Backstage at London Fashion Week, a phantasmagoria unfolds at the hands of top designers
The dust is long settled on London Fashion Week, but few got to see the work that went into some of the world’s most publicised runways. We take an exclusive look behind the scenes
In the whirlwind world of fashion weeks, Paris has its big-name luxury, Milan has its sexy glamour and New York has its chic modernity, but it’s London that’s known for its trendy and avant-garde edge of cool. By now, you’ll have seen the runway shots of the F/W collections all over the Internet, so STYLE is taking you for an exclusive look behind the scenes of these polished performances.
Here, the designer bites her nails, the models settle in with a book; priceless garments are strewn everywhere while the looks that made the final cut are carefully steamed and hung on racks.
At some venues, the air is hushed and nervous backstage, while at others, the champagne is popped before the show even starts.
The one thing they all have in common is that this big and beautiful show is put on for one main reason – the sheer, exuberant joy of celebrating style.
Winter is coming – and it’s going to be a beautiful one.
It’s one hour until the show and Alice Temperley counts the seconds and scrutinises the collection one last time. It’s a play between crisp pleats and soft dresses.
It’s a warm cocoon of knitwear and jacquard skirts, a dreamy pool of soft hues and ethereal lines…and how not, when the designer calls these her “painted dreams”?
