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London Fashion Week reached its glitziest day on Monday, with big names like Burberry and Tom Ford packing in the crowds, the supermodels and the celebrities.

Day 4 of the style spectacle also saw the latest offerings from young talents like Christopher Kane

CHRISTOPHER KANE DOES BURGUNDY, BONDAGE

Christopher Kane’s spring and summer look is pretty dark and stormy, with its leathers, wine shades and bondage details.

The fetish theme, one of the designer’s favourites, showed in slinky little satin dresses with provocative cut outs around the chest that made crisscross windows across the torso.

A seductive burgundy dominated much of the collection, though a vibrant lilac blue and a silky champagne provided some lightness.

There were structured dresses with origami folds and oversized, mannish jackets — both also Kane’s favored looks — and their sharp edges were tempered with soft, prom dress-like pleated tulle skirts. AP

ROKSANDA ILINCIC

Bold colour was the name of the game at Roksanda Ilincic’s eponymous brand, using manmade fabrics such as neoprene in eye-popping orange, pink or blue, contrasted with soft natural fibres such as silk organza.

Half the collection consisted of frocks, boyish trousers, sleeveless shirts and oversized coats in just one or two colours, embellished only with exaggerated sculptural folds and the occasional scatter of plastic trinkets sewn onto the fabric.

Elsewhere there were viscose skirts, dresses and tops in geometric photographic prints, for what the Serbian-born designer said was a collection designed for the “ease of summer”.

With full collections expected at fashion week twice a year, not to mention the rolling demands of accessories, pre-collections and menswear shows, the pressure on modern designers is relentless.

But Ilincic insists she has no shortage of ideas, and is encouraged by her four-year-old daughter, who watched the show.

“In a way you get into a flow. The inspirations come one after the other because often in one collection you don’t manage to express everything you want to, so you can carry it over,” Ilincic said. AFP

RAINBOW HUES AND SNEAKERS AT BURBERRY

As if to perk up audiences ahead of a dreary grey winter, Burberry Prorsum showed off a spring collection bursting with bright rainbow colours and cheerful prints of beetles, bees and dragonflies.

The luxury British clothing label’s show also confirmed that the humble sneaker and the flat sandal — the sporty, thick-strapped kind — are definitely the footwear of the moment come spring.

The casual shoes were worn with romantic tutu-like tulle dresses in jewel shades like emerald and amethyst, finished with a pretty silk ribbon belt tied in a bow.

Also notably back on trend is the jean jacket, though here it’s far from humdrum. A cinched-in one in a dark wash, shaped like a bustier to accentuate the waist, opened the show, and later they came trimmed with luxury details like sheepskin and shiny, colorful leather.

No Burberry show is complete without some variation of the brand’s famous trench coat, and this season they came in vibrant prints and loud shades covering the whole colour wheel — from pinks and reds to greens, blues and purples. These are not jackets for the wallflower, and are meant to be worn as statement pieces to wow and dazzle.

“I love the use of colour, it’s so vibrant and playful. It was amazing,” said actress Naomie Harris.

Supermodels Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, who both star in Burberry’s latest promotion campaigns, took a break from the runway and sat front row, giggling and taking selfies with fellow guest and celebrity photographer Mario Testino. AP

BRADLEY COOPER DROPS IN AT TOM FORD

Tom Ford has taken his runway to the disco — and with the dark room and all those sparkly sequins, guests almost missed one VIP sitting in their midst.

Bradley Cooper took his seat on the front row chatting amiably with Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

Even if Cooper drew attention to himself, he would have had a hard time competing with the shiny clothes on show.

For his latest collection, Ford went full on rock’ n’ roll glam with lashings of sequins, jewels and leather in black, silver, burnished gold and metallic green prints with an oil slick or camouflage effect.

Models looked like members of a rock band with their thick tousled manes and thick eyeliner, and wore skin-tight sequined tops and bell-bottom pants with an exaggerated flare.

One dramatic outfit featured what looked like a tight catsuit covered all over with black sequins, worn with a matching cape. The looks were finished with very high platform shoes in animal print.

The display was rounded off by a series of risque sheer evening gowns with harness details — complete with jewelled flowers just barely covering the chest.