London Fashion Week opened last night with a Harris Reed show kicking off more 40th anniversary celebrations. The designer’s catwalk show at Tate Modern, which saw the Central Saint Martins graduate join the official schedule for the first time, began six days of events in the capital.
There will be 72 on-schedule designers and 48 physical runway shows taking place across the city until Tuesday. It will see the culmination of 40th anniversary celebrations that began in February’s fashion week. They include a Downing Street event when PM Sir Keir Starmer will host the British Fashion Council and their guests. The BFC hopes it will provide “an invaluable opportunity to introduce the sector’s priorities to the new government”, and aims to drum up more support for the industry.
