperson for the designer told Vogue UK. “Estrella Archs will continue developing her own brand, established in 2007, and presenting her collections in the Paris Fashion Week.”

We’re not sure whether its some sort of omen, but the past year alone has seen Mounir Moufarriage – former Ungaro CEO who brought Lindsay Lohan on board – leave, as well as Li-Lo herself. Now Estrella? If we were the suspicious type we’d think there was some sort of conspiracy to be, y’know, conspired here.

And so the French fashion house continues its search for a new creative director – the fifth in five years, we might add – though, if rumours are to be believed, they’ve already found him.

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Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in talks to become the House of Emanuel Ungaro’s ‘creative consultant’.

The ‘Mean Girls’ actress is said to be discussing the role with label bosses in Paris, although head designer of the brand Esteban Cortazar is reportedly unhappy with the move.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: ‘Esteban is threatening to leave the company if they bring Lindsay on as a consultant. It has been a revolving door of designers there and if he leaves, his team will go with him.

‘Ungaro thinks Lindsay is going to bring the company new energy and new buzz, but she is going to be the nail in the coffin. Nobody will take them seriously ever again.’

Esteban joined the label in 2007 when he was 23, and was praised after his first collection debuted last year.

The fashion house is no stranger to working with celebrities.

In 2008, the label and Avon teamed up to launch two fragrances – U by Ungaro for Her and U by Ungaro for Him – which Reese Witherspoon was the face of.

Lindsay has previously spoken of her love of fashion, and has her own range of leggings and fake tan.

She featured in the Spring/Summer 09 campaign for Italian fashion line Fornarina, and would love to do more modeling.

She has said: ‘I love doing photo shoots. I mean, if I could just sign with IMG and do ad campaigns and model more, I’d do that because that’s fun for me. That’s not work.’

Esteban’s lawyer gave no comment on the claims, while a representative for the House of Emanuel Ungaro did not return calls.

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