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PICTURE PERFECT: Erdem Moralioglu took over the National Portrait Gallery for his fall show, which had guests including Daisy Lowe, Felicity Jones and the Haim sisters seated under the portraits of Britain’s historical heavy hitters.
Enjoying a respite from moving house, Lowe has been making her rounds at the shows. “I’ve just been loving taking in all of the London Fashion Week designers and seeing what’s been going on. I saw Roland Mouret yesterday and Simone Rocha the day before, they were so beautiful. Erdem is always a huge highlight for me, I can’t wait to see what he does,” she said before the show.
The model has also been busy hosting her new podcast, Femme. “It’s been really amazing talking to all of my favorite women who I find really inspiring, who make the world brighter,” she said.
The Haim sisters announced a big show at London’s Alexandra Palace ahead of their European tour.

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FASHION THOROUGHBREDS: One of the first to arrive at Christopher Kane’s show on Monday, Yasmin Le Bon cut a striking figure in a brown corduroy suit inside the doors of the Tate Britain. As she was getting her portrait sketched in the halls outside the venue, the English model struck a comfortable pose.
“I’ve been having a great time, I haven’t been going crazy, just a few shows today. It’s exciting and I love to be inspired and see what people are doing,” she said.
Fellow model Candice Lake, who made an entrance in a sweeping cape, also attended the show, along with Caroline Sieber and actress Laura Carmichael.
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy is excitedly soaking up all the fashion week highlights. “These last two weeks have been fashion week but also the BAFTAs so it’s all been surreal,” she said.
Up next is a press tour. “I have a movie coming out in March called ‘Thoroughbred’ and I’m so excited about it,” the young actress enthused. “It’s a really interesting, witty, dark comedy and it’s just gorgeous.”

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ECO-LOGICAL: The Duchess of Cambridge hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace on Monday evening to celebrate The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange. The initiative is a project launched by Livia Firth, founder of Eco-Age, and Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth secretary-general, to promote sustainable fashion among the Commonwealth nations, most of which are former British territories.

The scheme united designers and artisans from Commonwealth countries, who created 52 exclusive garments, with Burberry and Stella McCartney representing the U.K. Each look was made following strict sustainability guidelines.
“This is a project rich in partnerships and creative codesign,” said Firth. “As someone who is passionate about joining the threads of global fashion and creating real partnerships, you can imagine how exciting it is for us to be involved.”
The garments were exhibited at a reception curated by Vogue’s international editor-at-large, Hamish Bowles. Guests included Naomi Campbell, Adwoa Aboah, Caroline Rush, Anna Wintour and Edward Enniful. The duchess wore a patterned guipure lace ensemble from Erdem and was accompanied by the Burberry-clad Countess of Wessex.
An edited selection from the initiative will be sold on Matchesfashion.com in September. Ulric Jerome, chief executive officer of the e-tailer, said: “The most resilient and sustainable supply chains in fashion are based on collaboration and, fundamentally, that is what we are seeing created by The Commonwealth Fashion

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In the era of Airbnbs and travel apps, are classic hotel chains obsolete? Three industry titans weigh in.

Retail giant Arcadia Group has dismissed reports owner Sir Philip Green is considering selling all or part of the Arcadia empire in a move that could have seen the retail tycoon quit the UK high street.

Two sustainable textile initiatives have announced a strategic cooperation that will contribute to better working conditions and increased environmental protection across global textile supply chains.

The Government of Canada has announced two new initiatives in a bid to strengthen the country’s approach to responsible business conduct for Canadian companies, including those in the garment sector, doing business and operating abroad.

Mango has partnered with one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, Vodafone Group, to roll out digital fitting rooms – featuring smart mirrors – to the Spanish fashion chain’s top stores worldwide.

A non-profit organisation in the Netherlands has launched a new automated technology that sorts large volumes of mixed post-consumer textiles based on material composition.