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Fashion Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
London Fashion Week provisional schedule features more labels for SS26 edition
Just days after the revival of Manchester Fashion Week was revealed, London Fashion Week has unveiled its September (SS26) provisional schedule that includes a less catwalk-centric approach. See catwalk It will be LFW's first event under the new British Fashion Council chief Laura Weir's control and is in line with her aim to make British fashion more inclusive and less centralised. But runway shows remain key to the event and after Weir recently announced that fees for on-schedule participation by BFC members will be scrapped, the 18-22 September LFW will feature almost 20% more shows and presentations than the SS25 edition. Of the all-important big names that fashion weeks need to create buzz, Burberry, Erdem, Roksanda, Simone Rocha and Emilia Wickstead will return this time. And the smaller labels for which London is known will include Ahluwalia, Richard Quinn, Marques'Almeida, Paolo Carzana, Bora Aksu, Di Petsa, Mark Fast, Harris Reed, Labrum London, Patrick McDowell, Chopova Lowena and Tove. Stalwarts such as Ashish, Paul Costelloe will be there while Temperley London, Malone Souliers and Stephen Jones will stage presentations. Conner Ives, who usually only shows in February, will show in September for the first time and Talia Byre will show at LFW for the very first time too. Other interesting appearances will include the eBay Endless Runway, plus H&M&180: The London Issue. After Weir said she wanted to decentralise LFW, the City Wide Celebration is returning. This is a consumer-facing series of experiences and activities during September in London as well as in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. As mentioned, the event will happen just after Manchester Fashion Week makes a comeback after a 10-year hiatus. It will take place over three days from 9-11 September and will include both 'established brands and emerging designers', although the schedule hasn't yet been announced.
Fashion Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
London Fashion Week provisional schedule features more labels for SS26 edition
Just days after the revival of Manchester Fashion Week was revealed, London Fashion Week has unveiled its September (SS26) provisional schedule that includes a less catwalk-centric approach. See catwalk It will be LFW's first event under the new British Fashion Council chief Laura Weir's control and is in line with her aim to make British fashion more inclusive and less centralised. But runway shows remain key to the event and after Weir recently announced that fees for on-schedule participation by BFC members will be scrapped, the 18-22 September LFW will feature almost 20% more shows and presentations than the SS25 edition. Of the all-important big names that fashion weeks need to create buzz, Burberry, Erdem, Roksanda, Simone Rocha and Emilia Wickstead will return this time. And the smaller labels for which London is known will include Ahluwalia, Richard Quinn, Marques'Almeida, Paolo Carzana, Bora Aksu, Di Petsa, Mark Fast, Harris Reed, Labrum London, Patrick McDowell, Chopova Lowena and Tove. Stalwarts such as Ashish, Paul Costelloe will be there while Temperley London, Malone Souliers and Stephen Jones will stage presentations. Conner Ives, who usually only shows in February, will show in September for the first time and Talia Byre will show at LFW for the very first time too. Other interesting appearances will include the eBay Endless Runway, plus H&M&180: The London Issue. After Weir said she wanted to decentralise LFW, the City Wide Celebration is returning. This is a consumer-facing series of experiences and activities during September in London as well as in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. As mentioned, the event will happen just after Manchester Fashion Week makes a comeback after a 10-year hiatus. It will take place over three days from 9-11 September and will include both 'established brands and emerging designers', although the schedule hasn't yet been announced.
Fashion Network
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
London Fashion Week provisional schedule features more labels for SS26 edition
Just days after the revival of Manchester Fashion Week was revealed, London Fashion Week has unveiled its September (SS26) provisional schedule that includes a less catwalk-centric approach. See catwalk It will be LFW's first event under the new British Fashion Council chief Laura Weir's control and is in line with her aim to make British fashion more inclusive and less centralised. But runway shows remain key to the event and after Weir recently announced that fees for on-schedule participation by BFC members will be scrapped, the 18-22 September LFW will feature almost 20% more shows and presentations than the SS25 edition. Of the all-important big names that fashion weeks need to create buzz, Burberry, Erdem, Roksanda, Simone Rocha and Emilia Wickstead will return this time. And the smaller labels for which London is known will include Ahluwalia, Richard Quinn, Marques'Almeida, Paolo Carzana, Bora Aksu, Di Petsa, Mark Fast, Harris Reed, Labrum London, Patrick McDowell, Chopova Lowena and Tove. Stalwarts such as Ashish, Paul Costelloe will be there while Temperley London, Malone Souliers and Stephen Jones will stage presentations. Conner Ives, who usually only shows in February, will show in September for the first time and Talia Byre will show at LFW for the very first time too. Other interesting appearances will include the eBay Endless Runway, plus H&M&180: The London Issue. After Weir said she wanted to decentralise LFW, the City Wide Celebration is returning. This is a consumer-facing series of experiences and activities during September in London as well as in Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. As mentioned, the event will happen just after Manchester Fashion Week makes a comeback after a 10-year hiatus. It will take place over three days from 9-11 September and will include both 'established brands and emerging designers', although the schedule hasn't yet been announced.
