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Kid's fashion platform Mini Mode to launch virtual runway show during LFW

Mini Mode - Global Kids Fashion Week has announced it will launch its first virtual runway show during London Fashion Week in February. Founded by UK childrenswear designer Amanda Rabor, Mini Mode focuses on kid’s fashion, from toddlers through to teens. The upcoming virtual show will mark the 6th edition of the event since it debuted in...

22 Jan 2021

Fashion

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

Fashion

BFC cancels London Fashion Week Men's, combines genders for LFW in February

The British Fashion Council (BFC) on Thursday said its men’s fashion week in January would be canceled, instead merging genders for a February, digital first, fashion week. The combined gender fashion week will be held from 19 to 23 February following the New York shows. Menswear designers are being actively encouraged to take part in the...

29 Oct 2020

Fashion

Global fashion weeks generated more than 89 million euros of earned media, with Paris and Milan leading.

In a show of solidarity to the industry and its businesses, the major fashion capitals of New York, London, Milan and Paris forged ahead with the show season in September and October. While the pandemic kept the majority of buyers and press at home, social media and digital channels took on a new significance for brands to showcase their visions...

14 Oct 2020

Fashion

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

London Fashion Week's top Instagram brands

London Fashion Week was a major digital draw, as statistics from Dash Hudson, a visual marketing software company, show. Analysing data from 10 LFW shows and how they translated via Instagram, some designers adapted better than others to embrace the season’s new digital formats. They created online content that resonated with Instagram users...

25 Sep 2020

Fashion

Two ISKO I-SKOOL™ 7 looks make their debut at the Graduate Fashion Foundation (LFW)

Two ISKO I-SKOOL™ 7 looks make their debut at the Graduate Fashion Foundation, part of London Fashion Week, a springboard for new talent striving to bridge the gap between education and industry. Following an unprecedented academic year, GFF celebrates how the Class of 2020 have adapted and overcome adversity to complete their degrees across 26...

25 Sep 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

Fashion

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

Fashion

LFW: Eudon Choi brings the Mediterranean to fashion week

Eudon Choi returned to London Fashion Week after a two-season break to showcase his spring/summer 2021 collection with a series of socially-distanced presentations to show his laid-back summer staples. Taking inspiration from a longing to escape the city for a summer holiday in Italy, Eudon Choi’s ‘Fuga Estiva’ collection offered the perfect...

22 Sep 2020

Fashion

LFW: Victoria Beckham creates “true wardrobe” collection for SS21

For spring/summer 2021, Victoria Beckham states it is all about freedom, “to explore, to dress up, to be yourself,” as she shares her hyper-edit of just 20 looks, nearly half down on what the designer produces for a normal catwalk show. Beckham, who was going to have a series of salon shows, scaled back her presentation after the government...

21 Sep 2020

Fashion

Farzaneh inspired by American unrest for SS21 show

Young British designer Paria Farzaneh transported London Fashion Week to the English countryside on Sunday for a catwalk show inspired by the spirit of resistance. The 26-year-old gathered her guests in the Chilterns Hills, northwest of the capital, where models advanced across a field through clouds of smoke, ready to face the elements in...

21 Sep 2020