London Fashion Week

A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE, FASHION & ART FOR EVERYONE

London Fashion Week has established itself as one of the most creative and innovative fashion showcases in the world, with its home, London, being one of the most multicultural, vibrant and diverse cities on the planet. London Fashion Week Festival brings a city-wide celebration throughout the month of September 2018 merging creative institutions, designer businesses and global brands, offering consumer activation in London as a backdrop to London Fashion Week. London Fashion Week Festival opens up the city and celebrates the intersection of the creative industries, from music, art, tech and design and there are many ways the public can get involved; from digital engagement, to exhibitions, in-store activation and events throughout the month of September.

Burberry present their first and much anticipated collection under Riccardo Tisci, new Chief Creative Officer on Monday while we welcome Victoria Beckham who brings her show to the London schedule for the first time to celebrate a decade in business. ALEXACHUNG will stage a catwalk to present her new collection while Jenny Packham returns to London to celebrate her brand’s 30th anniversary. Furthermore, MM6 Maison Margiela and Nicholas Kirkwood will both present full runway collections for the first time as part of LFW.

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London Fashion Week Festival From 20th September to 23rd September The Store X, 180 Strand, London, WC2R 1EA Londonfashionweekfestival.com London Fashion Week Festival welcomes 14,000 people across four-days offering the ultimate fashion experience to visitors; with curated shopping galleries from over 150 international and British brands, catwalk shows, industry talks and style presentations. The event invites visitors to experience the atmosphere of London Fashion Week in its official venue and gain an insight into the fashion industry. It also gives designer brands the opportunity to meet and build direct relationships with new customers. 

VICTORIA -Victoria Beckham

This season the designer runway will host Bobby Abley, Georgia Hardinge, Katharine Hamnett and Mother of Pearl to show their AW18 collections while Senior Fashion Director of LOVE Magazine, Steve Morriss will be the stylist for the Designer Trend shows. In addition, the London Fashion Week Festival Talks Gallery returns with a diverse range of subject matters and industry experts. Alice Black, co-director of the Design Museum joins to discuss co-curating the Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier exhibition with the late designer and telling the story of his life through the garments he so masterfully created from the early 1980s to his most recent collection in 2017. Model, activist and body positive ambassador, Charli Howard will discuss body positivity and image in the fashion industry and self-care in the digital age. The Careers in Fashion Talk returns chaired by Glamour’s Fashion Director at large, Alexandra Fullerton, who explores opportunities in visual roles in fashion, from set design to art direction with a panel of industry insiders including creative director, Andre Bato, photographer Florian Joahn and his creative partner Jean Paul Paula and set designer 

British Fashion Council CEO  Caroline Rush, Her majesty the Queen, Dame Anna Wintour at Antony Quinn Credit Derran Gerrish

London Fashion Week Festival From 20th September to 23rd September The Store X, 180 Strand, London, WC2R 1EA Londonfashionweekfestival.com London Fashion Week Festival welcomes 14,000 people across four-days offering the ultimate fashion experience to visitors; with curated shopping galleries from over 150 international and British brands, catwalk shows, industry talks and style presentations. The event invites visitors to experience the atmosphere of London Fashion Week in its official venue and gain an insight into the fashion industry. It also gives designer brands the opportunity to meet and build direct relationships with new customers. 

Molly Goddard LFW

This season the designer runway will host Bobby Abley, Georgia Hardinge, Katharine Hamnett and Mother of Pearl to show their AW18 collections while Senior Fashion Director of LOVE Magazine, Steve Morriss will be the stylist for the Designer Trend shows. In addition, the London Fashion Week Festival Talks Gallery returns with a diverse range of subject matters and industry experts. Alice Black, co-director of the Design Museum joins to discuss co-curating the Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier exhibition with the late designer and telling the story of his life through the garments he so masterfully created from the early 1980s to his most recent collection in 2017. Model, activist and body positive ambassador, Charli Howard will discuss body positivity and image in the fashion industry and self-care in the digital age. The Careers in Fashion Talk returns chaired by Glamour’s Fashion Director at large, Alexandra Fullerton, who explores opportunities in visual roles in fashion, from set design to art direction with a panel of industry insiders including creative director, Andre Bato, photographer Florian Joahn and his creative partner Jean Paul Paula and set designer 

WHATS ON 2018

Azzedine Alaia: The Couturier 

Until 7th October 2018 Design Museum, 224 - 238 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6AG Celebrate ‘couture’s rebellious outsider’ in the first UK solo exhibition

Diana: Her Fashion Story 

 Kensington Palace Until November 2018 Kensington Palace State Apartments, Kensington Gardens, London, W8 4PX Follow Princess Diana’s iconic style and discover how she used her image to inspire people and champion causes close to her heart through her outfits. Take a closer detailed look at the glamorous gowns from the 1980s to the chic working outfits of 1990s and how she established herself as a trendsetter, princess and patron. To celebrate the success of the exhibition this far, outfits from some of Diana’s most iconic moments have been added to the display for 2018. The flak vest, denim shirt and Armani chinos selected for her high-profile visit to the landmine fields of Angola in 1997 will form the centrepiece of the exhibition until November 2018. Other items joining the exhibition are the pink Bellville Sassoon suit worn by the Princess to board the train for her honeymoon and never-before displayed outfits including a sumptuous Victor Edelstein evening gown worn for an official portrait by Terence Donovan.