London Fashion Week 2026 Roundup
London fashion week, one of the “Big Four” fashion events across the world, recently came to a close. From Thursday 16th-Monday 23rd of February 2026, the big names of the fashion industry gathered in London to showcase the up-and-coming trends and styles for the autumn/winter 2026 season. Here is our re-cap of everything you need to know about this past week's events, from the big names in attendance, to body diversity returning to the runways, to a surprise appearance from King Charles himself.
Last year, we made an appearance on the London Fashion Week Runway, in collaboration with The Collective Winchester School of Art (WSA) as they unveiled their 2025 showcase, WE ARE THE COLLECTIVE. You can read more about our experience visiting the runway in our pervious blog post here.
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This time around, the Bi-annual event is celebrating the 2026 autumn/winter period. Celebrities, buyers, stylists, and press all had the pleasure of seeing a sneak peek into the future of fashion. Over 120 designers and brands made an appearance at the event.
Laura Weir, the British Fashion Council’s new Chief Executive, has made great steps in reviving London Fashion week. Since stepping into the role in April of 2025, she made the decision to scrap the five-figure off-schedule fees, as they edged out smaller brands. This is great news for up-and-coming designers and businesses that wish to get their head start at the event. Instead, Weir has secured a three-year extension of Newgen funding and has expanded the international guest programme to coax heavyweight buyers and press back to London.
The events of London Fashion Week 2025 combined the foundational names that make an appearance every year, (such as Burberry, Erdem, Emilia Wickstead and Richard Quinn) some long-awaited returns, and some new faces that brought a fresh and exciting energy that only London could deliver.
One of the biggest talking points this season was the focus on body diversity on the runways. Especially among the emerging designers, such as Karoline Vitto, Phoebe English and Sinead Gorey included a wide range of body shapes on catwalks. This decision has been celebrated by the press and fans of London Fashion Week as a much-needed change. As recently, the industry has been facing a lot of criticism over lack of size inclusivity. Last year, Vogue Business reported that plus-size models (UK size 18 upwards) made up just 0.9% of catwalks across the shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris last September.
Another stand-out talking point from this past week was when His Royal Highness King Charles made a surprise appearance. The King took a front row seat at Tolu Coker’s show at the NewGen Space at 180 Strand on Thursday afternoon. The show from the British-Nigerian designer focused on themes of social mobility of fashion. The design of the runway was inspired by the west London council estate where Coker grew up, and the show was opened by a performance from Little Simz. In an interview with British Vogue, Coker said “I think there’s something very beautiful and powerful to be able to invite the King of England to our block, you know? It’s a big statement of: this is London in all its colour, beauty and glory. It’s what I set out to do, having important conversations through clothing. I don’t want to sanitise the space that I came from.”