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The Guardian - UK
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London fashion week's best shows

London fashion week: Christopher Kane
The Christopher Kane show was one of the hottest tickets at London fashion week
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London fashion week: Christopher Kane
Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian's fashion editor, said: "Kane's collection of black leather and lace overstitched with meadow flowers and crystal starbursts, balanced androgynous touches (schoolboy-style shirt collars) with tight tailoring and lashings of bare thigh". Read her full report here
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London fashion week: Christopher Kane
The venue was packed with celebrities and fashion's movers and shakers. Check out our video of the show here
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London fashion week: Christopher Kane
The designer said his inspiration was a pubescent Priscilla Presley, "before Elvis got his hands on her"
Photograph: Zak Hussein/PA
London fashion week: Erdem
The buzz around Erdem Moralioglu's show rivalled that of Kane
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London fashion week: Erdem
His popularity has been helped by the fact that Sarah Brown, Samantha Cameron and Keira Knightley have all been photographed wearing Erdem clothes
Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
London fashion week: Erdem
Jess Cartner-Morley said: "The holographic florals for which the label is known came in offbeat shades of teal and tobacco, cut into neat shifts, blouses, A-line skirts and coat-dresses. If there was a hint of the 1960s, it was never overwhelming: every piece looked as if it would work in a modern wardrobe."
Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
London fashion week: Paul Smith
Quintessential British designer Paul Smith staged the penultimate show of the day
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London fashion week: Paul Smith
He said his collection was "very much about the English aristocracy, and the naughty daughter who likes to sneak off to London and go to rock concerts"
Photograph: PA
London fashion week: Paul Smith
The "naughty debutante" look was expressed in playful pieces such as this cute sweater
Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
London fashion week: Osman
Osman caused a stir with his unusual opening: four models walking in a line wearing different interpretations of a jersey dress
Photograph: AP
London fashion week: Osman
He experimented with longer hemlines - something of a trend this week - such as this mid-calf dress, as well as maxidresses
Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
London fashion week: Osman
He also used 'oversizing', exaggerating certain elements such as collars
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London fashion week: Pringle of Scotland
Pringle of Scotland showed a modern collection that still maintained a link with the brand's Scottish roots
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
London fashion week: Pringle of Scotland
Innovative knits and revealing latticework helped bring the brand up to date
Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
London fashion week: Jaeger
Jaeger stuck to the British heritage look that has seen a resurgence in recent years
Photograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images
London fashion week: Jaeger
This monochrome outfit added a touch of modernity
Photograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images
London fashion week: Marios Schwab
Not sure about the nascent trend for longer hemlines? Marios Schwab hedged his bets with a bit of both
Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
London fashion week: Roksanda Ilincic
At Roksanda Ilincic, the clothes were somewhat overshadowed by the huge hair
Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images
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