Fashion is a fickle beast, changing its mind quicker than you can click your fingers. To keep you abreast of what’s hot and what’s been put on ice, here’s your guide to LFW’s biggest revelations.
After Daniella Westbrook stepped out dressed in a Burberry mini-kilt, wielding a handbag and buggy also in the house’s iconic beige check, the label did all it could to distance itself from their own branding. In the ultimate power-move, Burberry just reclaimed its check and in the process confidently reembraced their heritage.
Whichever way you looked, left, right or backwards, you were sure to spot at least one street style savant wearing a double-breasted Prince of Wales check blazer. Consider this the must-have item for autumn!
Of all the shows on London Fashion Week’s packed schedule, the one that pulled the most high-profile models wasn’t a luxury house or an indie name on the up but high street-favourite, Topshop. With Kate Moss (plus daughter Lila Grace by her side) in attendance, Toppers had a cast that read like a Victoria’s Secret show with Arizona Muse, Lineisy Montero, Hailey Baldwin, Joan Smalls, Jourdan Dunn, Alanna Arrington all walking the runway.
You’d think the British Fashion Council’s show space would be the epicentre of action, but it wasn’t. Hardly a show graced their fair catwalk. Instead, attendees raced from Claridges to Brick Lane, from the Connaught to Wapping with barely a stop off at the official Strand location.
After reports of journalists being spat at everyone was in agreement that the anti-fur demo outside Burberry’s show got out of hand. However, it catalysed a much-needed conversation about the place of animal by-products within fashion. As the Daily Telegraph’s Lisa Amstrong highlighted, Net-A-Porter, Central Saint Martins and Selfridges have all banned the use of fur. Will the BFC be next?
Put those mini-skirts to the back of your wardrobe as there is a massive cover-up predicted for next season. The likes of Erdem, Natasha Zinko and Roksanda forecast a future of longer hems and higher necklines.