Time out London

abbey lee kershaw backstage at burberry SS12/burberry's twitpic

The Spring/Summer 2012 shows rolled on at London Fashion Week, traditionally a bit of a breather between the far bigger and busier New York and Milan schedules. The latter put further than usual strain on the London event this season, with Marc Jacobs pushing his show back by three days, prompting many models to miss LFW's first day. Further demands were made by Gucci - whose show is today - dragging many girls to Milan at the end of the week. Nevertheless, 14 Australian models did the London shows, with Abbey Lee Kershaw, Catherine McNeil and Bambi Northwood-Blyth touching down in the SS12 season for the first time. Contrary to reports that McNeil had not done a runway show for two and a half years, in fact September 2010 was the last time we saw her on the circuit. Expect to see more antipodians in Milan and Paris, where many are already positioned attending castings and fittings.

Will newbie Krystal Glynn get a second shot at Prada? Frockwriter revealed that Glynn recently turned down two gigs with a major brand. She is now on the record that Prada was the brand in question [we understand the bookings were for the Resort 2012 campaign and lookbook]. Time will tell. In any event, we hear other luxury brands are interested.

Below are the updated show lists - with London shows highlighted in blue - in addition to an animated London Fashion Week photo galley. UPDATED: WITH MILAN FASHION WEEK SHOWS.

Just a reminder that although these showlists are ranked by the number of shows per model, contrary to sentiments expressed in comments on Friday's New York showlists post, it is not necessarily always only about quantity. Some shows are more prestigious than others and some models are far better-established. Abbey Lee Kershaw, for example, has already made her name. For whatever reason, she skipped the New York leg of the season. In London she opened the ultra-exclusive Tom Ford show, the only Australian cast. Andrej Pejic may have only done a handful of shows so far, but there was significant publicity surrounding those shows. 

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JULIA NOBIS
Richard Chai

Tadashi Shoji

Peter Som (opened)

Rebecca Taylor (opened)

Rag & Bone

Lacoste

Alexander Wang

Jill Stuart

Derek Lam

Diane von Furstenberg

Son Jung Wan (opened and closed)

Edun

Tommy Hilfiger

Preen

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Tory Burch

Vera Wang

Narciso Rodriguez

Theyskens' Theory

3.1 Phillip Lim

Michael Kors

Proenza Schouler (closed)

Reed Krakoff

Calvin Klein

Marc Jacobs
Ports 1961

Jaeger London

Jonathan Saunders

Topshop Unique

Richard Nicoll

Acne

Christopher Kane

Antonio Berardi

Giles Deacon

Burberry

= 35

MELISSA 'MJ' JOHANNSEN
Steven Alan
Rachel Comey
Nicholas K
The Row
Band of Outsiders
Academy of Art University
Tracy Reese
Creatures of the Wind
Rodarte
Pink Tartan (opened)
Fotini
Elle Tahari
Jeremy Scott
Patrick Ervell

Ashish

Zoe Jordan

Mulberry

Peter Jensen

Thomas Tait

Peter Pilotto

Mark Fast

= 21

CODIE YOUNG
Richard Chai
Rebecca Taylor
United Bamboo
Suno
Jill Stuart (closed)
Graeme Armour
Thakoon
Tory Burch
Rodarte
Tibi
Hexa by Cuho
Milly by Michelle Smith
Wayne
Marc Jacobs

Julien Macdonald

House of Holland

Paul Smith

Mulberry

Erdem

Peter Pilotto

= 20

ROSE SMITH
Richard Chai
Doo.Ri
The Row
Edun
Jill Stuart
Adam
Band of Outsiders (opened)
Y-3
Zero Maria Cornejo (opened)
Tory Burch
Marchesa
Tibi
3.1 Phillip Lim
Ports 1961
Daks

Jaeger London

Mulberry

Erdem
Antonio Berardi

= 19

RUBY-JEAN WILSON
United Bamboo
Peter Som
Yigal Azrouel (opened)
Graeme Armour (closed)
Y-3
Jil Sander Navy
Reem Acra
Marchesa
Sophie Theallet
Jeremy Scott
Marc Jacobs
Patrick Ervell

