Autumn Winter 26/27 Beautiful Catwalks to Love in London
Although the year has only just begun, Autumn/Winter trends are already making their presence felt across London. From striking catwalk shows to intimate presentations and high-profile fashion events, the capital is steadily embracing the shift in season. Want to know what will be in fashion next season? Find out more here in Autumn Winter 26/27 Beautiful Catwalks to Love in London.
The AW26 collection carries a sense of romantic decay unfolding away from public gaze: imagined characters suspended in private worlds, wrapped in languid layers. Sleep dresses, dressing gowns and florals sit against traditionally masculine codes: bomber, riding and aviator jackets, not quoted directly, but softened and reimagined into silhouettes that feel lived-in and emotionally weighted.
“PULL, CRUMPLE, PRESSED” For this collection, they carried out various actions to generate a sense of liquidity and movement with material. Exploring how fabrics develop, how they change. And what forms they might adapt in the process. They pulled up, pulled in, and crumpled. All to observe what clothes can do. Pausing on chance occurrences and happy accidents, to help find meaning in the juxtaposition between resistance and flexibility.
Autumn / Winter 26 Threads of Osmosis is the second chapter in our LABRUM trilogy. Sound was the first archive. Textile is the second. In SS26, Cultural Osmosis, we explored sound as the first carrier of culture. Before borders. Before passports. Before the idea of nation-states. Sound moved freely through rhythm, oral tradition, highlife, prayer, laughter. It crossed oceans without permission. It belonged to the people.
For her FW26 collection, Natasha plumbs the depths of her own formative experiences growing up in Ukraine on the verge of Y2K and beyond to cut to the core of what she feels can make a garment special. The green initiative of reuse and upcycling has long defined the NZ brand, informed by the life lessons imparted by a climate of scarcity which left no choice but to keep searching for new life in real-time possessions.
For Fall-Winter 2026, Francesca Murri unveils MEMORIE, a cinematic collection exploring memory as evolution rather than nostalgia. Fiorucci’s iconic codes are reinterpreted through refined yet disrupted silhouettes, balancing softness and structure across womenswear and menswear, with bold color, dalmatian accents, and surreal angel and lip motifs.
Known for her whimsical silhouettes and detailing, and unapologetically joyful aesthetic, Fam continues to challenge the seriousness often associated with luxury fashion. Her work embraces colour, humour, and a sense of innocence, while still underpinned by craftsmanship and technical precision. With this collection, she reflects on growing up without losing imagination, a message that feels especially resonant in today’s cultural climate.
Autumn/Winter 2026 unfolds as a dialogue between life and afterlife. Structured 18th-century working dress elements—tailored bodices, utilitarian aprons and lacing—are juxtaposed with ethereal silhouettes that seem suspended in time. A muted palette of chalk, ivory, milk and worn porcelain evokes Suki’s white dress and her spectral presence. Layers of tulle, silk organza and fine voile float like memories, while surreal crochet flowers— delicate yet unsettling—blossom across garments, suggesting beauty shaped by darkness.
The Richard Quinn Autumn/Winter 2026 collection explores the harmony between heritage and considered modernity. The disciplined lines of couture craftmanship against a contemporary landscape; the makings of a future archive.
“Womanhood has always been a source of inspiration to me. When I began designing for AW26, I was particularly drawn to the history of witchcraft persecutions and the women who were accused of this in the name of fear, superstition and fantasy.”
Pauline Dujancourt
Erdem’s Autumn Winter 26 collection marks the twentieth anniversary of the independent house. The collection is called The Imaginary Conversation, and it pays homage to the voices and stories of Erdem’s protagonists over two decades of dialogue expression in fashion.
For FW26, KEBURIA continues its exploration of strength, structure, and theatrical femininity. Drawing inspiration from ceremonial uniforms and vintage tailoring, and the tension between discipline and ornament. The collection develops these military codes into a richer, more textural expression.
Wang’s presentation unfolds like a living fairytale, where every look is a chapter in a story of unbridled femininity. The models emerge amid an ethereal landscape of plush pillow mounds, each one wrapped in the collection’s delicate custom prints, blurring the line between a dream state and the runway.
The PHOEBE ENGLISH label, founded in 2011, creates pieces with close attention to detail and quality, rejecting mass-made or ‘fast’ fashion. All production is made in London, meaning the footprint from sketch to garment is minimised and the entire business operates from one studio in South London.
For Fall/Winter 2026, Chet Lo returns to this formative site of memory after a one-season hiatus with Night Market, inspired by the transcendent energy of Hong Kong’s iconic evening bazaars. Reimagined in the heart of London at the Mandarin Oriental, the life of the night market is set against a juxtaposed backdrop that shares its point of origin. This show marks a pivotal shift in Lo’s practice: from proving identity to hosting it.
