London Fashion Week

Plenty of hairstylists swept hair up and away at London Fashion Week. Wella Professionals global creative director, Eugene Souleiman presented a pared-down look with strong parts at Acne, while the style at Mary Katrantzou was all about slick aerodynamic extension. Take a look here at how to achieve the styles yourself!

The three finalists of 2012's Fashion Fringe showed their collections at Somerset House last night, with Christopher Bailey naming Haizhen Wang the winner of this year's prize. The Central Saint Martins graduate set up his label in 2010, after working at MaxMara and All Saints. Bailey helped the finalists in the run up to the London Fashion Week show, and Wang will continue to receive mentoring as well as studio space at Somerset House for the next four seasons. The Burberry chief creative officer told Vogue:

"I was looking for a real rounded talent with vision that he or she knew how to execute. I wanted to see an understanding of how to cut and sew; how to construct clothes; and how to create a business. Having a strong point of view was important too. With Haizhen, he has a talent that hopefully the industry will relate to. It's effortless and in his blood. When you first see his work, it appears to be very graphic and bold, but it's constructed in a very sensual way."

Take a look at the winning collection right here, and tell me what you think!

It couldn't get more quintessentially English than at Mulberry's Spring 2013 show on Tuesday. The British brand took silhouette inspiration from its early years in the Seventies, and the English garden-inspired collection embraced a colour palette of rural England's blossom pastels of pear, peach, mint and cream plus school-uniform neutrals of navy, tan and black with the luxury of craft heritage. Seasonal signature prints included English florals and tropical geckos in panel-blocked contrasting colourways and multi-scale jacquards. Leather outerwear and military-inspired coats joined oversized bikers, peacoats and tailored jackets based on menswear classics. Femininity still reigned, with pleats, embroidery and frills on long summer dresses and trousers in contrasting textures of silk and soft leather. Accessories included the Flower Sandal plus Booties and Willow bags all with updated postman’s lock reworked with petals, and new floral gecko theme on the Del Rey and Alexa collections.

• Trends: Seventies silhouettes, English garden, craft heritage, military.
• Colors: Navy, biscuit brown, tan, black, nude, pear, light peach, apricot, mint.
• Key Piece: The mint coat with petal buttons screams Spring.
• Accessories: Petal hardware and floral gecko themed bags, flower sandals and booties.
• Who Should Wear It: Front row fans Alexa Chung, Kate Moss and Olivia Palermo.

Images courtesy Mulberry

Mulberry's Spring 2013 London Fashion Week show was the hot ticket on Tuesday morning, with a suitably fashionable front row that oozed cool. As one would expect, the bags were just as important as the FROW's clothes, with Vanessa Kirby, Lana Del Rey, Kate Moss, Alexa Chung and Rebecca Hall all toting the British brand's must have arm candy. Take a closer look at who wore what right here, then vote to tell me who was holding the most covetable piece!

Louise Gray's trademark colour clashes and spectacular prints are back for Spring 2013, but the designer's latest collection also embraced sophisticated silhouettes to offer a line for a wider audience. Tailored coats, bias cut shirtdresses and knitted cardigans joined the layered pieces covered in appliqué sequins and embroidery over printed tights. The accessories were just as eye-catching, with Stephen Jones designed mirrored hats, checkered lace-up shoes, and huge Perspex geometric jewellery created in collaboration with Tatty Devine. Then of course were the three monochrome graffiti patterned Barbie-inspired pieces, which will be miniaturised for the dolls themselves.

• Trends: Graffiti, clashing colour, pattern, sequins, embroidery, grown up silhouettes.
• Colors: Black, white, multicolour prints in orange, lilac, aqua, greens and yellow.
• Key Piece: The zig zag shift dress with aqua accents over black print tights.
• Accessories: Stephen Jones mirrored hats, checkered lace-up shoes, Tatty Devine Perspex geometric earrings and mirror rings.
• Who Should Wear It: London's cool crowd: Pixie Geldof and Nicola Roberts.

Philip Treacy's London Fashion Week show got off to a dramatic start on Sunday as Lady Gaga sashayed down the catwalk in hot pink tulle. Inspired by Michael Jackson's tour wardrobe, the headwear Treacy created to go with each Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins designed outfit were just as out there as one would hope. From a jewel-covered mask and fairground rides to Mickey Mouse ears and Alek Wek in a white glove hat, the front row — which included Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Gareth Pugh, Nicholas Kirkwood, Anna Dello Russo, Kim Cattrall and Kelly Brook — went wild. Ivory ships with sails billowing, planetary rings and sculpted horn hats passed by until a shroud of lighting signalled the end. Take a look at the stunning collection here, and tell me what you think!

Topshop Unique's London Fashion Week show was the epitome of minimal and modern on Sunday. The sophisticated Spring 2013 line was all about sophisticated slouch, with creative director Kate Phelan telling Fashionologie backstage that the collection was: "Cool, easy, relaxed. The whole idea was to just not let the collection get too hard or stiff, but to keep it soft, to keep it easy, to keep it very slouchy and very real." The loosely tailored silhouettes and double layering retained clean lines and a tempting wearability. It was a textural balancing act between shimmer and sheer, with a palette of black, white, cream, rose, yellow and silver in colourblock, oversized checks, and geometric prints on oversized trouser suits and jackets plus asymmetric zip sweatshirts and dresses.

• Trends: Slouchy, cool, sheer, shimmer, clean.
• Colors: Black, white, cream, rose, yellow and silver.
• Key Piece: The cream jacket over monochrome sheer panel shift modelled by Cara Delevingne.
• Accessories: Delicate white leather and clear plastic ankle-strap stilettos, silver pointed toe heels.
• Who Should Wear It: Fans of clean lines and slouchy structure, I'd love to see Victoria Beckham in the silver trousers and sheer white tee combo.