London Fashion Week – running from 18 to 22 September 2025 under the newly appointed British Fashion Council CEO Laura Weir – has already been well on track to deliver a bold, vibrant reboot for the Spring Summer 2026 season. With around 157 designers showing across both physical and digital formats, the season had a palpable sense of renewal for the British fashion scene.
Key shows on this season's schedule include heritage names such as Burberry, Erdem, Roksanda, Simone Rocha, and rising talent supported by NEWGEN. So if you're not on the ground in London this week, we've got you covered with all the RUSSH editors show notes and highlights, below.
Burberry
Burberry's star-studded runway channelled the Glastonbury festival spirit with a tented dirt runway, painted with a mottled blue sky. Models in lace-up boots and waxy check trenches and Y2K-inspired thin scarves reimagined outerwear for the summer, and were paired with snakeskin boots, studded bags and and even a tarot-card prints.
Conner Ives
Conner Ives’ Spring 2026 show channelled the fierce and fearless spirit of his now-viral 'Protect the Dolls' T-shirt from last year's LFW, held among the white-walled Saatchi Yates Gallery. The collection played with texture – from feathers to chainmail – and colour to produce a vivacious ensemble, worn by the likes of Iris Law and Alva Claire.
Rory William Docherty
New Zealand's own Rory William Docherty made his London Fashion Week debut with SS26 collection The Tides. Channelling the rugged beauty of Aotearoa’s underwater landscapes through flowing textures, marine-inspired embellishments, and a palette echoing ocean and earth, the collection was presented under the glass dome of the Andaz London ballroom, and reimagined his signature Painter’s Shirt across silk dresses, cotton jumpsuits and chambray shirts.
Ashley Williams
Exploring the theme of “systems of care and contentment” in its SS26 collection, Ashley Williams presented a playful, maximalist vision that felt both childlike and subversive. The looks mixed skull-and-crossbone leg warmers with pinstriped bloomers, velcro belts, and lace-trimmed capris – a mischievous clash of innocence and rebellion. The colour palette was dominated by soft pastels, but punctuated by jolts of neon lycra and sheer stockings. There was an unmistakable echo of 1950s and 60s style throughout – mod-cut minis, floral nightdresses, and silhouettes brimming with retro pomp. Yet what truly captivated was the beauty direction: daring wigs, asymmetrically shorn, some cascading dramatically to the hips.
Simone Rocha
Rocha’s hallmark coquette sensibility was in full flourish at the SS26 presentation, drawing from Maureen Freely’s 1992 essay My Dress Rehearsal: or How Mrs Clark Taught Me How to Sew. Ethereal hoop skirts, ballet flats, balloon-sleeved silk gowns, and pearl-studded knits graced the runway. A striking touch appeared in oxfords and trenches, gathered at the shoulder into pleated knots that doubled as vessels for single-stemmed white oriental lilies. The floral theme echoed throughout – nascent poppies printed onto silks, fabric roses sculpted onto skirts. Inevitably, the show unveiled another Rocha x Crocs partnership too, this season yielding Ballerina Platforms in black and a delicate “oyster” shade.
Erdem
Erdem Moralıoğlu’s SS26 collection drew inspiration from the late-19th-century French surrealist and medium Hélène Smith. Staged beneath the majestic columns of the British Museum, the show was rich in detail and atmosphere. Crochet doilies were reimagined as panels in one delicate dress, while other gowns bloomed with intricate floral embroidery, finished with starched and goffered collars. Corsets sat low on the hips, often paired with belts for an exaggerated cinch, while Eastern-inspired embroideries and satin robes lent a worldly contrast to silhouettes rooted in French and English tradition.
