A few years ago, we might have cited John Rocha and Matthew Williamson as the hottest tickets for London Fashion Week. The New Guard have trounced on that theory. They are more than just BFC sponsored talent, the lucky creatives that escaped the unemployment net. They are the rebirth of British fashion design. Yeah, I said it. An actual rebirth.

Come June, and London is going to be overrun with dapper chaps, as the first ever Menswear Fashion Week comes to the capital....

It's always feels a little bit surreal attending a 'mainstream' catwalk show at London fashion Week. I tend to spend most of the week at the Vauxhall ...

I like to think London Fashion Week serves as a kind of clothes-centric microcosm of the macrocosm of society. Its incarnations, evolution and attendees each season reflect the flighty preoccupations culture places on hierarchy, artifice and worth. Which, given the wealth of design talent showcased, is a real shame.