Burberry leads line-up in London Fashion Week September schedule

Burberry,  JW Anderson, ERDEM, ROKSANDA and Simone Rocha will lead the line-up at the next edition of London Fashion Week, which will also feature 30-year anniversary celebrations for the British Fashion Council's NEWGEN talent showcase. 

Others taking part in the Fashion Week this season include ASAI, Dilara Findikoglu, Eudon Choi, FASHION EAST, KNWLS, palmer//harding, PHOEBE ENGLISH and Richard Quinn. This year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund winner 16Arlington will be returning to the schedule, as well as BFC Fashion Trust 2023 recipients Chopova Lowena and Molly Goddard.

New to the schedule are EIRINN HAYHOW, Holzweiler, PĪFERI (BFC Fashion Trust 2023 recipient), Spencer Badu and SRVC. The final physical and digital schedule will be released in August 2023 and will include further updates and specific information regarding the format and timings of each activation.

LFW September 2023 will continue the year-long celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the BFC NEWGEN showcasing initiative by highlighting the scheme’s illustrious history and alumni, and London’s legacy in nurturing emerging talent and the next generation of visionary creatives.

To coincide with LFW September 2023, the landmark exhibition, REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion which is sponsored by Alexander McQueen and guest curated by Sarah Mower, BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent, will open from 16 September 2023 to 11 February 2024 at the Design Museum in London. It is being billed as one of the most compelling contemporary fashion exhibitions ever staged in the UK, acknowledging the work of over 300 designers, and featuring over 100 objects.

This season, the BFC NEWGEN Show Space will return to The Old Selfridges Hotel. Designers returning to the schedule include ANCUȚA SARCA, Chet Lo, Conner Ives, DI PETSA, FEBEN, HARRI, HELEN KIRKUM, LABRUM London (Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design 2023 recipient), Leo Carlton, MASHA POPOVA, Paolo Carzana, Sinéad O'Dwyer,S.S.DALEY, Stefan Cooke and yuhan wang. New to the NEWGEN roster are AARON ESH, DERRICK, Kazna Asker, The Winter House and TOLU COKER.

LFW and Ukrainian Fashion Week will present three Ukrainian designers: GASANOVA, My Sleeping Gypsy and NADYA DYZYAK as part of ‘Support Ukrainian Fashion’. This initiative was launched by Ukrainian Fashion Week to support designers in Ukraine.

Main image: Burberry shows at London Fashion Week in February 2023.