Set within the urban oasis of the Barbican Conservatory during London Fashion Week, Susan Fang's Spring/Summer 2026 show created a stark contrast to the city's chaos just beyond the concrete walls. Titled "Air Evolution," the collection imagined a parallel timeline bridging the year 2025 and its speculative mirror year, 5202. A sci-fi narrative where nature and technology no longer compete but flourish in symbiosis.Designed to make the wearer "feel like flowing wind," the collection translated t...

Last season, for Fall/Winter 2026, Marie Lueder threw a rave at London Fashion Week. For Spring/Summer 2026, with her eponymous label, the designer turned her attention to the environment of a dinner party, a setting she feels nostalgic for but also recognizes as a reflection of culture and exclusivity. "I really appreciate human connection and having time with my friends, and I realized that I don't have that enough,  she tells Hypebae. "I wanted this place to be a dinner table going crazy. It...

For the Spring/Summer 2026 season at London Fashion Week, Ahluwalia presented a collection titled "Affinity," exploring the "multifaceted nature of love." Showcased amidst a live violin performance, the romantic collection explored themes of renewal, unity and duality.Taking inspiration from Bollywood films, Shakespearean tales and Motown, the collection was also the result of references like Indian paintings and Nigerian deities like Oshun, the goddess of love and fertility. Showcased through d...

Ashley Williams made a welcome return to the London Fashion Week schedule this season, presenting what the designer described as an exploration of "systems of care and contentment." According to the brand's show notes, the Spring/Summer 2026 collection revolved around the concept of simple pleasures and the mundane, but, of course, presented through the maximalist lens of Williams.Introducing us to provincial characters like the nurses, soldiers, X-ray technicians and toilet paper factory worker...