For AW26, Completedworks turns its attention to surfaces – how they are constructed, performed and gently undone. The collection explores the tension between what is presented and what is felt, questioning the idea that objects, adornment, or taste can ever fully articulate inner life. Bold, sculptural forms are worked and reworked: segments are sanded back, cut through and interrupted to reveal flashes of bright colour beneath, as if something warmer and more volatile is quietly pushing through the exterior.
One Hundred Shoreditch invited me to interpret their neighbourhood and history in my new collection, which is where the theme of our heartbroken muse walking the streets of Shoreditch and nearby Spitalfields Market was born. The hotel’s interiors perfectly transport us to the type of midcentury rooftop parties our central character dreams of, whilst the skyline view of our majestic capital frames our show with the very pride in London that drives my practice.
AGRO Studio is a London-based fashion studio founded by George Oxby and Angus Cockram. The brand is defined by a distinctly British, irreverent take on glamour, creating high-impact bespoke garments alongside focused seasonal collections that move between stage, runway and culture. AGRO Studio specialises in made-to-measure work for leading figures in music and performance, producing custom pieces for tours, live appearances, red carpet and image-led projects. The studio works closely with artists, stylists and creative teams, delivering technically resolved, character-driven pieces under demanding timelines.
At London Fashion Week, KSENIASCHNAIDER presents the FW26 collection called “DENIM WORKSHOP”, a study of denim beyond the fabric. It’s a conceptual experiment with denim as the brand’s core material and a fundamental part of KSENIASCHNAIDER’s DNA. The collection pushes the material beyond its expected function through unconventional forms, engineered constructions and unexpected translations, transforming denim into a platform for creative exploration.
This season’s initial exploration into archetypes of uniform began through the lens of more formal, historic uniforms varying across the 18th and 19th centuries, many of which would now be considered somewhat impractical by modern standards of functionality. Combining elements of historic techniques—such as various forms of decorative pleating, appliqués, and braiding—with modern fabrications and a consideration for everyday usage formed the foundation for our technical developments this season. By doing so, we repurpose what were once static, decorative markers of rank into functional points of expansion, allowing the silhouette to fluctuate and respond to the wearer’s environment.
INF presented its Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, posing a fundamental question: how does a garment come into being? This season shifted focus away from the finished silhouette as the final destination of design, instead returning to the stage before structure is fully formed, allowing evolution itself to shape the collection.
Paul Costelloe officially opens the AW26 show for London Fashion Week, which marks son William Costelloe’s first collection as Creative Director following Paul’s passing in the end of last year. The collection features references to the eighties with balloon sleeves, broad shoulders, knits, plaids, and power suiting.
KNWLS’ Autumn/Winter 2026 collection anchors the space, conceptualised by set designer Emilia Margulies. Pieces are distilled to their most essential, signature motifs are translated with an airy confidence. There’s an innate hanger appeal to garments that reframe historical techniques and textiles, arranged with the same intuitive eclecticism as they would be in your wardrobe. Cropped, gigot-sleeved jackets in neoprene-bonded lambskin sit next to drop-crotch wool breeches and scuba-woven track pants. Easy blouses in genteel, foulard-print jerseys with hand-tie padded harness fastenings are separated from their matching skirts by glossed denim sets with an armour-ish glint.
University of Salford MA
University of Salford MA Fashion Design graduates presented their collections during London Fashion Week February 2026, showcasing a new wave of emerging designers defined by innovation, craftsmanship, and critical inquiry. The collections reflected highly individual creative approaches, combining handcrafted techniques with contemporary methodologies informed by social, environmental, and technological contexts.
Annie’s ‘Return to Self’ Collection‘
Inspired by vintage textiles and heirloom embellishment, the collection is a kaleidoscope of colour and craft. Fuchsia and oxblood, saffron gold and copper, midnight blue, teal, sand, and deep navy are woven through lamé developed by Annie in collaboration with a family run atelier in Lake Como, Italy, alongside embroidery, tassels, and intricate surface detailing. Natural fibres, including silks and bamboo, are used throughout. Jewel tones cut through deep navy and black, while hand worked embellishment brings a sense of vintage opulence and modern sensuality that is unmistakably Annie’s.
For his new collection, ‘Metropolis’, Steve O Smith reflects on the city as a site of encounter, where intimacy and spectacle coexist. Taking Otto Dix’s 1928 triptych as its starting point, the collection is inspired by the depiction of glamour and unease, a space where bodies and the garments adorning them brush against one another in states of tension and performance.
