Preparing a collection for a runway show is challenging at the best of times, but the events of last week made the task ever more complicated for the city’s design talents, as they navigated London Fashion Week preparations during a period of national mourning.
Parties and dinners were, quite rightly, cancelled and a handful of designers — among them big names Burberry and Raf Simons — postponed or pulled their shows. For smaller brands, who rely on the event for new business and couldn’t afford to lose the money they had invested, the message was clear: keep calm and carry on. Albeit with party playlists scrapped in favour of more sobering soundtracks and Queen tributes woven into their shows.
