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london fashion week: Ukrainian fashion designers brave Russian missile attacks to create statement pieces for London Fashion Week

Ukrainian designers sent out a defiant message at London Fashion Week on Tuesday with clothes made from the neckties their menfolk no longer wear and butterfly motifs to symbolise the “fragility of life”.

The three collections by fashion labels Kseniaschnaider, Paskal and Frolov were put together in Ukraine despite constant interruptions from missile attacks and air raid sirens.

“I think it’s really important not to stop,” said Ksenia Schnaider, one half of the husband and wife team behind the Kseniaschnaider label.

The designer has been travelling back and forth from Ukraine and her new base in the UK, where her daughter is at school, since taking the decision to carry on with fashion despite the war.

Schnaider feared she might “never be able to create again” after being forced to leave Kyiv last March.

But after travelling to Hungary, then Germany and finally Britain, she decided she had to continue for the sake of herself and her team.

“You can’t stop even if reality is terrible, you should continue doing what you do best, still be creative, try to bring beauty to this world of tragedy,” she told AFP backstage. “There’s a lot of new meanings in this, it’s not just being a fashion designer like it used to be, I need to save my culture and my traditions.”

Kseniaschnaider’s Autumn Winter 2023 collection featured plenty of the brand’s trademark denim along with blazers and skirts made out of surplus stocks of neck ties now that Ukrainian men have swapped them for military fatigues.

“It’s really meaningful because Ukrainian men don’t need ties now because they are fighting,” she said.

– ‘You can’t sit and cry’ – Julie Paskal said all four of the designers behind the three labels had been conflicted over whether it was right to carry on

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Design Museum’s REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion Exhibition

The Design Museum is celebrating London’s influence on global fashion with a new exhibition.

Titled “REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion”, the forthcoming exhibition is in collaboration with the British Fashion Council (BFC) and is also set to honor the 30th anniversary of BFC’s NEWGEN program. From figures like Alexander McQueen to Vivienne Westwood, London has undeniably produced a range of not just new silhouettes, but movements in fashion throughout time.

The exhibition seeks to underscore this deep history by looking at the work of over 300 designers. The exhibition is set to include over 100 objects including garments, drawings, films and unique artifacts. But aside from the collection of pieces, the exhibition intends to highlight the entire creative process of fashion design and inspire current and future generations of aspiring fashion creatives.

BFC’s Ambassador for Emerging Talent, Sarah Mower MBE, is set to guest-curate the exhibition alongside the Design Museum’s Senior Curator Rebecca Lewin. Additionally, the esteemed house of Alexander McQueen is serving as the exhibition’s sponsor.

REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion is set to open during London Fashion Week in September – running from September 16, 2023 through February 11, 2024.

In other news, Diesel FW23 is shredded, lubricated and sexually protected. 

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Ukrainian designers send out defiant message from London Fashion Week

Ukrainian designers sent out a defiant message at London Fashion Week Tuesday with clothes made from the neck ties their menfolk no longer wear and butterfly motifs to symbolise the “fragility of life”.
The three collections by fashion labels Kseniaschnaider, Paskal and Frolov were put together in Ukraine despite constant interruptions from missile attacks and air raid sirens.

“I think it’s really important not to stop,” said Ksenia Schnaider, one half of the husband and wife team behind the Kseniaschnaider label.
The designer has been travelling back and forth from Ukraine and her new base in the UK, where her daughter is at school, since taking the decision to carry on with fashion despite the war.

Schnaider feared she might “never be able to create again” after being forced to leave Kyiv last March.

But after travelling to Hungary, then Germany and finally Britain, she decided she had to continue for the sake of herself and her team.

“You can’t stop even if reality is terrible, you should continue doing what you do best, still be creative, try to bring beauty to this world of tragedy,” she told AFP backstage.

“There’s a lot of new meanings in this, it’s not just being a fashion designer like it used to be, I need to save my culture and my traditions.”

Kseniaschnaider’s Autumn Winter 2023 collection featured plenty of the brand’s trademark denim along with blazers and skirts made out of surplus stocks of neck ties now that Ukrainian men have swapped them for military fatigues.

“It’s really meaningful because Ukrainian men don’t need ties now because they are fighting,” she said.

The "Ukraine Fashion Week presents: FROLOV, KSENIASCHNAIDER, PASKAL" show during London Fashion Week in London

You can sit and cryJulie Paskal said all four of the designers behind the three labels had been conflicted over whether it was right to carry on with fashion

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These Are The Street Style Trends We Spotted At London Fashion Week AW23

While the runways of London Fashion Week AW23 predict the trends of the future (drop-waist everything, we see you), it’s on the backs of editors, buyers and influencers sitting front row where the trends of now are really taking shape.