London College of Fashion
Andrew Teverson, Provost of London College of Fashion, UAL said, “The LCF MA26 presentation is a powerful celebration of our postgraduate designers and the breadth of thinking, making and innovation that defines London College of Fashion today. Through the School of Design and Technology, our students are building the skills and critical awareness to engage with fashion as it is now, and as it needs to evolve. We’re incredibly grateful to the Chancery Rosewood for hosting us and helping us showcase the next generation of designers as they step into a changing global industry.”
For London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2026, OqLiq produces a physical exhibition space into what it described as a “Constructed Cosmos” a spatial universe shaped in dialogue with the Oh dear architectural team and created through a virtual presentation. OqLiq’s hybrid structural approach continues to anchor the collection, interweaving natural fibers with functional materials. Silhouettes retain clarity in motion and weight in stillness, allowing technical performance and material sensitivity to coexist amongst its dark colour palette.
John Richmond brings a visual and ideological density to his Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, which barrels headlong into London’s most enduring contradictions with a fierce sense of purpose and no small amount of provocation. The palette keeps its nerve. Black, in all its shades and textures, dominates with intent, interrupted by the flash of blood red, the jolt of punk pinkand the cutting clarity of ivory. Velvet bring weight and sensuality, transparency reveals without reassuring, and every surface seems worked, worried, and intentional. Nothing here is passive. Everything has an attitude.
Returning to London Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2026, Samantha Siu continues her tradition of narrative-driven fine jewellery with the debut of the Celestial Icicles Necklace. As a limited-edition addition to her “A Love Affair” collection, this piece exemplifies her signature blend of heirloom-quality craftsmanship and deep cultural symbolism.
Inspired by the stark beauty of Iceland, the necklace features cloudy aquamarine stones set in silver to mimic glacial ice and mist veiled skies. Every detail pays tribute to the island’s heritage, from rope textured chains reflecting maritime history to a sculptural clasp inspired by the iconic Hallgrímskirkja Church and basalt rock.
Naomi Hart’s The Sovereignty of Stillness collection for AW26 focuses on a silhouette that balances expressive, bold shapes with functional sartorial construction. Inspired by the organic movements of nature such as the swaying of willow trees or the flight of birds the garments feature fluid yet assured forms that prioritise comfort and presence over performance.
The style is rooted in a “quiet luxury” aesthetic, utilising a warm, earth-toned colour palette to evoke a sense of calm and authenticity. This focus on stillness is brought to life through rich, tactile fabrics including wool, pony hair, and suede. These natural materials are handcrafted with intricate pattern cutting, ensuring each piece feels like a wearable meditation on individuality and quality.
Jimmy Paul
The JimmyPaul x Pokémon pret-a-porter collection presents a diverse style range that transitions from high-fashion couture into wearable everyday art. The silhouettes vary significantly across three distinct “worlds”: from the structured, utilitarian shapes of Japanese workwear and bold 1980s power dressing to the soft, flowing lines of Cottagecore romance and the edgy, oversized aesthetic of ’90s streetwear and racing inspired gear.
The colour palette is equally expressive and character-driven, featuring the vibrant yellow energy of Pikachu, the gentle florals and soft tones of Eevee, and a kinetic wash of pink hues dedicated to Mew and Mewtwo. While the collection maintains a functional “pret-a-porter feel for accessibility, it utilises a mix of textiles that bridge the gap between high-fashion and street style, incorporating graphic prints and tactile elements that translate JimmyPaul’s whimsical vision into high quality, everyday fabrics.
APUJAN’s Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, The Notebook of a Detective’s Assistant, debuted at London Fashion Week via a cinematic film directed by Apu Jan. Moving away from previous fairytale themes, this presentation embraced the style of detective fiction and retro sci-fi, blending fashion with a narrative of deduction and observation. The silhouettes featured a mix of structured technical outerwear and soft, rose-shaped forms, incorporating asymmetric necklines and reworked tailoring to create a look that is both rational and imaginative.
The collection’s colours are a cool palette of black, grey, blue, and white, echoing the precision of an investigator’s world. Fabrics and materials highlighted APUJAN’s commitment to innovation through technical textiles developed with Taiwanese mills, alongside knitted jacquard vests and T-shirts featuring embroidered paper airplane motifs. This hybrid format, brought to life by award-winning cinematographer Ko-Chin Chen and art director Otto Chen, transformed garments into narrative evidence within a world of shifting identities and “dream files.”
For AW26, Coker returns to the runway for her graduating NewGen season with Survivor’s Remorse: a personal collection rooted in self-confrontation. After seasons of storytelling through other voices, Coker turns inward, exploring conflict, contradiction, grief and healing as part of her own lived experience. Textiles and print deepen the story of dual belonging. British heritage tartans are reimagined through a bright, expressive palette, a deliberate tension between Yoruba colour language and European savoir-faire. Accessories extend the codes of ceremony and Sunday’s best as Coker continues her ongoing collaboration on footwear with Manolo Blahnik, while millinery is developed by Coker in collaboration with Virna Pasquinelli.
