The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released a provisional schedule for London Fashion Week (LFW) presented with Clearpay, from Friday 16th to Tuesday 20th September 2022.
The provisional hybrid digital-physical schedule features over 110 confirmed designers, including iconic British luxury brand Burberry, who returns to London after a short hiatus, and Raf Simons, who will be making his LFW catwalk debut.
Further highlights include collection launches from established brands Emilia Wickstead, Erdem, JW Anderson, Huishan Zhang, Molly Goddard, Rejina Pyo, Roksanda, and Simone Rocha. This year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund winner Richard Quinn will be returning to the schedule, as well as BFC Fashion Trust recipients Completed works, Richard Malone, Supriya Lele, and Tove. The final schedule will be released in mid-August and will include further updates and specific information regarding the format of each activation.
A curation of excellence, innovation, and creativity, LFW will showcase the cultural progressiveness of the city through a series of emblematic and immersive cultural physical and digital experiences presented by a dynamic mix of emerging and established design talent brands and retailers. Additional participating designers include 16Arlington, Chopova Lowena, Daniel W. Fletcher, Edward Crutchley, Fashion East, Halpern, and Knwls.
This season, the Bfc Newgen Show Space will return to The Old Selfridges Hotel, thanks to the generous support of Selfridges. As an Official Partner of Bfc Newgen, TikTok will support the next generation of British design talent to reach a wider audience globally. Participating Bfc Newgen designers include Ancuța Sarca, Asai, Bethany Williams, Chet Lo, Di Petsa, Eftychia, Feben, Harri, Helen Kirkum, Leo Carlton, Masha Popova, Nensi Dojaka, Paolo Carzana, S.S Daley, Sinéad O’dwyer, Stefan Cooke and Yuan Wang.