Thankfully, we had Darrel Hunter of Modehunter out on the streets of London capturing the parade of looks on show-attendees, so we know what pieces were popular with London’s tastemakers. Leather bomber jackets, back-to-school-style skirts, XL trouser cuffs and Tabi shoes were the true stand-out street style stars this season, let’s take a look where to shop and how to style them now.

Leather Bomber Jackets

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While motocross jackets were still absolutely everywhere this season, leather bomber jackets are set to take over next. Pulled in as the waist, with a generous puff, they are as comfy as they are cool.

The hero of the trend has to be Loewe’s padded leather bomber, worn above with silky trousers, a Dior saddle bag and stiletto heels. This is a great trend to try out by looking for a vintage option, and can be dressed down with denim, or a midi skirt.

Back-To-School Skirts

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Darrel Hunter

We saw pleated skirts, that look straight from the school gates, all over the runway and front row at fashion week. Often midi in length and in a dark grey, Miu Miu’s version is at the top of our wish list.

Making sure the school look is well and truly communicated, we’re pairing this skirt with white socks, loafers and a pullover. Pigtails are optional.

XL Trouser Cuffs

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Darrel Hunter

While scanning the shoe choices of those in the know, we noticed more trouser cuffs than

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Lisa Rinna, 59, slays in barely there corset outfit and thigh-high stockings at London Fashion Week

Lisa Rinna, 59, slays in barely there corset outfit and thigh-high stockings as she attends London Fashion Week

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Lisa Rinna is living her best life out there absolutely slaying yet another fashion week. 

This time she’s all decked out for London Fashion Week in an age-defying look.

The former Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, 59, shared three snaps of her rocking the Girls Don’t Cry suit from designer Dilara.

The beige jacket has puffy sleeves. She wore it over a sheer white top with corset lacing through her torso. The bell-shaped cuffs peek out from the ends of the jacket’s sleeves.

Lisa – who rocked an edgy look last week at New York Fashion Week – completed the look with sheer, white, thigh-high stockings and white shoes.

Leggy look: Lisa Rinna, 59, slayed in a blazer, corset and thigh high stocking look for London Fashion Week

Leggy look: Lisa Rinna, 59, slayed in a blazer, corset and thigh high stocking look for London Fashion Week

Her spiky hair was styled in a punk rock manner and her makeup complemented the earth tones of her outfit. 

This latest stylist look comes the day after she absolutely worked the red carpet at the BAFTAs on Sunday.

The reality television star wore a lacy black slip dress with a low neckline, and black leather knee-high boots. 

The mother-of-two teamed her outfit with a black blazer hanging from her shoulders and sported her signature spiky bob hairstyle. 

Her daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin, 21, walked the red carpet alongside her stunning mother wearing an avant-garde corset dress of black leather.

At another London Fashion Week event, the Melrose Place actress flashed her midriff as she went braless in a sheer sequin top. The beauty paired her top with gold sequined bootcut pants

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At London Fashion Week, designers refocus on good clothes

A model in a daffodil yellow coat with faux fur collar
Burberry’s first collection under new creative director Daniel Lee debuted at London Fashion Week © Bloomberg via Getty Images

Daniel Lee’s Burberry debut swept through London Fashion Week like a breath of fresh air. The city is in need of a pick-me-up in the aftermath of Brexit, Covid and Liz Truss’s disastrous “mini” Budget — not to mention the ongoing public-sector strikes over pay.

Editors and buyers who usually skip London and head straight to Fashion Week in Milan appeared south of the Thames on Monday night, in London’s Kennington Park, to see whether Lee could restore the magic at Britain’s biggest and best-known luxury goods brand — and help the company achieve its goal of increasing revenues from £2.8bn to £4bn within five years.

It might not have been magic, exactly, but Lee did succeed in making Burberry worth watching again. He has been tasked by chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd, who joined Burberry from Versace last year, with emphasising Burberry’s “Britishness” as it seeks to recapture market share from European rivals such as Gucci, Prada and Moncler.

Lee did it not with the Mayfair-meets-Bloomsbury Englishness of former designer Christopher Bailey, who sat front row, but with enormous faux furs, clashing Burberry plaids and frayed kilts-over-trousers that evoked the look and spirit of early Vivienne Westwood and ’90s grunge. The decision to pitch a tent in Kennington, an area once known for its squatters, instead of returning to Bailey’s grand, orangery-style showspace in Hyde Park, spoke volumes.

A model in large faux fur hat, checked skirt and sweater
Daniel Lee’s first collection for Burberry included clashing Burberry patterns, frayed kilts over trousers . . . © Filippo Fior
Model in below-the-knee coat with faux fur collar
 . . . and trenchcoats with faux fur lapels for a grunge interpretation of ‘Britishness’ © Filippo Fior

The response on social media was “mixed”, according to Bernstein analyst Luca Solca. Department-store buyers

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Ukrainian designers ‘escape reality’ at London Fashion Week

LONDON : Unable to show in their war-torn homeland, three Ukrainian fashion designers hit the runway at London Fashion Week on Tuesday, delighted to showcase some colour and joy.   

