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LFW AW21: Molly Goddard balances tulle with practical sensibilities

There is something delectably fun and glamorous about seeing an oversized tulle Molly Goddard dress bounce down the catwalk, or in this case across her studio in Bethnal Green. For autumn/winter 2021, the designer offered a more pared-down, highly wearable commercial collection that she describes as “long lasting, but spiced up wardrobe classics...

23 Feb 2021

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Vanish partners with the British Fashion Council to highlight throwaway fashion

Garment care brand Vanish has unveiled a Rewear Edit high-fashion shoot in partnership with the British Fashion Council as part of London Fashion Week made entirely from discarded clothing to raise awareness of the 3.5 tonnes of clothing thrown away every five minutes in the UK. The thought-provoking imagery is shared alongside new research...

23 Feb 2021

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Burberry presents menswear-focused collection during LFW

Riccardo Tisci showcased his first menswear-focused collection for Burberry during London Fashion Week with a presentation from within its flagship on Regent Street store in London, reconfigured as a wandering terrain. The autumn/winter 2021 menswear collection “gently challenges and subtly reinvents traditions, inviting freedom of expression,”...

22 Feb 2021

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MPs criticise London Fashion Week sponsorship deal with Clearpay

The British Fashion Council is facing a backlash after naming buy-now-pay-later payment service Clearpay as the principal partner ofLondon Fashion Week, which kicked off on February 19. A cross-party selection of 60 MPs has signed a letter expressing their concerns to the British Fashion Council regarding thesponsorshipdeal, a well as urging...

22 Feb 2021

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McQueen The Long Lost Tapes premieres at London Fashion Week

One of the unexpected reveals of London Fashion Week was a short film of never-before-seen footage of of Alexander McQueen. Live-streaming one time only on the website of Fashionscout, the consultancy and platform for emerging talent, the premiere of the short film featuring Super 8 footage shot by Gary Wallis, took place at 4pm EST on Sunday....

22 Feb 2021

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London Fashion Week AW21: what to expect from the digital showcase

Pre-2020, the day before London Fashion Week would see buyers, press and influencers organising their tickets and schedule for the week ahead, however, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic means that this season’s autumn/winter 2021 collections will be showcase entirely digitally. In September, a handful of designers staged socially distanced catwalks...

18 Feb 2021

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London Fashion Week names Clearpay as principal partner

The British Fashion Council has confirmed that buy-now-pay-later payment service Clearpay will be the new principal partner of London Fashion Week, starting from this up-coming season kicking off on February 19. On a Zoom call, Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, explained that Clearpay would be partnering with London...

10 Feb 2021

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London Fashion Week confirms digital-only schedule for FW21

The British Fashion Council on Friday announced the provisional London Fashion Week (LFW) schedule, which is to take place from 19 to 23 February. The shortened week will be a digital-only event in response to the UK’s current lockdown situation. Incoming visitors are required to quarantine for 10 days in a government proposed hotel on arrival....

29 Jan 2021

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London Fashion Week announces line-up for February edition

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the provisional line-up of the upcoming February 2021 edition of London Fashion Week (LFW). Taking place from Friday 19 to Tuesday 23 February 2021, the event will feature both womenswear and menswearwear collections in a genderless showcase, digitally on the LFW platform and in and around London....

11 Dec 2020

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LFW: Paul Costelloe feeling optimistic for SS21

Paul Costelloe brought his studio to London Fashion Week for an intimate spring/summer 2021 presentation, featuring staff from his atelier, his family, as well as his playful designs, to the impressive setting of the Palm Court in the Waldorf Hilton. While a global pandemic may have stopped Costelloe putting on his usual catwalk showcase,...

2 Oct 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

LFW: What it is like to be a photographer at fashion week

Fashion week has changed significantly during the global pandemic, no more so for the catwalk photographers capturing the collections. Shutterstock fashion and entertainment photographer Anthony Harvey tells FashionUnited about what being a London Fashion Week fashion photographer entails and the current impact of Covid-19 on his work. Harvey...

24 Sep 2020

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LFW: Mark Fast - “The show must go on”

For a London Fashion Week to have just three traditional catwalk showcases taking place with an audience is unheard of, but for some designers, like Mark Fast it was essential. “The show must go on,” expressed Mark Fast to FashionUnited. “When it comes to fashion and creating fashion/being part of a movement, contributing to culture, we aren’t...

23 Sep 2020