Change was in the air at London Fashion Week. The five-day extravaganza, which ended on Monday night with Burberry’s Hyde Park takeover and saw the fashion set flock between the British Library (for upcoming star Paolo Carzana), the Royal Opera House (Mithridate), Battersea Power Station’s control room (Patrick McDowell) and Mansion House (Simone Rocha), was defibrillated with a fresh wave of optimism, resilience and creative expression.
Starting at the top, the British Fashion Council has been energised by its new chief executive, Laura Weir, who opened the week with a breakfast and rousing speech: “This is not just a reset for the sake of it — the time is right and the time is now,” she told a packed room of designers, editors and public relations execs. “London Fashion Week is a sensational showcase of creative fashion design talent. I have an ambition to make it fashion’s most magnetic exposition of excellence in the world.”
