The Best Looks From London Fashion Week Fall 2017

The standout looks at London Fashion Week's top shows

Monday Feb. 20, 2017

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The first look off the rank for New Zealand-born British-based designer Emilia Wickstead was a tea rose-printed dress with a pink silk overlay. Picture / Getty READ 13 Facts to Know About Emilia Wickstead

Mary Katrantzou sent looks inspired by Disney’s animated classic Fantasia down the runway. Picture / Getty

The woollen socks stood out at Mulberry, teamed here with a floaty wallpaper floral dress. Picture / Getty

Artist Louise Bourgeois' work inspired the colours and shapes in Shrimps' collection. Seen here are hand-drawn nudes on a faux fur jacket. Picture / Supplied

Topshop Unique's Spring 17 show was influenced by the "urban traveller" with a 90s meets festival bohemian, meets rave kid vibe. Picture / Supplied SEE every look from the show here.

Burberry's collection was influenced by the work of British sculptor Henry Moore, with artists' overalls making an appearance. Picture / Getty

Erdem designer Erdem Moralioglu drew on his own heritage for this collection - looking to both of his grandmother’s roots from Scotland and the Ottoman Empire. Picture / Getty

At Simone Rocha the show was built around ideas of camouflage and protection. A highlight was 73-year-old Benedetta Barzini modelling in the show. "This is my customer," the designer told the Telegraph. "What I do is for all types of women and that's what I wanted to reflect in my casting". Picture / Getty

Iridescent knits were seen at Christopher Kane. He used techniques including holographic foiled lace and traditional weaving process from the early days of mechanisation in his collection. Picture / Getty

J.W. Anderson tried femininity for the first time, imagining that each of his 34 looks made up the wardrobe of one individual. Picture / Getty

House of Holland played homage to the US with an Americana-themed collection, inspired by a roadtrip designer Henry Holland took during the summer. Picture / Getty

The work of sculptor Henry Moore was the inspiration behind Christopher Bailey's London Fashion Week show for Burberry's new fall collection on Monday night.

The creative director's startling new collection saw the Burberry catwalk space adorned with some of Moore’s outsized sculptures, and guests were treated to a display of his drawings before the show.

Bailey said he sought to make the clothes three-dimensional and textured much like Moore’s sculptures — which look smooth from a distance but are actually textured and detailed when viewed up close. He said he used the colour palette that Moore often wore when he worked, and cited the sculptor as a "huge influence on me my whole life".

“I grew up very close to where he was born. I’m very privileged that we had a sculpture park close by. My formative years were spent there,” he continued. “He’s been a big influence, but I never really got under the skin of his work, and for this collection it just felt right.”

Bailey said the sculptural shapes of the collection, which built on the English heritage brand’s traditional appeal, were taken from Moore, as was the lacing he used on many pieces. The stripes came from Moore’s apron, and the rope motif — seen by some as nautical — came from the abstract shapes Moore created with ropes.

Burberry capped four days of fashion that cemented London's place alongside fashion weeks in Paris, Milan and New York. Other highlights included Topshop's 90s meets festival bohemian, meets rave kid vibe, Mulberry's woollen socks, Mary Katrantzou's Fantasia-inspired collection, and Erdem's nod to designer Erdem Moralioglu's heritage. Simone Rocha's show got a lot of attention thanks to the appearance of 73-year-old Benedetta Barzini on the catwalk.

Milan Fashion Week starts tomorrow.

- AP