London fashion week news and archive

Diet Coke names Kate Moss as creative director

Supermodel Kate Moss has been appointed as creative director of Diet Coke, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this year, to kick start its official partnership with London Fashion Week. The appointment marks the first creative director of Diet Coke in a decade and aims to build on the brand’s heritage of collaborating with some of the world’...

Jul 1, 2022

Fashion Featured

In pictures: Highlights from London Fashion Week's June edition

London Fashion Week presented by Clearplay returned to the capital from June 11 until Monday June 13. The event marked the 10th anniversary of the June edition of London Fashion Week, which was initially launched as a menswear event, but during the pandemic was pivoted to a digital-physical programme showcasing both menswear and womenswear. The...

Jun 17, 2022

Fashion

London Fashion Week Men’s Spring/Summer 2023

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the Spring/Summer 2023 edition of London Fashion Week Men's. Celebrating heritage and culture underpinned many of the collections at London Fashion Week, reflecting the vibrancy of the host city and the experiences of the designers who inhabit it. Merging and melding dual nationalities and...

Jun 17, 2022

Fashion Featured

What to expect from the June edition of London Fashion Week

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released the schedule for London Fashion Week presented by Clearplay, which runs from Saturday June 11 until Monday June 13. While the June edition of the fashion week has traditionally been reserved for menswear, the upcoming event - like recent editions since the beginning of the pandemic - will merge both...

Jun 10, 2022

Business

London Fashion Week updates digital platform with IBM partnership

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has appointed digital agency IBM to update its online London Fashion Week (LFW) platform and match it to the level of creativity as seen in the in-person catwalk displays. As part of the LFW website redesign, IBM will be creating a cloud-based platform that aims to interact fluidly with the global fashion...

Mar 17, 2022

Fashion

Simone Rocha wins Designer of the Year at Stylist’s Remarkable Women Awards 2022

Irish fashion designer Simone Rocha was announced as Stylist’s Designer of the Year at the publication’s Remarkable Women Awards 2022 ceremony, which took place at The Londoner in Leicester Square. The event celebrates inspirational people in their own fields, from authors to activists, with each helping to make a difference for women in their...

Mar 15, 2022

Fashion Featured

The impact of catwalk fashion on shopping habits

The power of the catwalk can positively affect sales, even if the collections seen on the runway are not available in stores until autumn. Data from 'buy now, pay later' payment solutions company Clearpay, London Fashion Week principal sponsor, shows consumers are already ‘shopping the runway’, with key trends emerging from the LFW AW22 shows...

Mar 11, 2022

Fashion |Interview Featured

Coming to America inspires catwalk showcase during LFW

On the opening day of London Fashion Week, Paramount brought a slice of its popular film franchise Coming To America to the catwalk with an event aimed at celebrating and amplifying Black creatives and designers, including The House of Nubian, Kwame Koranteng, Good Mela and Goodman Factory. The catwalk showcase was inspired by Paramount Pictures...

Mar 4, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

LFW AW22: 4 standout menswear designers

London Fashion Week has traditionally focused on womenswear, but in recent seasons, since the British Fashion Council announced that the biannual event would be going gender-neutral, menswear designers have been creating their own path and shaking up the fashion scene. There was lots of menswear on display for autumn/winter 2022, with designers...

Mar 1, 2022

Fashion

London fashion week Fall/Winter 2022 trends

The London Fashion Week runways advanced with a renewed glamour and elegance underscoring many collections. The hints of formalwear and evening dressing were tempered by the use of care-worn materials and creative mix and match of references, but still alluded to the return of fashion frivolity. Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight...

Feb 25, 2022

Fashion |Interview Featured

LFW AW22: Jack Irving brings innovation to On|Off showcase

Jack Irving wowed the fashion crowd at On|Off’s 20th showcase held during London Fashion Week with his innovative and theatrical approach to fashion with a 15-piece collection of inflatable fashion that was part clothing, part sculpture. Irving, who was made famous by creating bold outfits for the likes of Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton and Cheryl,...

Feb 25, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

4 standout womenswear AW22 collections from LFW

With Burberry opting to show off-schedule, following Paris Fashion Week in March, no JW Anderson or Victoria Beckham, and Christopher Kane releasing his AW22 collection digitally, London Fashion Week might seem like it was missing some heavy hitters. But designers including Molly Goddard, Erdem, Simone Rocha, and Rejina Pyo stepped up and became...

Feb 24, 2022