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Nanushka joins the London Fashion Week SS26 schedule

Budapest-based contemporary fashion brand Nanushka has joined the official London Fashion Week (LFW) schedule for the first time this season. Nanushka, part of the Vanguards Group portfolio, will present its spring/summer 2026 collection with a catwalk show on Monday, September 22, featuring womenswear, menswear, and accessories. In a short...

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London Fashion Week SS26 will have 18 percent more designers showing on-schedule

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released the provisional London Fashion Week (LFW) schedule for the spring/summer 2026 season, taking place from September 18 to 22 across the British capital city. The showcase marks the BFC’s new chief executive, Laura Weir’s first season in charge and will feature an 18 percent increase in on-schedule...

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H&M to return to London Fashion Week with coed show

H&M is set to rejoin the London Fashion Week schedule. Following on from its ‘Brat’ themed collaborative event last year, with Charli XCX as the headline act, the Swedish fashion giant is now prepared to return to the English capital with a “fresh and exciting runway format”. During the September event, H&M will unveil its autumn/winter 2025...

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BFC’s Laura Weir says it's “time to reset” in first speech as CEO

Laura Weir, the British Fashion Council’s new chief executive, has been in her role for 77 days, and at the BFC’s summer party in London, she unveiled several strategic updates designed to drive the “next British fashion era,” as she looks to revitalise the fashion economy for British designers. In her speech at the Serpentine Pavilion, Weir...

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UK creative sector to get a 380-million-pound boost

The UK government pledges to inject 380 million pounds of targeted funding into the creative industries to support innovation, access to finance, research and development, skills and regional growth across the UK. The investment in the sector is part of the ‘Creative Industries Sector Plan’ from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS),...

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London Fashion Week FW25 trend: Designers get mad for plaid

From heritage and tradition, to youthful rebellion, plaid patterns hold different meanings for different generations of fashion lovers. Beyond its Scottish roots, plaid has been embraced by various subcultures, symbolizing rebellion and individuality, including punk in the late 1970s and fans of grunge in the early 1990s. London designers...

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John Richmond brought his punk spirit to LFW

After years of showing in Milan, Manchester-born fashion designer John Richmond returned to London, the city where his brand was born from the punk rock era and underground club culture of the 1980s, to hold a special presentation for his autumn/winter 2025 collection. Known for his fearless aesthetic and subversive edge, John Richmond is a...

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NewGen talent shines at London Fashion Week

This season there was a lot of talk about who wasn’t showing at London Fashion Week, however, on the ground, there was a buzz surrounding the creative force that makes London one of the best fashion capitals when it comes to nurturing emerging talent, and at the heart of that was the designers talking part as part of the British Fashion Council’...

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From manga to military: London Fashion Week's street style trends for AW25

London Fashion Week has long been regarded as the most provocative and innovative of the global fashion weeks. While the city’s designers have evolved over the years, experimentation and boldness remain at the heart of its street style. For autumn/winter 2025, despite a more condensed schedule, fashion enthusiasts compensated for fewer runway...

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Harrods buying director states LFW AW25 was “a study in refined impact”

For many, London Fashion Week’s autumn/winter 2025 season was quieter, feeling the impact of a shorter schedule and the loss of shows from designers such as JW Anderson, while for others it showcased how resilient and creative designers in London are. For Simon Longland, buying director – fashion at Harrods, London Fashion Week this season was “...

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LFW AW25: Ashish brings sequins to breakfast

Ashish’s return to the catwalk during London Fashion Week was a lesson in how to work all adversities into a positive, switching the 9 am Monday time slot on the official schedule from the graveyard shift into a covetable position with his own brand of glamour and tongue-in-cheek humour. The Delhi-born designer, known for his sequins and cheeky...

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Ripples of change: London Fashion Week’s resilience and creative evolution amid adversity

“These are challenging times for British fashion,” said Caroline Rush, the British Fashion Council’s (BFC) outgoing CEO, during London Fashion Week’s opening event on February 21. “Although we’d prefer the landscape to be different, one thing I know is that this community is resilient and creativity is heightened further when facing adversity.”...