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London Fashion Week's best moments over the years – in pictures
This weekend London Fashion Week is back
London Fashion Week begins this weekend and it's usual packed schedule of shows in locations across the city is back. The hottest tickets this season are Roksanda, Simone Rocha and Erdem.
London Fashion Week dates back to 1983 and has established itself as part of the 'Big Four' fashion capitals, sitting alongside New York, Milan and Paris Fashion Week. If New York is known for slick, wearable clothes, Milan for its high-octane glamour and Paris as the home of haute couture, then London is all about avant-garde creativity.
Here, we look back at London Fashion Week over the years, from royals on the front row to Naomi Campbell's famous fall...
1984
Ossie Clark was at the forefront of British fashion in the '60s and '70s, working with the likes of David Hockney and Bianca Jagger. In 1984, he showed as part of the newly launched London Fashion Week. In the 1990s, he trained Bella Freud and worked with dress label Ghost.
1985
The likes of Shirley Bassey, Jerry Hall and Iman came together in 1985 for the Fashion Aid show to raise funds for African famine relief.
1992
Princess Margaret sitting front row with American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta in 1992 at his show at Claridge’s in aid of the NSPCC.
1993
One of Naomi Campbell's most memorable moments as a supermodel came when she showcased Vivienne Westwood's 'Super Elevated Gillie' platforms, collapsing to the ground as she walked. Campbell laughed and picked herself up, turning it into a career high.
2000
Victoria Beckham walks for Maria Grachvogel during London Fashion Week before the launch of her eponymous label in September 2008.
2000
Lee Alexander McQueen presents his Voss show in a clinical glass box. The collection was inspired by madness, incarceration and nature, and was emblematic of his desire to provoke and use fashion to explore taboo subjects.
2002
Naomi Campbell strutting down the catwalk in a lightly feathered canary yellow dress by Welsh fashion designer Julien MacDonald
2004
Fashion label Harriet Muse took its fashion show to the streets of London with models marching from the BFC venue to Bond Street on horseback.
2005
Liberty Ross walking in the Issa show. The label later became synonymous with the Duchess of Cambridge, frequently dressing her for weddings and parties. Designer Daniella Helayel created Kate’s blue engagement dress.
2006
Beyonce celebrated the launch of the Emporio Armani RED collection with a performance at Earl’s Court.
2007
Princess Beatrice and Sarah, Duchess of York walking at the Fashion Relief Show in 2007.
2013
Tom Ford took over Lancaster House to present his autumn/winter collection.
2014
Stella and Mary McCartney at Stella McCartney’s Green Carpet Collection presentation.
2016
Sarah Burton brought the Alexander McQueen show back to London for a one-off at Lawrence Hall, home of the Royal Horticultural Society, where she had assisted Lee McQueen 20 years before.
2018
Christopher Bailey’s muse Cara Delevingne closing his last Burberry show in a rainbow coat.
2018
The late British supermodel Stella Tennant walking in Riccardo Tisci’s first Burberry show.
2018
The Queen makes her front row debut at Richard Quinn’s fashion show to present him with the first Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
2019
Molly Goddard presents her autumn/winter 2019 show at Durbar Court in the Foreign and Commonwealth office with pink tulle dresses similar to the one Jodie Comer's character Villanelle wears in Killing Eve.
2020
A few weeks before lockdown in the UK, Lena Dunham walked in the 16Arlington show.
2020
Princess Anne presenting Rosh Mahtani of Alighieri jewellery with the Queen Elizabeth II award for British design.
2021
Designer Bora Aksu presented a pandemic inspired collection with sheer face masks.
