For the first time in nearly 40 years, London Fashion Week (LFW) will be digital and will include womenswear, menswear, and gender-neutral fashion labels. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has caused the Olympics to be postponed and countless cultural events to be put on hold, LFW will be a virtual event held from June 12 through June 14.
London Fashion Week has been held since 1984 and is historically held for menswear and womenswear designers separately The fashion week is hosted by the British Fashion Council BFC) since 1984 and is held on a quarterly basis, with events for each season and divided by menswear and womenswear. However, this year the fashion week will be gender neutral. A statement published by ELLE, the BFC defines this as allowing womenswear, menswear, and gender free design labels to participate in the same week of fashion events together for the first time.