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Harrods buying director says PFW AW25 was a “study in contrasts”

Paris Fashion Week (PFW) autumn/winter 2025 collections were a “study in contrasts,” according to Simon Longland, buying director – fashion at Harrods, following London Fashion Week offering “refined impact” and Milan Fashion Week leaning “towards caution rather than bold reinvention”. “While some houses navigated creative transitions, others...

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MFW AW25 collections were cautious, according to Harrod's buying director

Milan Fashion Week (MFW) autumn/winter 2025 collections were more cautious than bold, according to Simon Longland, buying director – fashion at Harrods, following the “refined impact” from designers at London Fashion Week. “The mood of Milan Fashion Week felt like a direct continuation of the menswear AW25 collections presented in January,” said...

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NewGen talent shines at London Fashion Week

This season there was a lot of talk about who wasn’t showing at London Fashion Week, however, on the ground, there was a buzz surrounding the creative force that makes London one of the best fashion capitals when it comes to nurturing emerging talent, and at the heart of that was the designers talking part as part of the British Fashion Council’...

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LFW AW25: Ashish brings sequins to breakfast

Ashish’s return to the catwalk during London Fashion Week was a lesson in how to work all adversities into a positive, switching the 9 am Monday time slot on the official schedule from the graveyard shift into a covetable position with his own brand of glamour and tongue-in-cheek humour. The Delhi-born designer, known for his sequins and cheeky...

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LFW AW25: Daniel Fletcher debuts his vision for Mithridate

British designer Daniel Fletcher showcased his debut collection for Chinese luxury brand Mithridate at London Fashion Week, centred around the merging of British heritage with Chinese craftsmanship as the label looks to realise its ambitions to become a “global luxury brand”. Fletcher, who has previously held design roles at JW Anderson and...

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Pantone colours for LFW AW25 offer a vision of change and renewal

Pantone, the global trend forecasting and colour consultancy, has revealed that the colour palette for the autumn/winter 2025 season of London Fashion Week, which runs until February 24, will balance “a confluence of creativity, innovation, heritage and change to spark a new vision”. Last season, for LFW spring/summer 2025, Pantone offered a...

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Everything you need to know about LFW AW25

The autumn/winter 2025 season of London Fashion Week kicks off on February 20, and will bring together designers, including Burberry, Erdem, Richard Quinn, Roksanda and S.S. Daley, as well as emerging talent such as Johanna Parv, Pauline Dujancourt, Charlie Constantinou, and Talia Byre. This season, which will be a trimmed-down schedule from...

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Pantone unveils NYFW autumn/winter 2025 colour report

Pantone, the authority on colour, has said that New York Fashion Week’s colour palette for the upcoming autumn/winter 2025 season will spark curiosity with a hint of nostalgia. For AW25, colours for NYFW are “imbued with a poetic nuance, creating a blend of casual relaxation with subtle elegance,” explains Pantone, offering a “lively colour...

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Hidden Valley Ranch to unveil debut fashion collaboration during NYFW

Hidden Valley Ranch, America’s favourite ranch dressing brand, is set to unveil its first-ever luxury fashion collaboration with American fashion designer Emma Gage of Melke during New York Fashion Week. The Hidden Valley Ranch x Melke collaboration will feature five custom ranch-inspired pieces created by Gage, drawing inspiration from the...