The LFW organiser’s new boss, Laura Weir, wants to embed fashion into government thinking and lure back famous brands
The Prince and Princess of Wales’s private garden at Kensington Palace has been commandeered by Burberry, which is building a tent the size of a minor airport for its show on Monday. The mid-century fortress by Eero Saarinen that once housed London’s American embassy, recently reopened as a luxury hotel, is dressing the ballroom for the 20th anniversary show by Roksanda on Saturday night.
But the biggest transformation of London fashion week is happening not on the catwalk but in the boardroom, where the British Fashion Council (BFC) is under the new leadership of Laura Weir as CEO, a former newspaper magazine editor and Vogue fashion editor.
Continue reading…The LFW organiser’s new boss, Laura Weir, wants to embed fashion into government thinking and lure back famous brandsThe Prince and Princess of Wales’s private garden at Kensington Palace has been commandeered by Burberry, which is building a tent the size of a minor airport for its show on Monday. The mid-century fortress by Eero Saarinen that once housed London’s American embassy, recently reopened as a luxury hotel, is dressing the ballroom for the 20th anniversary show by Roksanda on Saturday night.But the biggest transformation of London fashion week is happening not on the catwalk but in the boardroom, where the British Fashion Council (BFC) is under the new leadership of Laura Weir as CEO, a former newspaper magazine editor and Vogue fashion editor. Continue reading…
