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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jess Cartner-Morley

More polish, less panto: brands push ‘real clothes’ at London fashion week

Models on the catwalk at the at Tolu Coker’s show for the opening of London fashion week.
Models on the catwalk at the at Tolu Coker’s show for the opening of London fashion week. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

“London fashion has leant too much into being theatrical. Drama is great, but style is a huge piece of why we buy fashion,” said Mario Arena, the creative director of Joseph, at its first catwalk show in eight years.

Arena has a subversive idea to re-energise London fashion week. More polish, less pantomime: clothes that sell, rather than clothes that scream.

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