London fashion week......!!

London fashion week

London Fashion Week is 25 years old this year and this season has gone truly global, both in terms of the audience of international press and buyers and the catwalk shows they will watch.

This season’s LFW features a total of 59 catwalk shows over six days, the first full menswear catwalk programme, 200 ready-to-wear and accessory exhibitors, including 28 companies showing under the Monsoon-sponsored, eco-friendly ‘estethica’ showcase, 17 rising stars in the Topshop-sponsored NewGen project and 13 in the Lingerie Collective.

In addition, other designers are showing within the Vauxhall Fashion Scout, On-Off, Fashion East and Fashion Fringe ventures.

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Paul Costelloe opened the 25th London Fashion Week with silhouettes which were architectural, complete with exaggerated shoulders, sharply-defined waists and spherical skirts, emblazoned with octagonal and triangular motifs.





The sensual sounds of the samba, ushered in Caroline Charles’s ‘girls from Ipanema’ in cute, frilled bikinis and one-pieces in large and small polka dot and spot motifs. The ‘tequila sunset’ motif continued in empire-line dresses with ruffled sleeves and necks, featuring drawstring details at the side to display more tanned thigh.





Eun Jeong showed an entirely white collection, consisting of transparent lace tops and heavily ruffled skirts and blouses.