In the first of back-to-back shows, fashion house KSENIASCHNAIDER mixed denim jeans and dresses with white tops and multicoloured patchwork outfits in an eco-friendly collection.    

“Circumstances are so unusual,” designer Ksenia Schnaider told Reuters. “I just want to escape the reality … I just want to bring joy and something beautiful.”

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine almost a year ago, Schnaider said running the brand she shares with her husband Anton has been tough.   

“When we were working on this collection … there were constant blackouts, so we had to buy a huge generator and control the timing of using electricity so it was really tense,” she said. 

‘EXTRAORDINARY AND POWERFUL’

Also taking to the catwalk was PASKAL, with a range that included delicate dresses in blue, black and white with cutout butterfly shapes and attachments.   

“We represented our country in London and it was extraordinary and powerful,” designer Julie Paskal said.    

The other brand on the lineup, one worn by the likes of singers Dua Lipa and Gwen Stefani, was FROLOV.     

Designer Ivan Frolov said he was inspired by Ukrainian songs for this collection which featured corset dresses in colours like pink, red and black, with heart shapes cut from them as well as hand-knit sweaters.   

“I just want to say how we appreciate London Fashion Week and The British Fashion Council,” he added, saying the support was vital to keep their businesses going.   

At the end of the show the designers appeared together with a Ukrainian flag with the UNITED24 logo, the fundraising platform created by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.   

Keen to make sure their talent is seen, Ukrainian designers

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10 Easy London Fashion Week Outfits You Can Wear This Weekend

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The street style scene can be incredibly theatrical, with guests having at least three outfit changes in a day in the back of their chauffeured cars, pieces borrowed by designers for an hour or so, and outfits chosen for their wow factor. As fabulous as these moments can be, we find ourselves drawn to the quieter outfits that we can actually use as styling inspiration for months, if not years, to come.

Out of all of the international fashion weeks, London always has a more relaxed and practical energy—maybe it’s the high chance of rain, or the likelihood that you’ll be spending a couple of hours stood in a freezing warehouse in Hackney. Most editors, stylists, and buyers tend to wear their minimalist staples, such as jeans or black tailored trousers, as a base, and then add some more interest with accessories or a few trend-led pieces.

There were a few trends we saw, again and again, this London Fashion Week, namely bomber jackets, the leather motocross trend, wide-leg jeans, and oversized silhouettes. If you are in need of some fresh outfit inspiration, then let the below ten looks help guide some of your styling decisions or new purchases for the season ahead.

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The Minimalist Dream

When at fashion month, British Vogue’s deputy editor and fashion features director, Sarah Harris, always focuses on timeless, simple wardrobe pieces. Instead of shouty prints or extroverted trends, she keeps it polished and classic in elegant tailoring and refined separates. In London, she wore loose-fitting black trousers with a utility shirt-style jacket, white T-shirt, and pointed pumps—an outfit you don’t need a fashion

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Everything You Need To Know About The SS23 Shows

Photo credit: Erdem SS22, Victor VIRGILE - Getty Images

Photo credit: Erdem SS22, Victor VIRGILE – Getty Images

London Fashion Week will be back in September for the Spring/Summer shows, running from September 16 to 20. More than 100 designers have been confirmed on the provisional hybrid digital-physical schedule, released by the British Fashion Council.

The upcoming instalment marks Burberry‘s return to the LFW calendar, after a digital-only hiatus, and Raf Simons, who has previously shown his collections in Paris and New York, will make his LFW debut too.

As for the BFC NewGen show space, it will return to The Old Selfridges Hotel – the same location that hosted the biggest real-life shows at last year’s spring offering. Back then, more than half of collections were presented digitally due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition to physical shows being more prevalent this time around, the return of the BFC’s city-wide celebration – a curated programme of events focused on ‘inclusivity and consciousness’ – is just one of the reasons LFW will be extra special this year (there’s more on this below).

Here’s everything you need to know about London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 23:

Which designers will be showing collections at the London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 shows?

The provisional schedule for LFW SS23 has revealed that brands such as Emilia Wickstead, Erdem, JW Anderson, Huishan Zhang, Molly Goddard and Simone Rocha will be debuting their collections for the season.

They will be joined by the likes of Burberry, Raf Simons, Molly Goddard, Rejina Pyo and Roksanda.

Photo credit: Victor VIRGILE - Getty Images

Photo credit: Victor VIRGILE – Getty Images

Fashion Fund winner Richard Quinn is set to return to the LFW calendar, as well as Fashion Trust recipients Completedworks, Richard Malone, Supriya Lele and Tove.

Raf Simons will present his collection physically, and shows including Molly Goddard, Burberry, JW Anderson, Simone

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