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Tom Ford Spring Summer 2014:

Matthew Williamson Spring Summer 2014: The show began with the Capital Children’s Choir girls marching up the catwalk and standing in the wings to sing along throughout. The collection had plenty of sheer layered dresses in a sunshine melting pot of lime through to tomato, but there was an emphasis on daywear.

Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS14 Collection: Painted faces and dishevelled hair, corsetry floral dresses and little net socks behind super high be-buckled shoes, jaunty tailoring and strapless satchels held as clutches. The Vivienne Westwood show was so much more than just about fashion. It was about society and the causes she champions with environmental advocate and model Lily Cole who …

Paul Smith Spring/Summer 2014: Paul Smith’s spring/summer 2014 collection was young, sassy and effortlessly timeless. He offered crisp striped shirting tucked into wide legged trousers with a rolled cuff that were as high quality as we expect from him – and right on the money of the boy-meets-girls trend that prevails – while Seventies-inspired dresses wafted beneath Panama hats for …

The Jasper Conran show provided a ray of sunshine through the incessant rain filled day that was day one of London Fashion Week. Think preppy collars, capri pants, pressed shirts and pants; and fifties inspired silhouettes in block prints, subtle peplums, pastel Ikat prints and sunshine-yellow stripes.

Constant rain, getting on the wrong train and rushing around to get to shows on time summed up day 1 of London Fashion Week for me. Despite the weather, there was still a buzzing excitement at Somerset House although getting photos of fashionistas in their finest proved difficult with the pouring rain. It wasn’t all bad as I managed to …