Having last season celebrated its 40th anniversary, the autumn/winter 2025 edition of London Fashion Week finds itself at another milestone: it’ll be the last season overseen by Caroline Rush, the British Fashion Council’s long-reining CEO. “I couldn’t be prouder of what we at the BFC have achieved and how we have adapted to constant innovation and change,” said Rush, who will soon pass on the mantle to former British Vogue editor and creative director of Selfridges, Laura Weir. “The resilience and creativity of our designers and industry is exceptional, and I have huge respect for this dynamic community. I know firsthand that when the community comes together, it can achieve what is sometimes thought to be impossible.”

Those words hold just as much weight now as when Rush first accepted the role 16 years ago. For while a healthy contingent of stalwarts like Simone Rocha, Erdem, Fashion East, Richard Quinn and Burberry will be mounting physical runways, an increasing number of homegrown brands – among them Knwls, Ahluwalia, Karoline Vitto, Johanna Parv and Stefan Cooke – are forgoing the cost of organising a catwalk, choosing instead to reveal their autumn/winter 2025 proposals by way of lookbook and film. There will be a JW Anderson-shaped hole for reasons that might already be obvious to industry sleuths, while Chopova Lowena and Nensi Dojaka are continuing to show only during September. This trimmed-down schedule – not to mention the week-long pause included post-New York – will provide a chance to again reconsider the limits of the seasonal grind.

Scroll down below for everything to expect from London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2025, which begins with an off-schedule presentation from Mainline:Rus/Fr.Ca/De on Thursday 20, and ends with Burberry’s tentpole showing on Monday 24 February.

The traditional catwalk will be replaced by dinner parties