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Did you spy a fleet of glossy black Mercedes zipping across town this weekend?
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Spy a well-dressed person crossing a road nonchalantly, eyes scanning for street-style photographers?
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And spring/summer 27 was a corker, with the return of McQueen (which is set to stay showing here for the foreseeable future, according to CEO Gianfranco D’Attis) and Mulberry alongside a high-profile M&S debut and reliably brilliant offerings from Burberry, Erdem, Simone Rocha et al.
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An armada of impeccably dressed celebrities were out in force — if you saw Jonathan Bailey, Florence Welch or Emma Corrin, that’s why — alongside Mayor Lord Khan and Justine Simons, deputy mayor for culture and the creative industries.
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“London has always been a city that thrives on innovation and experimentation,” Simons told us.
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“I often say if you want to know what’s coming next, come to London.
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LFW is a highlight of the cultural calendar; it generates real dynamism and buzz, not to mention a serious economic boost.”
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But what does all of it actually mean for our wardrobes?
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Now that the shows are over and the egos have dispersed, we’ve got the answers.
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Behold five standout trends from the SS27 catwalks that you can wear right now.
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Five fabulous Fashion week picks
LFW may be over, but a new season is only just beginning.
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Cos purple cashmere jumper: £199, cos.com
Max&Co leather pumps: £260, maxandco.com
JW Anderson jeans: £605, jwanderson.com
Mulberry Bayswater bag: £1,495, mulberry.com
Zimmerman jacket: £1,575, zimmerman.com
All military everything
Beaten-up Napoleonic jackets of the Bobby Gillespie, Kate Moss variety have by now been passionately adopted by a new set of London’s coolest kids — among them Gillespie and Moss juniors and their peers — and designers great and small lined up to offer their updated takes this week.
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A prominent bet came from Burberry, which showed on Monday evening at Chelsea College of Arts.
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There, oversized corded shoulder epaulettes were stitched onto gabardine bomber jackets, bringing with them a whiff of indie sleaze.
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At Labrum, a muted green military jacket came with further epaulettes finished in long gold bullion fringe, while Mithridate opened with a string of jackets nodding to ceremonial officers’ tunics.
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And rising star Oscar Ouyang cut his own military field jackets in icy satins, finished with metallic cords and tassels.
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If you haven’t yet invested, it is not too late.
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Bring out your baywaters
Welcome back, Mulberry.
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A hyped return came on Sunday afternoon at Westminster’s Queen Elizabeth II Centre, as the heritage label rejoined the showing schedule with Christopher Kane at its helm; much of the audience clutched the former It bag in a blazing show of support.
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On the runway, Kane took the Bayswater as his starting point, translating its angular construction into leather-panelled coats, skirts and dresses and its postman’s lock into belts and footwear.
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Backstage, he spoke of his desire to mix the city, town and country — so your battered bag is social currency wherever you’re living.
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Purple reign
First there was tomato red, then there was butter yellow — but the next shade coming to monopolise your algorithm is purple, in many different iterations.
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It popped up all over the place during LFW.
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At Agro Studio’s show, held at Collins Music Hall, models in dazzling indigo shone like Quality Street wrappers.
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Simone Rocha offered a characteristically feminine take, with the perfect lilac shirt embellished with elaborate arm cuffs and a voluminous poplin dress in a paler purple.
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It has already infiltrated the high street too, from a draped maxi dress at Cos to brushed cashmere at & Other Stories and a glossy silk shirt coming soon to WNU.
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If you’re sceptical, dip a toe in the trend by tying a purple knit around your shoulders, or maybe trying a pair of Swedish Stockings’ lacy tights.
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Whatever you do, wear it now before the shade inevitably slips into ubiquity.
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An ecru shoe or two
It now almost goes without saying that every shoe you’ll see at LFW will have a square or pointed toe.
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Rounded shapes were still absent during the SS27 proceedings, but there was another trend emerging: shades of cream, chalky white and palest beige.
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Some of the best examples could be seen at Ronan McKenzie’s Selasi show, which took place on Monday in the surprisingly elegant surroundings of a garage on Highgate Road.
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These were also on the agenda at Talia Byre’s show, for which the designer collaborated with Topshop on footwear.
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The result was nostalgic and triumphantly wearable: backless brogues and wedge-heel boots that could be folded down and styled in various ways.
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Creating styles women can wear every day was key for Byre — which shouldn’t sound groundbreaking but does after a week dominated by punishing heels that are uncomfortable to watch, let alone wear.
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The full Byre x Topshop line-up will be revealed later this autumn.
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Sheer brilliance
Sheer or “naked” dresses used to be reserved for exhibitionist and/or headline-hungry celebrities on the red carpet.
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Now, they’re pretty much the prevailing design among high street collections.
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All well and good if you want to bare all, but this LFW also presented a more grown-up alternative: sophisticated sheer panelling.
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…and 2 more, not listed.
The Aporia
