London Fashion Week is never short on spectacle, but this season’s standout came from a designer making her UK debut. Megan O’Cain, the Brooklyn-based creative known for her thoughtful, art-driven approach, hit the runway with Oxford Fashion Studio LAB on 21 September — and left her mark with a collection that fused nostalgia with sharp modernity. Her SS25 collection, Keepsake, was a love letter to memory and personal history. Instead of chasing fleeting trends, O’Cain drew inspiration from everyday relics — the pressed flower tucked into a book, a faded postcard, the imperfect beauty of something hand-stitched and treasured. The…
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Mark Fast returned to London Fashion Week SS26 with a powerful showcase that fused technical mastery, bold creativity, and the designer’s fearless approach to knitwear and contemporary fashion. Presented at EartH Hackney, the collection delivered a high-energy spectacle where craftsmanship and attitude collided under dramatic staging and sound design. The show was brought to life by a stellar creative team: makeup by @shazmakeup using @weledauk, hair by @neilmoodie, casting by @emilieastrom, nails by @jadaellize, sound design by @izzylindqwister, jewellery by @vickisarge, sunglasses by @forartssake, PR by @lobby.pr, venue by @earthackney, production by @antonywaller_, lighting by @rockitevent, show calling and backstage…
The pre-owned luxury watch market has grown rapidly over the past decade. Collectors and enthusiasts are turning to second-hand timepieces found at vintage markets and online retailers for their cost advantages and the unique sense of heritage and rarity they provide. Owning a pre-owned designer watch involves enjoying expert craftsmanship and acquiring a piece of history. With the right approach, collecting pre-owned watches can be a rewarding pursuit, whether you’re in it for style or investment. Why Buy Pre-Owned Watches Brand-new timepieces often depreciate the moment they are purchased, much like cars. By buying pre-owned, you can avoid the initial…
On September 21st at 8 Northumberland Avenue, APUJAN debuted its Spring/Summer 2026 collection, The Extraordinary Voyage of Captain Peach, continuing the label’s tradition of weaving fashion, literature, and fantasy into a cinematic narrative. Known for blurring the boundaries of East and West, past and future, reality and myth, APUJAN drew inspiration from the Japanese folktale Momotaro—the story of a boy born from a peach who embarks on a journey to defeat demons with the help of animal companions. Reimagined through the lens of modern life, the collection transformed this tale into a metaphor for courage, identity, and imagination as acts…
The Oxford Fashion Studio’s OFS LAB Concept Show is known for spotlighting designers who push boundaries, but this season it was Hellavagirl, the couture house led by Helen Woollams, that stole the spotlight. With a collection that fused fine art sensibility with fearless experimentation, Woollams proved once again that she is among London Fashion Week’s most original voices. From the first look, it was clear this was no ordinary catwalk. Exaggerated silhouettes, lavish textures, and fearless colour combinations created an atmosphere of theatre and tension—fashion not designed to whisper but to roar. Each piece carried Hellavagirl’s signature duality: fragile and…
London Fashion Week welcomed a fresh wave of innovation and cultural storytelling as FJU Talents returned to Fashion Scout, spotlighting Taiwan’s most promising fashion alumni on the global stage. Sponsored by the College of Fashion and Textiles at Fu Jen Catholic University, FJU Talents is an annual platform dedicated to strengthening the international visibility of emerging Taiwanese designers. Each year, four carefully selected alumni are given the rare opportunity to showcase their collections at one of fashion’s most prestigious platforms, bridging education, creativity, and global exposure. This season’s cohort featured Chih-Wen Kuo, Juan-Juan Xu, Yi-Zhen Lin, and Ying Chu –…
Norway’s most daring fashion export, Fam Irvoll, stormed London Fashion Week with her Spring/Summer 2026 collection titled “Don’t You Know I’m Loco.” True to her reputation, Irvoll delivered a catwalk brimming with color, wit, and fearless maximalism – a stark rejection of Nordic minimalism in favor of playful chaos and unapologetic imagination. Fam Irvoll, educated at Esmod Oslo and Central Saint Martins London, has long mastered the art of combining fine craftsmanship with whimsical storytelling. For SS26, she once again proved why she’s an international favorite, bringing together bold prints, oversized silhouettes, and candy-colored fantasies that blurred the line between…
On 21st September, Camden High Street transformed from more than an iconic shopping street; it became a catwalk of reinvention. This September, London Fashion Week spilled out onto Camden High Street and became a catwalk for a day as TAMMAM presented: Camden as a Catwalk, The House of TAMMAM and Friends. In a bold reinvention of the fashion presentation, this show, part of the British Fashion Council London Fashion Week official events Schedule, reclaimed Camden’s radical heritage and reimagined its future, highlighting couture craftsmanship in a showcase of sustainable fashion which put creativity and community front and centre. “Camden has…
For SS26, HENGDI WANG presents EXOGENESIS. This collection is a meditation on the exogenous origins of life, where Eastern mythology converges with post-human biological constructs, digital craftsmanship, and futuristic materials. EXOGENESIS envisions clothing as more than ornament, more than protection. It is a vessel of memory, a code of survival, and a bridge between the cosmic and the human. In this narrative, ancient Eastern myths are reframed not as fantasy but as traces of humanity’s fragmented memory, distant recollections of unknown star systems and interstellar encounters. The legendary bestiaries of Shan Hai Jing reemerge as echoes of extraterrestrial forms, while…
In the shadowy grandeur of Freemasons’ Hall, Karina Bond unveiled “The Midnight Sun,” a 21-look collection that blurred the line between sculpture and clothing, drawing dreams into dazzling physical form. London Fashion Week rarely lacks spectacle, but Karina Bond’s Spring/Summer 2026 show, staged in the shadowy grandeur of Freemasons’ Hall’s Vestibules, was something closer to a dream state. Entitled “The Midnight Sun”, the Central Saint Martins graduate turned her runway into an extraterrestrial temple, where fashion bent the rules of reality and shimmered like a sculptural second skin. Bond’s vision, rooted in the surreal logic of dreams, contrasted sharply with…