Pick their favourite moments

As the curtain falls on the capital’s style march, Karen Dacre and Emma McCarthy

1. An industrial revolution is nigh

The revered designer who puts Crocs on the catwalk and chose to advertise in The Sun last weekend looks to “keep it real” again next season — this time with a collection inspired by factory girls. Combining Velcro attachments, taffeta overalls and a silhouette inspired by lab coats, Christopher Kane gave us “craft and work”. For your wardrobe this means a jarring of contemporary fabrics and retrospective shapes — think sponge-trimmed stilettos, metallic twinsets and futuristic dinner ladies. KD

2. Nicoll blue is the warmest colour

Richard Nicoll lives on in Technicolor. In a poignant tribute to the late designer, created by his closest friends including Roksanda Ilincic and Jonathan Saunders, Nicoll blue — a colour created to signify “his collections, the shirts he used to wear, the funny anorak he wore at college, the sky and of course, his eyes” — shone brightly this week. Now officially recognised by Pantone, the shade made its catwalk debut at Roksanda’s spectacle on Monday via the diaphanous-cut dress that opened the show. It was the perfect prologue to a collection of sumptuous claret silks and long flowing overcoats — and the perfect tribute to a man British fashion should never forget. KD

3. Call for security

The events of late — see Brexit, Trump and the proposed demise of McDonald’s beloved apple pies — has led to a collective desire to protect ourselves from the evils of the world. In fashion terms, this has resulted in a host of styles offering to be your own personal security blanket. At Preen, models were swaddled in flower-strewn duvet coats and padded wraps, while Mulberry’s quilted ankle-length equestrian blankets are among the chicest shields next season. EM

4. London’s where the trench belongs

Much like gin, red buses and irrational Tube rage, the trench coat is a London icon. It is to the capital what the beret is to Paris and the burger is to New York. So in a fitting tribute to the rainyday staple, the trench ruled both on the catwalk and the streets outside this LFW. And while there were many to choose from — see Burberry and #LFWstreetstyle on Instagram — we’re crowning JW Anderson’s double-breasted incarnation as our best of British. EM