London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week
Genre	fashion catwalk shows and surrounding events
Frequency	biannually
Location(s)	180 Strand, London, United Kingdom
Inaugurated	1983 (35 years)[1]
Attendance	over 5,000 press and buyers
Organised by	British Fashion Council for the London Development Agency with help from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Website	http://londonfashionweek.org/

London Fashion Week (LFW) is a clothing trade show that takes place in London twice a year, in February and September. Showcasing over 250 designers to a global audience of influential media and retailers, it is one of the "Big Four" fashion weeks, along with the New York, Milan and Paris.^[2][3]

Contents

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  1 History and Organisation
  


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  2 Events
  
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    2.1 Live Streaming
    
  
  


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  3 London Fashion Week Men's
  


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  4 London Fashion Week Festival
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History and Organisation

Organised by the British Fashion Council (BFC) for the London Development Agency with help from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, London Fashion Week first took place in October 1983.^[1] It currently ranks alongside New York, Paris and Milan as one of the 'Big Four' fashion weeks.^[4] It presents itself to funders^[5] as a trade event that also attracts significant press attention and benefit to taxpayers. It states that it is attended by over 5,000 press and buyers, and has estimated orders of over £100 million.^[6] A retail-focused event, London Fashion Week Festival, takes place immediately afterwards at the same venue and is open to the general public.^[7]

On-schedule events used to take place either at the British Fashion Council's own show space, 180 Strand, or at external locations around central London.

During SS16 (shown September 2015) and AW16 (shown February 2016), British Fashion Council made the decision to host the designers' showrooms to the 'Vinyl Factory', situated at the active car park in Soho, off Brewer Street. ^[8]

Events

LFW Portrait Neon

Live Streaming

In Spring 2010, London Fashion Week became the first of the Big four fashion week's to offer designers showing collections on the catwalk at Somerset House the opportunity to broadcast their shows live on the Internet.^[9]

London Fashion Week Men's

In Summer 2012, London introduced London Collections: Men, in addition to the collections shows in spring / summer and autumn / winter. Since its first instalment, the showcase has grown by 67% and included 77 separate designers in June 2015.^[10]
London Collections: Men was renamed from the Autumn/Winter 2017 season as London Fashion Week Men's, to help better reflect the growing consumer focus of the event.^[11]

London Fashion Week Festival

Following London Fashion Week each season, the 4-day London Fashion Week Festival (LFWF), formerly known as London Fashion Weekend, offers a consumer-orientated fashion week experience.

Held at The Store Studios, 180 The Strand, LFWF allows consumers to shop a curated edit of designer collections at show exclusive prices, sit front row at catwalk shows by London Fashion Week designers, get a head start on the key trends of the coming season and listen to talks by industry experts.

See also

• Feeric Fashion Week


• Berlin Fashion Week


• Shanghai Fashion Week


• Milan Fashion Week


• New York Fashion Week


• Paris Fashion Week


• São Paulo Fashion Week

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab Johnson, David (1 December 1983). "Eight For 84 – Identifying the best of Britain's young designer talent". The Face, issue 44, page 46. London. Retrieved 14 November 2017. 
   


2. 
   ^ Bradford, Julie (2014). Fashion Journalism. Routledge. p. 129. 
   


3. 
   ^ Dillon, Susan (2011). The Fundamentals of Fashion Management. A&C Black. p. 115. 
   


4. 
   ^ "British Fashion Council website". Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
   


5. 
   ^ "Agreement for Funding Relative to Creative Sector Support – Designer Fashion. Parties: LDA/BFC website". Retrieved 7 June 2010. 
   


6. 
   ^ "London Fashion Week factsheet" (PDF). Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
   


7. 
   ^ "London Fashion Weekend website". London Fashion Weekend. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
   


8. 
   ^ "Ikon London Magazine London Fashion Week coverage". Ikon London Magazine. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018. 
   


9. 
   ^ Rice, Simon (19 February 2010). "Independent newspaper article". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
   


10. 
    ^ Doig, Stephen (5 June 2015). "LCM and London's menswear renaissance". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 August 2015. 
    


11. 
    ^ https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/london-collections-men-to-be-renamed/2016061320720
    

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to London Fashion Week.

• London Fashion Week Official website


• London Fashion Film Festival

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