London Fashion Week Spring 2016: Our highlights

Fashion month is going by in a blur and just like that, our roundup of London Fashion Week’s top fashion moments is here. Scroll through the looks above and take note of the trends we picked up below. Make sure you’re fully geared up for another grueling week at Milan as we bring you more of the runway and streetstyle coverage.

BLUNT LAYERS

Circus costume-inspired layers were a notable, big – and we mean BIG – trend at LFW. The designers behind Sibling and Osman both felt that flouncy tiers are what women of next year’s spring season should be wearing, whether in black and white, patterned stripes or solid sunshiney shades.

SLEEVE FLUFF

Carrying the volume forward is a repetition of oversized sleeves seen at Roksanda and J.W. Anderson, among others. Sleeve hems resembled candy wrappers at Roksanda while J.W. Anderson played with leg-of-mutton variations, reminding us of Victorian times fused with modern prints.

GLIMMER OF RED

It’s one thing to sport sequins in the summer, but red sequins on everything from turtlenecks to bandeau tops and even thigh-high socks? Leave it to the kings of avante garde at Gareth Pugh and MM6 Maison Margiela to come up with next season’s underdog trend. Great minds think alike, they say.

FRUITY HUES

Nothing says ‘spring’ like a shade of citrus or two, so even London’s low-key designers couldn’t resist injecting the happy hues into their collection. Consider a full outfit of clashing colours like solid neon pink, canary yellow and tangerine as seen at Christopher Kane for your next weekend ensemble, or keep it to one item as an accent piece as it was styled at Holly Fulton.

GENTLEMAN’S WARDROBE

Sure, the boyfriend’s (insert clothing item here) may have been done a thousand times over, but this time designers are leaving things raw and unstyled as models walked in suits and men’s shirts that were as alpha-male as possible at Topshop Unique and Antonio Berardi. To wear the trend, go with the gangly silhouettes and oversized fits in softer fabrics like silk and lightweight cotton for a feminine touch. If all else fails, put on a pair of heels and put your hair down – no one will mistake you for a man.

UNDERGROUND BEAT

London’s subculture scene still hums under the radar. Burberry, Ashish and even MM6 didn’t ignore the presence of the experimental teens by playing with a more updated style of normcore, that still featured the statement slides, bucket hats and a skateboard (or longboards even, because they’re indie like that) or two in hand. Slouchy layers were a common fixture and a special mention would go to Ashish for a cleverly-designed sari-inspired jumpsuit.

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