London fashion week kicks off with Haizhenwang, Xiao Li,Eudon Choi, Shrimps, Bora Aksu, Marta Jakubowski, Ashley Williams, Ralph Russo and many others.

Day one was powered by young designers like Choi and Shrimps showcasing for the first time, that promise to change the course of the fashion world.

This LCF graduate Xiao Li used colour blockin her candy pink Mandarin-collared jumpsuits. Mixing red in billowing shoulder pads and trench coat collars in layers of tulle, Xiao Li brings the flouncy to the formal.

Korean-born designer Eudon Choi’s SS18 collection is inspired by Irish architecture and furniture designer, Eileen Gray’s house “E 1027”. The collection started in a muted colour palette, with puffed up silhouettes on the sleeves, low hemlines and the trailing strings that add some flair to the overall look.

Whoops! Over 100 looks in this Emporio Armani SS18 show at London fashion week.Naturally, the show was dramatically late, starting with chunky colors, striped colors, solid whites, pastels, short skirts, masculine tailored suits, more stripes, more pastels, and on and on which was seemingly endless parade.

One was sheer layers overlaying colored layersin gauze-like sheer nicely muted the brighter pastels, keeping the overall tone of the clothes low key and relaxed.The other trend, is the high hem on trousers, including for men. Women’s slacks coming up above the ankle, just as with skirts. What was peculiar to see in this collection, is the hem moving higher up the calf.

Burberry, see now buy now show at C18th century former court-house in Clerkenwell, part of London fashion week SS18, exhibited social portraits displaying Britain in all its glory on the walls.

The Burberry check, made infamous 15 years ago was back big time. “We wanted to make it more honest, less polished,” said chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Inspired by the spirit of social portraiture and the eclectic way of British nature of dressing, a mix of texture, colour and silhouette. The collection has it all from precious plastics in vintage checks, a patchwork of homespun knits, tulle, lace and sorbet faux fur and a parade of deconstructed pageantary.

There were Irish tartans, Argyle and Shetland knits, Savile Roy military uniforms, cut short into miniskirts, tanks, high waisted narrow trousers and topped with pastel coloured, clear plastic car coats, or worn with translucent pleated tulle dresses, clog boots, up-sized tote bags with shoulder grazing came with models in single earrings worn by both the men and women

Marc Jacobs held his finale NYFW SS18 show in a spare, undecorated Park Avenue Armory, unlike of Tom Ford show at the same place. The designer had his models walk slowly in total silence, playing music only at the finale.

Whilst the clothing had brilliant colors like orange and yellow, and big, bold floral prints. Silhouettes, were “exaggerated, decadent and exotic”, the most notable was Turbans, everyone had them, and they came in all colors, with lead makeup artist Diane Kendal created a simple makeup look that featured a distinct winged cat eye customized to each model’s eye shape.

Instead of holding his New York Fashion Week show in one of the five boroughs,Ralph Lauren took a spin with Bugattis, Bentleys, Ferraris and catwalk models to showcase his NYFW SS18 collection.

The designer chauffeured VIPs out to his garage in Bedford, N.Y., to view his latest collection that kept to the roadster theme. It featured classic dark double-breasted suits for men and women, bomber jackets and parkas, slinky evening dresses and coats in bright yellow and red.