London Fashion Week – stats
London Fashion Week kicks off this Friday 20th February, which means the great and the good of the fashion world up sticks and head on over to the smoke from the chilly climes of New York, as part of the month-long spree of fashion festivities.
London Fashion Week is often regarded as the quirkiest of the fashion weeks, with good old Blighty creative spirit coming into its own. But the London shows are also amongst the best regarded and definitely the most highly anticipated for new and emerging talent. Thanks to various initiatives celebrating designers old and new by the British Fashion Council – this particular fashion week is going from strength to strength.
Here are a few of the stats from last season:
- £46billion – total contribution from the UK fashion industry (including indirect support for supply chain industries & induced spending of employee’s wages)
- £26billion – direct contribution to the UK economy from the UK fashion industry
- £10.7billion spent on fashion online in the UK
- 329,800 mentions of #LFW on Twitter during LFW SS15 in September
- 120,000 images tagged #LFW on Instagram during LFW SS15
- 32,000 miles driven between shows by Mercedes-Benz chauffeurs
- 30,000 Lavazza espressos served
- 25,000 bottles of Fiji Water drunk
- £160million – media coverage on LFW each season
- £100million of orders placed during LFW each season
- 797,000 jobs supported by the UK fashion industry
- 10,000 hours spent mentoring LFW designers through BFC initiatives over the last year
- 200 makeovers in the Maybelline Lounge
- 3,000 ES Deluxe magazines read
- 190 designers in the Designer Showrooms
- 51 seconds to walk the length of the catwalk in the BFC Courtyard Show Space
I’ll be heading to some shows and definitely the Designer Showrooms to catch up with some of the talents behind the British fashion scene. Follow along here on the blog, or for more instant access head on over to Twitter or Instagram with @notesbyastylist, or keep your eyes peeled on our Pinterest board here.
For live stream coverage check out the London Fashion Week homepage here.
If you live and breathe fashion and long to be part of the fash pack, then why not head to the London Fashion Weekend (Feb 26th – March 1st 2015) which is set in Somerset House, playing host to four days of Britain’s biggest biannual consumer fashion showcase. Grab your tickets here.