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Burberry Closes London Fashion Week with Signature Checks and Celebs
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In Short: Burberry ended London Fashion Week 2026 with a show featuring its signature check print and a front row filled with celebrities.
Burberry concluded London Fashion Week 2026 on Monday evening with a show that featured the brand's signature check print, designed by chief designer Daniel Lee and textile artist Celia Birtwell.
The show included hand-painted designs, such as check print trenches and smiley-face emblazoned jumpers, adding a unique twist to the classic Burberry look.
According to Laura Weir, CEO of the British Fashion Council, the mission for this season was to position London Fashion Week as a hub for creativity and commercial growth, not just British design.
The fashion week showcased a trend dubbed 'gardencore,' where designers like Erdem, Yuhan Wang, and Bora Aksu presented unpolished, allotment-ready looks, contrasting with the polished styles typically seen at fashion shows.
This trend, which includes noisy clashes and chaotic styling, was also evident at shows by Chopova Lowena, Sinead Gorey, and Conner Ives, suggesting a shift in fashion aesthetics.
Kotsoni, a fashion expert, noted that these looks are in opposition to how guests have been dressing at the fashion week, indicating a turning of the tide in fashion.
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The trend towards 'gardencore' and chaotic styling marks a significant shift in the fashion industry, as traditionally fashion weeks have been showcases for polished, luxury designs.
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- Burberry, which this summer reported a growth in revenue for the first time in three years, often attracts some of the biggest names in British culture to its shows, rivalling fashion weeks in New York and Paris.
- The first was Alexander McQueen, which as a brand moved to London after 25 years of showing in Paris - something Laura Weir, CEO of the British Fashion Council, told the BBC was "quite a big deal for us".
- Erdem, Yuhan Wang, and Bora Aksu channelled a "gardencore" vibe, trading quiet luxury for unpolished, allotment-ready chaos - pairing parkas and structured trench outerwear with kitchen-garden details According to Kotsoni - gardening is officially cool in the fashion world.
- It started with Spanish fashion house Loewe launching a watering can-shaped handbag a couple of months ago and has now translated on the runway with Erdem, Yuhan Wang and Bora Aksu.
- Monday night was no exception, with Central Cee making an appearance on the catwalk as Romeo Beckham, Skepta, Jonathan Bailey and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looked on from the front row.