Burberry, JW Anderson, Erdem, and More: The Best Looks from London Fashion Week Fall 2020
Consider this your one-stop-shop for the best looks from each standout collection at London Fashion Week this season. From mainstays like Burberry, Erdem, Christopher Kane, and Roksanda to buzzy newcomers like Petar Petrov, we’re your plum front-row seat to seeing what's next in fashion.
Burberry
Memories inspired Riccardo Tisci's latest for Burberry, and his Fall 2020 array was a mashup of his recollections with the heritage, history, and codes of the brand. Tisci hearkened back to the early stages of his own career for inspiration, along with the cities he'd visited and people he'd met as a young designer, to assemble his array of mens and womenswear that still felt new despite being so based in the old. The show was a feast of celebrity models, with Bella, Gigi, Kendall, Joan, Irina, and more making their first and only runway appearances this week. In the mix, standouts included new riffs, shades, and combos of the brand's classic plaid, fresh takes on uniforms—from suits to schoolkid streetwear—and, come the finale, a whole lot of sparkle.
Christopher Kane
Triangular prints, strong silhouettes, gel harnesses, and micro minis wouldn't have one assuming that Christopher Kane was inspired by something as romantic as The Garden of Eden. But it was the dark side of Adam and Eve that the designer drew upon, and the passion and perversion that lead the couple to risk it all for one bite of forbidden fruit. That love triangle (hence the prints) between man, woman, and nature was what Kane riffed on as he crafted his Fall 2020 range. The shape has symbolized the "eye of the Supreme Being watching over the universe," said Kane's show notes, and the motif carried through graphic prints, lace cut-outs, and super-femme bows that were equal parts strong and sexy.
JW Anderson
Erdem
Tommy Hilfiger
Simone Rocha
The invitation to Simone Rocha Fall 2020 braced you for the ultra-feminine collection that was to come—a cotton lace handkerchief, embroidered with the show's details. And romantic, ladylike, and dreamy it was. Like Tom Ford, Richard Quinn, and many more at New York Fashion Week and Haute Couture, it appears that Simone Rocha thinks it's a nice day for a white wedding. The designer opened up her Fall 2020 collection with a range of white options for both day and evening. Then, Rocha cascaded into nudes and florals, in her signature layered, deconstructed style. A strong section of suiting with sash-like accents on the arms and waists stood out—as did the finale, a Miss Havisham-esque bride in an opaque lace veil and a mini lace shift. Come Fall, Rocha wants you to dress for the wedding you've never had, or the vow renewal you'll soon be planning to don one of her many occasion-appropriate looks.
Emilia Wickstead
Victoria Beckham
Richard Quinn
A Richard Quinn show has one expecting a bit of romantic florals, a touch of hard core edge, bold colors, and latex—and Quinn came through on all of the above in his Fall 2020 range. The show felt more like a wedding, complete with guests, bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, a live performance, confetti, and a bride in an embroidered hijab. Quinn's signature latex masks, coordinated printed tights, and knack for embroidery was on full display, firstly in menswear (new for the brand), and then in voluminous poofs and '80s-inspired minis. And yet with all the pops of color, florals, S&M, and bridal references, the show felt Quinn-tessentially British at the same time. Perhaps it was the cheeky nods to England throughout the collection, like embroidery reading "God Save The Quin" on the back of Quinn's opening menswear look. The collection, overall, brought some serious looks but reminded us all that nothing—even #fashun—should be taken too seriously.
Preen by Thornton Bregazzi
Rejina Pyo
Molly Goddard
Petar Petrov