Where to stay for London Fashion Week

The biggest names in fashion are embarking on the industry’s annual main event: Fashion Week. Following New York Fashion Week, which started yesterday and will continue until the 15th, London (16th - 20th), Milan (21st- 27th) and Paris (22nd - October 5th) will kick off their own events.

London Fashion Week will be taking place at Soho’s Brewer Street Car Park, where designers showcase the fashion industry’s latest trends at hundreds of exhibition stands and on the catwalk. The world’s top designers will also be presenting their collections at various venues all over Central London.

Away from the many runway shows, however, there is plenty going on at the city’s best hotels and bars for fashion lovers and curious travellers alike. Here’s what happening across London during Fashion Week:

The Berkeley

, in Knightsbridge, is celebrating

the 10

anniversary of its fashion-themed

Prêt a Portea

afternoon tea

by hosting two fashion-themed tea classes (

on September 16th and 19th

) where guests will learn how to decorate and cut fashion-inspired treats, such as Jimmy Choo cookies and Valentino handbag cakes.

Christian Dior’s renowned makeup artist, Jamie Coombes, will be performing a backstage makeup demonstration at

St. Martins Lane a Morgans Original

, in Covent Garden, on September 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for £30 and include a Bellini.

Get a taste of Fashion Week with two specially created chocolate cocktails at The Mandarin Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, or try one of the three creations on the Cocktail Catwalk menu at the

Lanesborough’s

The Library Bar, by Hyde Park Corner.

Mayfair’s

Como Metropolitan London

is teaming up with British accessories brand Gladstone to present a pop-up store in the hotel’s lobby. Fashionistas can upgrade their look with unisex backpacks, messenger bags, totes and carry-on luggage. The hotel’s Met Bar will also be serving up four fashion-themed cocktails, including the Fashionista.

Newly opened

The Franklin

, in Knightsbridge, is also partaking in the festivities by offering a fashion-themed package, which includes a five-course dinner paired with gin and Champagne cocktails and a £100 gift certificate for Harrods.

Meanwhile, across the capital, Fashion Week cocktails will be served at the

The May Fair Bar, while Regent Street is celebrating ‘Fashion and Design Month’ with window displays special events.

So, if you are in London for this year’s London Fashion Week, be sure to put on your finery and join the world’s trendsetters at some of London’s most luxurious establishments. Use our search tool to save up to 60% on your stay at the best hotels in the capital

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