LFW: Streetwear Edition

Streetwear has increasingly been on the rise within the last few years. If it wasn’t already popular enough, the first year of the pandemic led us all to dress significantly more casual, smarten up our casualwear (with the aim of staying comfortable), and possibly make some of us more conscious of what we are wearing and spending. The popularity of independent streetwear brands, and brands whose values align with their customers is booming. We see this in the independent streetwear brand Corteiz.

With streetwear constantly on the up and at the forefront, we could have expected that the fashion genre would heavily feature throughout global fashion weeks, but especially in London.

London fashion week has fast been gaining critical acclaim year on year; becoming a main global focus for this major fashion period. Ahluwalia has been dubbed as the standout designer of those who chose to present their 2022 designs (with Burberry, Victoria Beckham, Christopher Kane, Mulberry and Alexander McQueen opting out of the event), with many of the collections’ designs being streetwear-based looks.

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Trends

Here we will breakdown the trends that street observed across the streetwear looks shown at London Fashion Week:

Style Trends: Monochromatic outfits, one pattern/matching outfits (often with matching accessories), puffer coats and puffer material clothing, cargo, moon boots, denim, leather and clashing patterns.

Colours: White, brown, blue, green, orange, beige.

Patterns: Stripes, floral, big text patterns, swirls, abstract, graphic print, colour block, plaid, geometric, check.

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Brands

Vivienne Westwood

Erdem

Saul Nash

Ahluwalia

Kiko Kostadinov

Mark Fast

Miithridate

8igb community clothing

Roksanda x Fila

Robyn Lynch

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