From the golden age of glamour to wartime utility: London Fashion Week provided a smorgasbord of style inspiration for the coming seasons. British designers re-imagined florals, androgynous silhouettes and showcased contemporary takes on traditional femininity. From tutu clutch bags to floral bell-bottoms: here are five London Fashion Week trends we might all be wearing next spring.
1. Large florals are in, ditsy is out Designers re-imagined bountiful blooms this season with Seventies floral flares, flower-adorned suits and rounded rose hems. Portuguese design duo, Marques’Almeida, showcased the trend through brocade bell-bottoms and embellished denim at their spring/summer collection.
British designers Erdem and Richard Quinn featured floral suits and melodramatic roses on their eveningwear pieces, suggesting large florals will take over from the ditsy prints of last spring. 2. Tutus and balletcore with a twist A trend that took TikTok by storm last year, designers Simone Rocha , Bora Aksu and Chopova Lowena proved balletcore is not going anywhere next spring.
Although this time, it takes on a grungy twist. Chopova Lowena layered tutus, Victoriana blouses and peplumed petticoats, creating a punky take on classically hyper-feminine garments. Rocha’s spring/summer runway was awash with tutu skirts, silk slippers and rolled-up organza clutches – a style that’s undoubtedly in the running to become next season’s ‘it’ bag.
3. Fifties ‘tradwife’ glamour Irish desi.