How London Fashion Week became hot again

Name: How London Fashion Week became hot again
Uploaded: 2013-09-16T14:34:49.000Z
Duration: 3 min 33 s
Description: For many years London Fashion Week was something of an also-ran when compared with the likes of Milan and New York, but now, as Newsnight's Kirsty Wark reports, it is hot once more.

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For many years London Fashion Week was seen as something of an also-ran when compared with the likes of Milan and New York.

But now, thanks to a cocktail of hot designers, must-see catwalk shows, celebrity fans and a renewed interest in traditional British craftsmanship it is hot once again, as BBC Newsnight's Kirsty Wark has been finding out.

16 September 2013