The Cradle of the Avant-Garde
London has always been fashion's laboratory. From the tailors of Savile Row to the art school graduates of Central Saint Martins, the city produces designers who challenge every assumption about what clothing can be. London Fashion Week is where the future of fashion is first imagined.
London's fashion identity is inseparable from its art schools. Central Saint Martins, the Royal College of Art, and the London College of Fashion have produced a disproportionate share of the industry's most influential designers. The city's culture of intellectual freedom and its tolerance for the unconventional make it the ideal environment for fashion's most radical experiments.
Key Venues
180 Strand
A vast brutalist building on the Thames, home to some of London's most experimental and immersive fashion presentations.
BFC Show Space
The British Fashion Council's dedicated show space, providing a platform for emerging and established designers alike.
Somerset House
The neoclassical courtyard on the Strand has been a landmark venue for London Fashion Week since the 1990s.
Tate Modern
The former Bankside Power Station, now one of the world's great art museums, occasionally hosts the season's most ambitious presentations.
London's Visionaries
London's designers are the industry's provocateurs. They are the ones who ask the difficult questions — about gender, identity, history, and the future — and answer them through clothing. Their work is not always comfortable, but it is always necessary.
Fashion's Rebel Capital
London's fashion history is a history of rebellion. From the Teddy Boys of the 1950s to the punks of the 1970s to the rave culture of the 1990s, London has consistently produced the subcultures that reshape fashion's mainstream. The city's art schools have been the engine of this creativity.
Attend London Fashion Week
Accredited press and buyers receive invitations to shows across all London venues.