London Fashion Week: Stories from the shows
ONDON Fashion Week wrapped up on Thursday, bringing to a close five days of celeb-filled catwalk shows, presentations and parties.
From fabulous frocks and supermodel sightings, to backstage beauty and the return of a famous face to the runway, here are some stories you might have missed...
BECKHAM EXPANDED HER EMPIRE
NOT only did Victoria Beckham stage her SS20 fashion show on Sunday – with David and the kids on the front row, of course – the former Spice Girl also launched her eponymous beauty brand on Monday.
The mum-of-four’s clothing and make-up collections had a similar goal: They’re aimed at busy working women. “I want clothes that move with a woman, that move with her life,” she said in her fashion show notes, and indeed there was a new fluidity to the Seventiesinspired tailoring and ruffles dresses.
NAOMI CAMPBELL PUT ON A SUPER SHOW
THE biggest celebrity draw of the week was Fashion for Relief, the charitable catwalk show organised by Naomi Campbell ell at the British Museum.
Featuring a diverse cast of models – including famous faces like Stella Maxwell and Erin O’Connor, the event showcased clothing from a variety of designers, with Naomi herself taking to the runway twice.
AGYNESS DEYN MADE A COMEBACK
CRITICS agree that Riccardo Tisci really found his feet at Burberry. For his third collection at the helm of the heritage brand, the Italian designer blended masculine and feminine tropes – think shirts with corset detailing, oversized baseball jackets, rouched T-shirts and lace dresses - at a show which featured the week’s best model line-up.
Alongside new girls like Kendall Jenner and Bella and Gigi Hadid, Tisci also coaxed Agyness Deyn out of retirement, with the Manchester-born model making her first London catwalk appearance in seven years.
WERE SPARKLES APLENTY
SEQUINS usually take top billing at Ashish. But for SS20, designer Ashish Gupta used tiny round mirrors to bring his signature sparkle in a collection that was somewhat more subdued than his usual offerings. Halpern’s collection meanwhile, inspired by the Ziegfeld Follies showgirls, brought together 1920s exuberance, Seventies silhouettes and modern glamour. A potent mix.
THE PUBLIC COULD ATT ATTEND SOME SHOWS
UNTIL now, it’s still been virtual virtually impossible for ‘reg ‘regular’ people to get in into fashion shows, b but this time around th the public were offered the chance to attend London Fashion Week... for a price.
Tickets to shows from Alexa Chung, House of Holland and Self-portrait cost c £135 – or £245 for the honour of sitting on the front row r – but there was another anoth catch: The shows featured feature AW19 collections rather t than next season’s!