5 shows you missed at London Fashion Week FW24 Everything you would have wanted to see first hand

This winter London brought a frosty breeze to the runway. Clashing against toxic masculinity, gender norms, and unsustainable production, designers chose an apocalyptic narrative, born out of the times. Observing the latest collections of British brands, one can grasp the keywords guiding contemporary fashion: functionality and sensuality. In addition to these, the collections respected two very different threads, from organic hues hinting at the importance of sustainability, to historical silhouettes reviving ancient trends. Here are 5 shows you missed at London Fashion Week Women's FW24.

The femme fatales of Dilara Findikoglu

Welsh designer Paolo Carzana has been attending London Fashion Week for just two years, but his work rightfully enters the list of brands to keep an eye on during the fashion week of the English capital. Even in this FW24, titled Melanchronic Mountain, the main focus was on the study of organic materials for garment production, as well as the discovery of new shapes and silhouettes in an artistic panorama that often prefers to conform. Presenting a collection that echoes the palettes of romantic painters, Carzana worked with vegetal, recycled, organic materials and natural dyes, ultimately bringing transparencies and shadows, layering and frills to the runway. Military green and khaki exuded an aesthetic worthy of Dune, while a scale of grays evoked both the texture and imperfection of rock.