London Fashion Week: Art, fairytales, and glam gothic energy

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even though a lot of big ticket names were missing from the London Fashion Week schedule this season, there was no dearth of creativity. Temperley clocked in its 25th year and the designer's son’s great-great-great-great grandfather Levin August von Bennigsen, who fought Napoleon back in 1807 was on the mood board.

The overarching military vibe was peppered with Temperley insignias: shine on and hand-painted medals embellished the jackets, plenty of silk shirts and the house’s signature tattoo numbers. A touch of Napoleon was hard to miss in the jacquard knitwear which was served in hues of blue, red and purple. However, the real showstoppers were the tasselled filigree dresses which came across as chic armours.

The designer also offered her own vision of Toile de Jouy enriched with galloping horses, llamas and donkeys from her farm, as well as the Somerset hill near where she grew up. Here are the key trends which emerged: This was Aartivijay Gupta's second outing at LFW and she collaborated with the inheritors of Kolkata’s storied Kalighat and Patua traditions, transmogrifying folklore into her signature prints. An artistic dialogue at the crossroads of art, culture, and contemporaneity.

Caught in the interplay of the joy of creativity and the struggle to keep traditions alive, these artists breathe their very being into their work reflecting art as the ultimate embodiment of people and culture. Vibrant prints drawing inspiration from Indian craft and culture were rendered on luxe textiles with innovative unbroken pattern cutting allowing artwork to be replicated across garments in its most complete form uninterrupted by seams. All in all, a poetic reflection on the essence of India