Chalayan: Ready-to-wear AW20
This has to be a first. In a marvellous feat of polymathery Hussein Chalayan didn’t just design his collection but also wrote and sang his own lyrics to a soundtrack worked on with legendary dance music maestro Mark Moore of
Roland Mouret: Ready-to-wear AW20
“It was not the best time but now it looks like the best time,” said Roland Mouret of his collection inspired by Thatcher’s Britain. He first came to the UK during that period and remembers tumultuous times and the anger
Victoria Beckham: Ready-to-wear AW20
‘Boss in a dress’ blared the soundtrack which could be the story of Victoria Beckham’s brand. She started a decade ago with just 10 dresses and has evolved into a serious fashion and beauty tastemaker. Every season there’s an ‘it’
Mimi Wade: Ready-to-wear AW20
When it comes to comic book blockbusters, we’re only interested in female protagonists. Forget Batman. Spider-Man who? If there isn’t a bad-ass bitch leading the pack, frankly, we don’t really care. Mimi Wade shares a similar thought process when it
A.W.A.K.E Mode: Ready-to-wear AW20
We know the Oscars have been and gone but it’s time to turn your attention to a brand-spanking-new feature-length. In the director’s chair is Natalia Alaverdian, forming her latest A.W.A.K.E Mode collection around an imaginable film plot based on a
Richard Quinn: Ready-to-wear AW20
Welcome to the house of Richard Quinn, where Swarovski crystals shine bright, florals are in abundance and studded gimp masks are the new norm. It’s a wonderful, dreamy place of fashion joy, with no stops pulled and nothing saved for
Marques’ Almeida: Ready-to-wear AW20
At the Marques' Almeida show yesterday, something was missing. The design duo have recently welcomed a baby to the family, meaning Paulo Almedia was left as a lone soldier when it came to the final bow. Despite being a designer
Dilara Findikoglu: Ready-to-wear AW20
Dilara Findikoglu’s witchy woman is evolving. Victoriana will always be her first love but she’s also embracing tweed skirt suits – although they’re slashed to the hip bone and slung with a skinny pearl belt jangling with the letters of
Molly Goddard: Ready-to-wear AW20
A quick trip on the Central line and you’re there – in Molly Goddard’s heaven of West London. The designer grew up there, being obsessed with her family’s weekend tradition of going to Portobello and Kensington markets. As a kid, she
Fashion East: Ready-to-wear AW20
A death drop, a model smeared in ketchup, man pubes… What would London Fashion Week be without Fashion East? The platform has launched so many of the designers who have gone on to define two decades of British Fashion. This
Halpern: Ready-to-wear AW20
The Brits are obsessed with class. Any good American can see that – and Michael Halpern is a very good American. But rather than reinforcing the way dressing up divides us and keeps us separate, he tore down the barriers.
Central Saint Martins MA: Ready-to-wear AW20
Fashion corps descended upon Central Saint Martins for a snapshot of fashion’s future. CEOs, celebrities, head hunters, designers, past alumni, journalist, stylists and art directors all came to see the new creative crop. These MA fashion graduates really do go
Vivienne Westwood: Ready-to-wear AW20
There's never a lack of radicalism in anything Vivienne Westwood does. For her comeback onto the London Fashion Week schedule, the legendary designer hosted a protest in the form of a fashion presentation, urging for freedom of Julian Assange. Her
Matty Bovan: Ready-to-wear AW20
The show notes described it as an out of body experience and so it was. Matty Bovan was in full boundary-pushing mode and clearly in the mood to create “off-world” silhouettes that distorted convention. There were fabulous fins, flaps, floating
Charlotte Knowles: Ready-to-wear AW20
Under a shock of strobe lights, the Charlotte Knowles army began to prowl. They came armoured in brand signatures; bullet-proof vest-like harnesses were of plenty, as were the bodycon separates which have come to shape the designer’s fearless take on