In this collection I have explored the intricate patterns and formations of different minerals, and how their behaviours relate to the human condition. Often formed by the merging of different components, each of their unique properties allow for something beautiful to form over time. For the presentation I wanted to extend this exploration through movement and sound, and use the human body to illustrate patterns on a larger scale. Embodying both the fluidity and unpredictability of many natural forms, and the tension and rigidity of others.
MYAT presents Antechamber, an immersive, performance-led presentation exploring the universal tension of living within a divided consciousness, between concealment and self-revelation. Textile plays a central role in this exploration. Through distressing, repair, and intensive hand manipulation, garments carry visible traces of time and transformation. Humble materials such as polyester chiffon are reworked into sculptural forms, elevating the ordinary into something deeply personal and unique.
Autumn Winter 2026 marks a defining chapter for Dreaming Eli. More than a collection, The Court of the Maddest, Merriest Things Alive celebrates a union – a creative and emotional partnership that has shaped the brand since its inception. Textural exploration is pushed to its fullest with layering and stratification defining the collection; textures range from layering lace in Dreaming Eli’s signature neutral shades. All fabrics have been distressed, ripped, and burned to evoke garments with lived histories, which are later enriched with organic freshwater pearl encrustations where destruction reveals richness. Techniques include hand-shirred silks, innovative textured knitwear, and hand-crushed pleated silks.
University of Salford
At London Fashion Week, University of Salford MA Fashion Design graduates brought imagination to life. From playful deconstructed tailoring to oversized sculptural coats, each look spoke of meticulous craftsmanship and fearless experimentation. Soft, tactile fabrics met structured forms, while layering and textural contrasts created silhouettes that were both whimsical and strong. Hints of delicate pastels blended with bold neutrals, and unexpected details from intricate embellishments to inventive headpieces, revealed the designers’ personal stories. Every outfit was a dialogue between innovation, heritage, and individual vision, showcasing a generation ready to shape the future of fashion with heart, skill, and fearless creativity.
For Autumn/Winter 2026, multi-award-winning designer Sanyukta Shrestha unveils “Continuum,” a radical collection and philosophy that marks a transformative pivot in the luxury lifecycle. In a move that challenges the industry’s “unprecedented demand for waste,” Shrestha has bypassed the traditional runway this season to redirect her investment toward the education of vulnerable children in rural Nepal and a resilience fund for artisan producers.
“Continuum” serves as a manifesto for circularity, with over 50% of the collection meticulously reconstructed from archival remnants, merging British-Nepali craftsmanship with innovative materials such as banana, mango, and apple leathers, recycled silk, and organic bamboo hand-loomed by marginalised women in the villages of Nepal.
The collection consists of 26 predominantly womenswear looks, with selected menswear silhouettes, exploring the act of rebuilding from what has been broken. Exaggerated tailoring introduces architectural silhouettes, while deconstructed garments are
reassembled with intention and technical precision. Sleeves extend dramatically, proportions elongate, and jackets reveal bursts of fabric that emerge like wounds making it emotional and structural at once. The palette is stark and evocative: deep blacks, slate greys, luminous silvers, and sharp accents of red that cut through the darkness like
flashes of exposed emotion. Materials are central to the narrative.
Fashion Scout proudly announced the return of its highly anticipated Ones To Watch showcase this February. As part of the official London Fashion Week evening schedule, the AW26 catwalk spotlighted eight rising international talents redefining contemporary fashion through distinct cultural narratives and
rigorous design perspectives.
Simone Rocha x Sebastian Professional
The attitudes of youth – its obsessions through clothes. The catalyst is Tír na nÓg, the otherworld of Irish myth and legend – a land of eternal youth, immortality. The show chases her tale. Rose tapestries and tweed tailoring seem to carry an imagined past with them. But clothes are pulled into fragments, like shattered memories, pieces migrating between eras, outfits and perspective – lingerie may be on show, a bomber collar can be inherited, abstracted to a gesture at the neck. Clothes tumble from bodies, dismounting
Rather than revisiting the tale as fantasy, the collection reinterprets it as a structure of endless narration, where clothing becomes language, an ongoing dialogue between body and world. Rooted in sensation and lived experience, the pieces explore fluid identities, migration, and the reconstruction of self in an unstable present. Bringing together Chinese artisanal techniques, global handcraft, reclaimed textiles and forgotten sequins, the collection reflects LOVELOUDER’s philosophy of sustainability as regeneration, a folding of time where past and future coexist.
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