The Top Trends From London Fashion Week 2018....Fashionweekly...On Fow24news.com

From golfer knits to tie-dye tailoring, Hannah Rochell and Emma McCarthy round up the trends fresh off the catwalk.Best of British Belstaff drew on the many British subcultures that have worn and customized its jackets in the past, from mods to rockers, in its latest offering.....
Army surplus-style great coats were styled with hoodies, while Bretons were updated with patches resembling the labels inside jackets. The brand is also bringing its manufacturing back to UK shores, making its waxed Harrington jackets in the Midlands. And who better to model them than Liam Gallagher’s son Lennon?

At Kent & Curwen – a brand owned by David Beckham and designed by Daniel Kearns – an exhibition by photographer Perry Ogden stood in lieu of a catwalk show, featuring street cast models scouted in Bethnal Green’s Repton boxing gym and the football fields of Hackney Marshes, where a young Becks first learned to bend it.

It may seem more at home on the golfing green but Argyle ran the course of LFWM.

Avant-garde wünderkind Charles Jeffrey wove it onto oversized jumpers stuffed with padding, MAN’s Stefan Cooke created a peek-a-boo Argyle knit vest, while sports luxe specialist Astrid Andersen spun Argyle anew for the street by teaming classic polos with metallic tartan joggers and printed silk robes. Caddy optional.

Clothes to wig out in were a popular theme, including at Band of Outsiders, whose models ice danced at Somerset House.

Outerwear included a revamped version of the brand’s popular teddy bear coat, made from white faux fur from toy specialist, Steiff.

Elsewhere, Ben Sherman presented a Northern soul-inspired collection in collaboration with Henry Holland, complete with dozens of Wigan Casino-esque spinning dancers.

At a show staged in The Natural History Museum after closing time, Cottweiler’s Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty offered up a refreshed take on practi-cool.

Next season, rock climbing is the outdoorsy pursuit of choice — at least as far as your style is concerned. Think harness strap belts and bags attached by carabiners. North Face anoraks take note. n

Corduroy was ubiquitous on the catwalks as designers from Liam Hodges to Alex Mullins got into the groove.

But those really wanting to push the fashion envelope next season should plump for velvet. As seen at Oliver Spencer, plush trousers in market bazaar shades of turmeric, cumin and cocoa powder will provide a tasty way to spice up your look next autumn. Plain black are also available for the more conservative dresser.

Christopher Raeburn championed a nautical theme — but it was more of the utilitarian seaperson.

Wool blankets from the Russian and Danish Navy were refashioned into tops, while a safety orange winch jacket — the kind worn by sea rescue crews — was upcycled into something altogether more street. At Tinie Tempah’s What We Wear show, the day-glo theme continued with utility trousers, as well as suits inspired by DLR operators.