London has long been a fertile breeding for the edgy, avant-garde creative forces emerging from leading design schools such as Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion.
Amid the political turmoil of Brexit, designers such as Erdem, Thom Browne and Simone Rocha, as well as Asian forces Shangguan Zhe and Ryan Lo delivered an upbeat assessment through their garments for autumn-winter.
On the show calendar, Riccardo Tisci, the former Givenchy designed, finally unleashed the dark side of his creativity after a year at the helm of Burberry.
Here, our best picks from London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2019