Fashion Network
16-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
BFC makes fashion week changes, drops on-schedule fees, boosts guest programme spend
The new CEO of the British Fashion Council (BFC), Laura Weir, is bringing in some key changes to London Fashion Week (LFW) as runway events and the designers who show at them face bigger challenges than ever. See catwalk The BFC said designers physically showing at LFW in September won't have to pay participation fees to be on the official schedule, a crucial development, particularly for smaller labels. There will also be a doubling of the BFC's investment in LFW's international guest programme as the body works hard to ensure the attendance of international buyers, press and cultural influencers. The changes come after Weir — a former journalist who immediately prior to the BFC was in charge of the creative, marketing and comms teams at Selfridges — took up her post at the helm of British fashion's organising body a little over two months ago. 'Fashion week is a valuable piece of national IP and our shop window for what creative Britain looks like,' Weir said at the BFC Summer Party at the Serpentine Gallery in London. But she also made it clear that the BFC's focus won't simply be LFW-centric. She said that 'fashion is not just about shows and clothes. Fashion gives us a preview of society's next chapter. It's time to write a new story together'. And other news that came with the developments around LFW itself included a three-year extension of the BFC's NEWGEN government-backed funding programme to 2029; increased scholarship funding to boost opportunities for the designers of tomorrow; and the BFC Fashion Assembly pilot under Sarah Mower to get designer role models into schools across the country and reduce the heavy bias towards London for UK designers. Weir is particularly concerned about the loss of design talent in the UK to cities like Paris, Milan and others, and said it's 'not because of a lack of creativity, but because of a lack of infrastructure to support our designers to make, create, show and importantly to scale in this country'. And she called on retailers to step in saying 'designers need you not just as stockists, but as strategic partners. You are the enablers'.
Fashion Network
15-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
BFC makes fashion week changes, drops on-schedule fees, boosts guest programme spend
The new CEO of the British Fashion Council (BFC), Laura Weir, is bringing in some key changes to London Fashion Week (LFW) as runway events and the designers who show at them face bigger challenges than ever. See catwalk The BFC said designers physically showing at LFW in September won't have to pay participation fees to be on the official schedule, a crucial development, particularly for smaller labels. There will also be a doubling of the BFC's investment in LFW's international guest programme as the body works hard to ensure the attendance of international buyers, press and cultural influencers. The changes come after Weir — a former journalist who immediately prior to the BFC was in charge of the creative, marketing and comms teams at Selfridges — took up her post at the helm of British fashion's organising body a little over two months ago. 'Fashion week is a valuable piece of national IP and our shop window for what creative Britain looks like,' Weir said at the BFC Summer Party at the Serpentine Gallery in London. But she also made it clear that the BFC's focus won't simply be LFW-centric. She said that 'fashion is not just about shows and clothes. Fashion gives us a preview of society's next chapter. It's time to write a new story together'. And other news that came with the developments around LFW itself included a three-year extension of the BFC's NEWGEN government-backed funding programme to 2029; increased scholarship funding to boost opportunities for the designers of tomorrow; and the BFC Fashion Assembly pilot under Sarah Mower to get designer role models into schools across the country and reduce the heavy bias towards London for UK designers. Weir is particularly concerned about the loss of design talent in the UK to cities like Paris, Milan and others, and said it's 'not because of a lack of creativity, but because of a lack of infrastructure to support our designers to make, create, show and importantly to scale in this country'. And she called on retailers to step in saying 'designers need you not just as stockists, but as strategic partners. You are the enablers'.
