Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Simone Rocha – Insider favorite and queen of the fairy tale goths Simone Rocha showed at the gorgeous neoclassical Lancaster House. It proved a most fitting venue for her regal collection.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Faustine Steinmetz – Faustine Steinmetz, known for her hand-woven, hand-crafted denim pieces, had models protruding (stuck?) in plaster walls. The clothes, inspired by Salvador Dalí, were distressed, stretched and knotted, but never looked unfinished or incomplete.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Zandra Rhodes – This season marked pink-haired 75-year-old Zandra Rhodes' first London Fashion Week show in almost a decade. Colorful isn't the half of it.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Eudon Choi – This season, Eudon Choi was inspired by John Anster Fitzgerald's dreamy fairy paintings.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Anya Hindmarch – Geometry was reflected in both the accessories and the set at Anya Hindmarch.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Vivienne Westwood – At Vivienne Westwood, the spectacle ahead of the show eclipsed the event itself. Ever the iconoclast, Westwood (center) staged a protest against British austerity measures and fracking.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Sophia Webster – Shoe designer Sophia Webster's Instagram-friendly "CraZySeXyNauTiCooL" presentation was set in an underwater mermaid launderette. Naturally, the marine theme was reflected in the shoes too.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Topshop Unique – You can always count on Topshop to bring out the stars. This time around, buzzy models like Bella Hadid -- sister of Gigi, seen here -- Malaika Firth, and Binx Walton walked, while Anna Wintour, Ciara, Alexa Chung, Jourdan Dunn and Suki Waterhouse populated the FROW.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Erdem – What's spring without florals? Erdem, as always, delivered in spades.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Mary Katrantzou – Mary Katrantzou's collection was inspired by Balkan, Spanish and Romanian traditional dress and cosmology.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Giles – Giles had -- hands down -- the most prolific list of models walking. The superstar cast included long-time heavyweights like Karen Elson (seen here), Lily Donaldson, Eva Herzigova, Alek Wek, and Erin O'Connor, as well as newcomers like Bella Hadid, Andreja Pejic, Molly Bair and Georgia May Jagger.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Molly Goddard – Molly Goddard -- who is part of the British Fashion Council's New Gen talent scheme -- has always tried to tell a story with her presentations. This time around, the models were workers in a British sandwich factory. Dress for the job you want...

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Christopher Kane – Two words to sum up Christopher Kane this season: Neon. Lace. The silk work was incredible.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Hunter Original – Hunter Original is known for their wellington boots, so it's only natural that water would factor into their runway shows. Last season it was runway surrounded by pools and waterfalls. This season they kept it simple with a confetti rain storm.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Holly Fulton – Holly Fulton took inspiration from another surrealist: British painter Eileen Agar. The room was overflowing with spectators squeezed into the rows and filling the standing areas.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Burberry Prorsum – Critics were impressed by the wearability of Burberry's collection, which included, to our delight, backpacks.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Paul Smith – He may be known for quirky menswear, but Paul Smith showed once again how adept he is at dressing women. Affected touches, like rope-like belts tied around the waist, were appreciated.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Sibling – Is it just us, or does this Sibling collection really seem like the most Tumblr-ready collection of the season?

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Emilia Wickstead – Emilia Wickstead turned up the volume this season with generously cut garments that seemed to float down the runway.

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Fashion Week SS16 Highlights

Versus Versace – If you enjoyed Anthony Vaccarello's (almost) all-black collection for Versus Versace, you're in luck: the collection was available for purchase right after the show.