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Amid the buzz of London Fashion Week, INFDark SS26 lit up Protein Studios in Shoreditch with their Spring/Summer 2026 collection. The designer Wei Kuo reimagined the audacious eclecticism of the 1980s for a contemporary audience. Hannah Breen Gibbons and Niki Dribusch cover.

Bacaoco advocates this by presenting a polished collection on the runway, proving that sustainable fashion is more accessible than some think. ‘It's not easy, ’ Bacaoco reveals the challenges that come with her stance, ‘it's very hard to cope because when you’re sustainable they [industry members] said it's expensive - it's not’.

From Taipei to London was a vibrant celebration of Taiwanese culture, staged at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts. Spanning everything from garment design to a curated tasting menu by Bao London, the event was commissioned by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture to spotlight the country’s distinctive fashion scene on a global stage.

Art Hearts Fashion made their London debut at London Fashion Week, showcasing a collective of six designers from around the world. Set in St John’s Church in Hyde Park, the show displayed their upcoming collections that ranged from athleisure to formal gowns.

Ray Chu’s highly anticipated SS26 presentation in collaboration with Tenga began in a neon-lit Great Hall, shrouded by a slow electronic beat.

How do you define ‘deconstruction’? It’s often linked to the idea of being ‘unfinished’, but I imagine your perspective goes beyond that. To me, deconstruction is a form of new life. It’s about finding beauty in chaos — or in things that have been discarded. It’s a romantic and poetic way of creating.

‘Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered’ was Giorgio Armani’s guiding philosophy when he founded his innovative fashion house in 1975, redefining menswear before debuting womenswear the following year.

Lucy Partridge unpacks the versatility and the enduring influence of the polka-dot.

Photo by Emily Henman Despite only being 22 years old and a full-time student, Hannah Bowker’s been making a name for herself for quite some time. She’s a photographer focused on fashion and portraiture, using strong attention to detail and artistic flair to create a striking body of work. It’s no wonder that this has caught the eye of several major modelling agencies across both London and her home town of Cape Town. Ahead of her last year at St. Andrews studying Neuroscien

In India, I watched my grandmother reuse glass jars, mend clothes until they were threadbare, and compost food scraps without ever calling it ‘sustainability.’ In the UAE, I saw consumption at its peak, with towering malls and fast fashion stores promising endless novelty. And in London, I’ve seen both the urgency of climate action and the energy of young people working collectively to make change.