Av Vattev: Ready-To-Wear AW22
The London-based label Av Vattev, backed by Central Saint Martins grad Antonio Vattev, offered a space-age assemblage for the AW22 season. Called Soul-Control V.2, the fantastical collection emerged as its second rendition of turbocharged garms and a spiritual successor to
Supriya Lele: Ready-To-Wear AW22
For every woman, Supriya Lele’s latest offering was a body-celebrating selection, channelling the mood of a free-spirited motorbike girl, with a tough, confident femininity. Proceedings kicked off with a Kingfisher blue mini dress, twisted, layered and draped, paired with low kitten
Fashion East: Ready-To-Wear AW22
All eyes on Fashion East. What would London Fashion Week look like without it? The talent showcase has shaped the London scene for two decades and is a major springboard for international fashion talent. Last year’s LVMH Prize winner, Nensi
Yuhan Wang: Ready-To-Wear AW22
A benevolent, flawless Goddess? Yuhan Wang thinks not. Rather, the young designer wants to change our perception of perfection, shining a light on the dangers of an incessant obsession with appearance. Dubbed Venus in Furs, Wang felt inspired by Leopold von
Central Saint Martins MA: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Class is firmly back in session. London's fashion pack descended upon Central Saint Martins for the first physical MA show since February 2020. You have to applaud these students. Two years of disrupted teaching, cancelled work placements and designing on
16Arlington: Ready-To-Wear AW22
16Arlington’s AW22 catwalk was an emotional one. As guests departed through the doors of Yeomanry House, many wiped tears from their eyes. The collection, duly dubbed, Tears, was seen through to completion by only one of the brand’s two founders.
Simone Rocha: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Simone Rocha’s clients crammed into the historic grandeur of London’s medieval Inns of Court. In their flounced and frilled finery, dripping in pearl embellishments, they looked like Victorian dolls come to life. Her inspiration came from an Irish fairytale Children
Halpern: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Designer Michael Halpern has shown that the power of glamour needn’t start and end with a personal moment of triumph. It can be political, it can be deployed for the greater good. As well as delivering mega-watt looks, his pandemic
Labrum London: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Last season, it was the music that carried Labrum London’s collection through fashion week, but this time it rallied around a borderless verb, an instinctual art, a form of expression: movement. Exploring real-time examples of migration and diaspora, creative director
Daniel w. Fletcher: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Daniel W. Fletcher’s AW22 catwalk was more personal than ever before. This was because the end of 2021 saw a seismic change in the 31-year-old’s life: his father, Peter John Fletcher, passed away. The subsequent reminiscing led the Next In
Nensi Dojaka: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Who can wear lingerie-inspired dresses that show off every curve? Anyone and everyone, says Nensi Dojaka. The LVMH prize winner expanded her reach beyond Bella Hadid and her perfect bodied ilk, with a collection shown on a wide variety of
Molly Goddard: Ready-To-Wear AW22
In the eighties and nineties, Portobello market was the epicentre of London cool. Molly Goddard, one of West-London’s finest, grew up near the market and delved deep into her childhood memories for her first runway show post-pandemic. Goddard was inspired by
Richard Quinn: Ready-To-Wear AW22
A Richard Quinn show remains the highlight of London Fashion Week. To a cinematic rendition of “Adagio for Strings” by the London Chamber Orchestra, his cast of otherworldly beings slowly stalked a pink carpeted cube shadowed by a giant chandelier
Ahluwalia: Ready-To-Wear AW22
Through the pandemic, Priya Ahluwalia has established herself as a maestro of fashion film. She's made five in total, each as warm, inclusive and community-driven as her pre-pandemic physical presentations. Stepping back into the thick of it, the highly decorated
Matty Bovan: Ready-To-Wear AW22
As Storm Eunice blew in, making London look like the twister dream sequence in The Wizard of Oz, Matty Bovan whipped up a storm of his own. The designer tumbled together Americana references in a hurricane of upcycling. Like a