This London Fashion Week has been about return and renewal - as two of Britain's biggest designers showcased their spring/summer 2027 designs. The first was Alexander McQueen, which as a brand moved to London after 25 years of showing in Paris - something Laura Weir, CEO of the British Fashion Council, told the BBC was "quite a big deal for us". Creative director Seán McGirr brought the brand back to its roots, with a runway of devil horns, lace corsets and chainmail skull dresses.
Mulberry was the second designer to make its big return, this time after a nine-year absence, with Christopher Kane's debut collection centring around the brand's Baywater bag, while going big on leather in the form of coats, skirts and loafers. Weir says the "big mission" for her and her team this season was to "re-platform London Fashion Week as not only a home for British design, but an engine for creativity and commercial growth". Here are some of the major trends to come out of London Fashion Week 2026: "The number one trend for this season is messy girl," says Elektra Kotsoni, deputy director for Vogue Business and Vogue Runway, whose team predicts the trends ahead of each season.
She tells the BBC: "We're going to be having a messy girl summer" and says "it's a reaction to the clean girl and quite luxury aesthetics that took over our Instagram feeds," last year. Kotsoni says as "the world is quite messy" this form of dressing is a sign of "resilience" and rebellion. She says if you are looking to replicate this trend, mix pastel colours, dreamy florals, and tactile materials to form "unexpected clashes" that "look really messy".
This form of what Kotsoni calls "crazy styling" was on display at London Fashion Week - with the noisy clashes at Chopova Lowena, Sinead Gorey and Conner Ives. According to Kotsoni - gardening is officially cool in the fashion world. A new twist on the cottage-core looks that emerged post-pandemic, instead of gingham, wicker bags and sourdough starters, it's all about looking like you're fresh from planting seeds or operating a lawnmower.
"There are lots of gardening appropriate silhouettes on the runways," she says, including aprons, waterproof materials and trench coats. It started with Spanish fashion house Loewe launching a watering can-shaped handbag a couple of months ago and has now translated on the runway with Erdem, Yuhan Wang and Bora Aksu. Kotsoni says "fashion is always a reflection of what's happening in the world" and likes how designers have been able to "take an interest like gardening and present it as something" tangible in a fashion show.
Whilst some designers have been taking cues from the great outdoors - others have been inspired by film. Another key trend identified by Kotsoni's team is the idea of the modern goddess - a take on the styles of Ancient Greece and a nod to Christopher Nolan's hit film The Odyssey this summer. Kotsoni says the items to look out for are "draped garments, breezy materials and lots of bohemian and flowy silhouettes".
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