Catwalk

September 16, 2012

Maarten van der Horst

“I was not in this world in 1976,” said a jubilant Maarten van der Horst after his Fashion East show. Read more »

Clements Ribeiro

Clements Ribeiro is on fine form, galvanising its signature colour, print and nonchalant take on chic in a collection poetically titled Moonrise Kingdom, in homage to Wes Anderson’s film of the same name. Read more »

Live Catwalk Illustration at Kinder Aggugini

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September 15, 2012

Live Catwalk Illustration at Fyodor Golan

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Sass & Bide

Trust Sass & Bide to bring in the big model names to round off the first day of London Fashion Week – Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn both took a turn on the designers’ catwalk for S/S 12.  Read more »

Zoë Jordan

Good designers don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes it’s more about unearthing trends and pieces, refining them, then making everyone believe they need them. It’s something Zoë Jordan, shortlisted for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2012, is very good at.  Read more »

Corrie Nielsen

Corrie Nielsen’s love of visual drama, elaborate narratives and nods to the past is in line with fellow designers Viktor & Rolf and Vivienne Westwood, and this collection – all architectural and colour-rich – embraced these themes. »

Holly Fulton

As with the rest of the NEWGEN gang, Holly Fulton was making a strike for a more grown-up market with her show yesterday. »

Burberry Prorsum

Christopher Bailey always delivers a moment.First there is the front row, which, this season, strained under the glamorous bottoms of Kate Bosworth, Claire Danes and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. »

Marios Schwab

Until yesterday, I’d never been to a show inspired by a single piece of music. »

House of Holland

A pink and purple iPhone-case invitation, and tweets about “hairdressers popping in to trim the bangs” – we expected cheeky nonchalance from House of Holland but it’s all slightly more serious than before. »

Michael Van der Ham

For his third solo outing on the LFW runway, Michael van der Ham switched up his fashion game »

Antoni & Alison

Antoni & Alison are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year and invited a brass band along to help them – now that’s how to get London Fashion Week started. »

Ashish

Ashish is not the first designer to have looked East this week, but rather than spinning his globe all the way round to China, like many others, he stopped at his home country, India. »

Pringle of Scotland

Where I grew up, a Pringle-emblem jumper was the height of sophistication.I had two, one black, the other red, and I was obsessed with them. »

Mulberry

Wow, Mulberry is good at branding.At 7am yesterday, it tweeted the news that songstress of the moment Lana Del Rey, the muse for its new Del Rey bag, was turning up to the show at 10am. »

Clements Ribeiro

Back on the London catwalk for the fourth time, Suzanne Clements and Inacio Ribeiro are enjoying their spot in the limelight. »

Pringle

Alistair Carr is the young man tasked with the brief to reinvent Pringle of Scotland for the 21st century. »

Meadham Kirchhoff

Meadham Kirchhoff’s collections get more brilliantly self-indulgent with each season. »

Erdem

Let’s be honest, everyone knows that Erdem is a lovely boy, but for A/W 12 he’s gone all tough on us. »

Unique

Topshop, j’adore! Not only do you feed hungry fashionistas at your show venue, you also serve up great fashion we want to wear immediately. »

Todd Lynn

“I’ve done a lot of new things – more colour, more fluidity, more texture,” Todd Lynn told us before his show this afternoon. »

Live Catwalk Illustration at DAKS

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Burberry Prorsum

Did I really need to go to the Burberry Prorsum show? Did any of us? »

Roksanda Ilincic

The opening two tracks of Roksanda Ilincic’s show yesterday held all the necessary clues. »

Giles

Ah, everyone loves a bit of Giles, as no one knows what to expect.Will he go novelty and theatrically thematic, or keep it tight and refined? A bit of both, surely! The burn holes on the invitation were a clue. »

JW Anderson

You know you’ve arrived on the London Fashion Week scene, when fashion kids are queuing outside your venue two hours before the start time in the freezing cold, and senior international editors are hustling to their front-row seats. »

Aquascutum

James Corden, Harry Styles and Alexandra Burke might have been there in the front row to hit headlines, but there was really no need – the clothes were bound to do the job. »

Erdem

Ahhhhh. Deep sigh. It’s an Erdem show. Time to let the stress of the busiest day of London Fashion Week ebb away for 20 minute »

Unique

Think Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra chasing her Antony into a Nineties hip-hop club, and you’ll immediately get Unique S/S 12 »

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