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Evening Standard

Lifestyle

Hayley Spencer

The best dressed stars on the front row at London Fashion Week

Little Simz London Fashion Week Harris Reed Lennon Gallagher Dave Benett Emily Ratajkowski Jameela Jamil Jed Cullen Mary Charteris Nathalie Emmanuel

Ambika Mod attends the Erdem show during LFW September 2025 - (Dave Benett)

The spring/summer shows for 2026 kicked off in New York earlier this month, and now it’s the turn of London to showcase next season’s biggest trends.

As has become tradition, Harris Reed opened London Fashion Week and this season his presentation took place at Gothic Bar. It marked his 10th collection, and there to toast it were Jameela Jamil, Mary Charteris and actor Nathalie Emmanuel — all dressed in his stunning sculptural designs.

Dafne Keen, Katie Leung, Aubri Ibrag, Rose Williams, Harris Reed, Mary Charteris and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the Harris Reed spring/summer 2026 show (Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Ima)

Also drawing the style set on Thursday evening was H&M’s catwalk show, featuring cameos from Lola Young, Romeo Beckham and Lila Moss. Lining the front row were singers, socialites and several members of the Gallagher brood — who’ve become a firm fixture on the FROW the past few seasons.

Lennon posed with sister Anaïs and girlfriend Isobel Richmond, while model Mia Regan and rapper Little Simz showed off their favourite pieces from the high street favourite’s forthcoming denim and leather-heavy collection.

Anais Gallagher and Lennon Gallagher attend the H&M&180: The London Issue show during London Fashion Week September 2025 (Getty Images)

On day two, Labrum London and MITHRIDATE drew in a cool crowd, from presenters Clara Amfo and Nick Grimshaw to actor Asa Butterfield.

Saturday’s schedule saw Completedworks’ show, where Jerry Hall and Josephine de la Baume took to the runway. Hall wore a Seventies-inspired powder-blue velvet three-piece suit, while De la Baume showed off her baby bump in a shirred black dress and matching jacket.

Josephine de La Baume and Jerry Hall attend Completedworks SS26 Show (Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Completedworks)

It girls and Brit actors lined the front row, with the likes of Adot Gak sat beside Nabhaan Rizwan.

The dramatic, sculptural collars and monochrome gowns on the catwalk at Richard Quinn were echoed in the front row, with designer Annie Doble in a ruffled dress and Olivia Palermo wearing a gown embroidered with a white rosette. Meanwhile, earthy colours and maximalist silk prints dominated at Roksanda.

Come evening, rapper Skepta shut down east London with a catwalk show and raucous after-party for his clothing label, Mains. The front row style was in keeping with Skepta’s brand ethos of “hood luxury”: Central Cee wore an oversized fur coat and heavy chain necklaces, while presenter Maya Jama may have been the comfiest person at Fashion Week, in a crisp white tracksuit set from Mains (paired with slightly less comfy looking Balenciaga stilettos).

Central Cee attends the MAINS Season 3 Runway Show in Shoreditch (Dave Benett/Getty Images for MAI)

Structural, hourglass power suits were the order of the day at Emilia Wickstead on Sunday, as seen on actress Hayley Atwell. Meanwhile, the FROW at Ashley Williams were dressed in kawaii pastels and Japanese tailoring. And the crowd of bright young things at Kent&Curwen, including Ava Kalitowski and The Flag Twins continued the sports luxe trend, with oversized Argyle knits and rugby shirt style block stripes.

Later on Simone Rocha had actors and It girls galore, from Bel Powley to Pixie Geldof, flocking to the regal Mansion House venue in the City of London, where they dressed the part in faux furs, slip dresses and statement leather LBDs.

Later, Erdem Moralioglu’s show at the British Museum saw everyone from actor Ambika Mod to Billie Piper don the designer’s painterly printed midi dresses and co-ords.

Tonight Burberry will conclude London’s shows as Daniel Lee’s latest collection goes on show at Kensington Palace. Eyes will be peeled for the arrival of its current campaign stars; Alexa Chung, Liam Gallagher and Olivia Coleman.