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London Fashion Week, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with all the frills, froth and fizz you might have expected, has come to a close after five days of far flung locations, A-list faces and plenty of new clothes. Anniversary proceedings began in February’s LFW, but since then the landscape — which was already brutal for many independent businesses, — has only deteriorated. MatchesFashion, the stockist and lifeline to many of London’s best stars, went under, and pulling a show together for this spring/summer 2025 season was a tough ask for all.
Despite a handful of favourites that were missed (Molly Goddard, Conner Ives and Dilara Fındıkoğlu passed; David Koma dropped off the schedule nearing show day) the mood amongst the troops was one of resilience. “We won’t be overlooked or ignored in London,” Harris Reed said after his LFW opening show on Thursday. Those that followed him joined a rallying cry.
