3 days Ago By Julia Sam
London Fashion Week is one to watch. It may not have the megawatt celebrity appearances of New York, the legacy houses of Milan or the historic maisons of Paris, but who needs that when the city has got the freshest, coolest and rawest of talents? London kickstarted the careers of countless major designers, and it’s here where the future is being designed—literally. So, in typical fashion, this season had CSM-alums like Yaku Stapleton and Luke Derrick , among others, present their sophomore collections for their respective eponymous labels.
Rihanna’s new favourite designer Jawara Alleyne also presented off schedule. The buzziest presentation (so far) has arguably been eBay’s first-ever fashion week show. Secondhand fashion took over the runway, with pieces available for purchase straight off the catwalk.
Models were dressed in combinations of impossible-to-find archival pulls and new fashion, courtesy of some of the Kingdom’s biggest names, from Alexander McQueen to Martine Rose. All that ensued was a perfectly timed, monumental ode to the 40th anniversary of London Fashion Week. As the days progressed, cult-favourite designers Simone Rocha and JW Anderson introduced new collections through their eponymous labels.
Rocha’s hyper-femininity design codes have become quite the sensation every season, drowning audiences in schoolgirl bows , roses and the exaggerated hips she loves to build. And the blockbuster show of the season? Obviously Burberry’s. The British heritage house will present on the Week’s closing day, as the fashion world waits with bated anticipation for what’s to come.
This will mark Daniel Lee ’s fourth runway show for the brand—and his first amidst the great Burberry debate. Few things are more British than the Burberry trench coat, but how accessible should it remain to the masses? Off the runway, the street style offerings are just as strong. The fabulous and the flamboyant are turning heads, and there’s not one trend standing alone.
Instead, it’s a mishmash of pleating, ruching and pattern-blocking. There’s faux fur, there’s reworked denim, and then there’s quilt. And on top of all that, still? Oversized silhouettes that swallow the entire frame.
Below, scroll through the best street style from the spring/summer 2025 shows of London Fashion Week, as captured by Phil Oh..
