Dame Vivienne Westwood did one for the kids last week at Whitehall Palace in London, where she presented her Spring 2009 Gold Label collection at a children’s charity benefit.

Ms. Westwood teamed up with London Musici to put on a fashion show with performing artists and a live orchestra. The goal was to raise 250,000 GBP for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a group working to end child abuse and create positive opportunities for children in the U.K. and Channel Islands.

The event was reported to be a star-studded success, with Eva Herzigova, Claudia Schiffer, and the Jagger sisters in attendance.

Ms. Westwood’s new Chaos Point collection was “inspired by ecological crisis,” according to The Guardian. The designer also recruited local schoolchildren to paint some of the fabrics. As you can see at right, this and the ecological theme combined made for some pretty unusual garments — which have apparently frightened almost 60 percent of FabSugar readers. Must have been quite a show!

(Images from Coutorture, where you can view the entire collection.)