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{{Infobox recurring event
| name = London Fashion Week
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| image = File:London Fashion Week Men's Strand January 2017 01.jpg
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| genre = Fashion catwalk shows and surrounding events
| frequency = Semi-annually
| location = 180 Strand, [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| first = 1983 (35 years)<ref name="Johnson, David">{{cite web| first=David |last=Johnson |title=Eight For 84 – Identifying the best of Britain's young designer talent |url= https://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/1983-crucial-tipping-point-for-the-uks-fashion-first-team/ |work=The Face, issue 44, page 46 |location=London |access-date=14 November 2017|date=1 December 1983}}</ref>
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| participants =
| attendance = Over 5,000 press and buyers
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| organised = [[British Fashion Council]] for the [[London Development Agency]] with help from the [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]]
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| website = http://londonfashionweek.org/
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'''London Fashion Week''' (LFW) is a clothing [[trade show]] that takes place in London twice a year, in February and September. Showcasing over 250 designers to a global audience of influential media and retailers, it is one of the ’Big Four’ [[fashion week]]s, along with the [[New York Fashion Week|New York]], [[Milan Fashion Week|Milan]] and [[Paris Fashion Week|Paris]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bradford|first1=Julie|title=Fashion Journalism|publisher=Routledge|year=2014| page=129| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2xeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA129}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Susan|last=Dillon|title=The Fundamentals of Fashion Management|publisher= A&C Black|year=2011|page=115|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3XFMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA115}}</ref>

==History and Organisation==
Organised by the [[British Fashion Council]] (BFC) for the [[London Development Agency]] with help from the [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]], London Fashion Week first took place in October 1983.<ref name="Johnson, David"/> It currently ranks alongside New York, Paris and Milan as one of the 'Big Four' [[fashion week]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/content.aspx?CategoryID=420|title=British Fashion Council website|access-date=10 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708094732/http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/content.aspx?CategoryID=420|archive-date=8 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It presents itself to funders<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/london_fashion_week_biannual_upd#comment-7716|title=Agreement for Funding Relative to Creative Sector Support – Designer Fashion. Parties: LDA/BFC website|access-date=7 June 2010}}</ref> as a trade event that also attracts significant press attention and benefit to taxpayers. It states that it is attended by over 5,000 press and buyers, and has estimated orders of over £100 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/uploads/documents/doc_1747.pdf|title=London Fashion Week factsheet|access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref> A retail-focused event, London Fashion Week Festival, takes place immediately afterwards at the same venue and is open to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk/|publisher=London Fashion Weekend|title=London Fashion Weekend website| access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref>

On-schedule events used to take place either at the [[British Fashion Council]]'s own show space, 180 Strand, or at external locations around [[central London]].

During SS16 (shown September 2015) and AW16 (shown February 2016), [[British Fashion Council]] made the decision to host the designers' showrooms to the 'Vinyl Factory', situated at the active car park in Soho, off Brewer Street.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/london-fashion-week-lessons-not-learned/ | title= Ikon London Magazine London Fashion Week coverage | publisher= Ikon London Magazine | date=22 February 2016 | access-date= 3 March 2018}}</ref>

Following increasing numbers of anti-fur protesters, the London Fashion Week held in September 2018 was the first major fashion week to be fur-free.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/sep/07/london-fashion-week-vows-to-be-fur-free|title=London fashion week vows to be fur-free |last=Conlon |first=Scarlett |date=2018-09-07|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

== Events ==
[[File:LFW Portrait Neon.jpg|thumb|LFW Portrait Neon]]

=== Live Streaming ===
In spring 2010, London Fashion Week became the first of the Big four fashion weeks to offer designers showing collections on the catwalk at [[Somerset House]] the opportunity to broadcast their shows live on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/london-fashion-week-to-be-streamed-live-1904888.html|title=Independent newspaper article|access-date=10 March 2010 | work=The Independent | location=London | first=Simon | last=Rice | date=19 February 2010}}</ref> This 2020, the British Fashion Council announced<ref>{{Cite web|title=London Fashion Week - Digital Schedule|url=https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/schedule/174/digital-schedule|access-date=2020-09-16|website=London Fashion Week}}</ref> that it will commence again via online live streaming from Thursday 17th to Tuesday 22 September 2020 and include both digital activations on www.londonfashionweek.co.uk and physical events, adhering to Government guidelines on social distancing. The schedule will host over 80 designers including 40 womenswear, 15 menswear, 20 menswear and womenswear and five accessories brands. There will be a total of 50 digital only activations, 21 physical and digital, seven physical only and three designers who will activate through a physical evening event only.

This LFW digital platform,<ref>{{Cite web|title=London Fashion Week|url=https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=London Fashion Week}}</ref> launched in June, will continue to serve as the Official Digital Hub and will be freely accessible to everyone, industry professionals and global fashion consumers alike. This platform will host exclusive multimedia content from designers and brand partners, enabling collaboration and bringing together fashion, culture and technology.

== London Fashion Week Men's ==
In June 2012, London introduced London Collections: Men, in addition to the collections shows in spring / summer and autumn / winter. Since its first instalment, the showcase has grown by 67% and included 77 separate designers in June 2015.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens-style/70664/london-collections-men-ss16-preview.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606130622/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens-style/70664/london-collections-men-ss16-preview.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 June 2015| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|title=LCM and London's menswear renaissance|first=Stephen |last=Doig| date=5 June 2015| access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref>
London Collections: Men was renamed from the Autumn/Winter 2017 season as London Fashion Week Men's, to help better reflect the growing consumer focus of the event.<ref>https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/london-collections-men-to-be-renamed/2016061320720 {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2021}}</ref>

== London Fashion Week Festival ==
Following London Fashion Week each season, the 4-day London Fashion Week Festival (LFWF), formerly known as London Fashion Weekend, offers a consumer-orientated fashion week experience.

Held at The Store Studios, 180 The Strand, LFWF allows consumers to shop a curated edit of designer collections at show exclusive prices, sit front row at catwalk shows by London Fashion Week designers, get a head start on the key trends of the coming season and listen to talks by industry experts.

==See also==
{{Commons category|Fashion weeks}}
{{Commons category|Fashion events}}
*[[Fashion week]]
*[[List of fashion events]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/ London Fashion Week Official website]
*[http://lfff.co.uk/ London Fashion Film Festival]

{{Big 4 Fashion Weeks}}

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