It is an all-singing, all-dancing fashion week. The jazz-hands tone that was set by Thursday’s starry Vogue World “opening ceremony” continues – with a twist. London’s famously esoteric fashion designers are bringing their own avant garde tastes to the trend for accessorising shows with showmanship.
The soprano Isabelle Peters soundtracked the Roksanda show, filling a circular courtyard in London’s Barbican Centre with Puccini arias while modern ballgowns in juicy lime and peach silk sailed along the alfresco catwalk.