Julien Macdonald

Jonathan Saunders

Paul Smith

Topshop Unique

John Rocha

Giles Deacon

Burberry

= 19

DEMPSEY STEWART
Richard Chai
Rebecca Taylor (closed)
Suno (closed)
Graeme Armour
Honor
Thakoon
3.1 Phillip Lim
Jill Stuart
Marc Jacobs

Julien Macdonald

House of Holland

Topshop Unique

Richard Nicoll

Emilio de la Morena

Pringle of Scotland

Erdem

Giles Deacon

Peter Pilotto

= 18

AMANDA WARE
BCBG by Max Azria
Ruffian
Monique Lhuillier
Carlos Miele
Hervé Léger
L'Wren Scott

Clements Ribeiro

Marios Schwab

Nicole Farhi

Antonio Berardi

Pringle of Scotland

= 11

KRYSTAL GLYNN
Richard Chai
Peter Som
Rebecca Taylor
Suno
Helmut Lang
Band of Outsiders
Honor
Tory Burch
Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
Theyskens' Theory
Marc Jacobs

= 11

CHRYSTAL COPLAND
Costello Tagliapietra (closed)

Libertine
Pink Tartan
Emerson
Hexa by Cuho
Jeremy Scott

Norman Ambrose

Arise African Fashion Collective

Jonathan Saunders (closed)

Topshop Unique

Giles Deacon

= 11

NICOLE POLLARD
Nicholas K
Ruffian
Band of Outsiders
Sally La Pointe (closed)
Graeme Armour
Rachel Roy
Theyskens Theory
Hexa by Cuho (closed)
Norman Ambrose
Supima

= 10

AJAK DENG
Richard Chai
Jason Wu
Edun
Ohne Titel
Wayne

Matthew Williamson

Erdem
Todd Lynn 
Mary Katrantzou (opened)

= 9

CAITLIN LOMAX
Yigal Azrouel

3.1 Phillip Lim

Jonathan Saunders

Topshop Unique

Richard Nicoll

Christopher Kane

Giles Deacon
Aquascutum

= 8

JESS GOLD

Rebecca Taylor
Helmut Lang
Jen Kao
Faster by Mark Fast
Rachel Zoe
Francesc by Frank Tell

Ashish

Thomas Tait

= 8

SARAH LORIMER
Steven Alan

Wes Gordon
Christian Siriano
Libertine
A Detacher
Wayne
Karen Walker
Park Choon Moo

= 8

PHILIPPA GLEESON
Jenny Packham
Rachel Roy
Billy Reid
L.A.M.B.
Karen Walker
Nanette Lepore (opened)
Chado Ralph Rucci
Naeem Khan

= 8 

CLAIRE COLLINS
Faster by Mark Fast
Cut25 by Yigal Azrouel
Rebecca Minkoff
Rachel Zoe
Suno
Wes Gordon
Sally LaPointe

= 7 

JADE JACKSON
Yigal Azrouel
Carlos Miele
Sophie Theallet
Rad by Rad Hourani
Milly by Michelle Smith
Ohne Titel

= 6

LAUREN MOODY
Imitation of Christ
Sally LaPointe
Juan Carlos Obando
Argentine Designers
Nomia
Arise African Fashion Collective


= 6

LAUREN BROWN
Kimberley Ovitz

Son Jung Wan

Reed Krakoff

Chado Ralph Rucci
Arise African Fashion Collective

= 5

CARIS TIIVEL

Christian SirianoBibi
Project Runway
Bibhu Mohapatra
Josie Natori

= 5

ABBEY LEE KERSHAW

Tom Ford (opened)

Pringle of Scotland (opened)

John Rocha (opened, closed)

Burberry

Matthew Williamson

= 5

ELIZA HUMBLE
Erin by Erin Fetherston
Chris Benz
Gen Art
Douglas Hannant

= 4

SIMONE KERR
Christian Siriano
Pink Tartan
Betsey Johnson
The Blonds

= 4

TOM BULL

Imitation of Christ

Perry Ellis (opened and closed)

Marithé et François Girbaud

Sergio Davila

= 4

JAKE GORDON
Billy Reid
Dominic Lewis
Aston Mozie
Nexus Showroom


= 4

ANDREJ PEJIC
Custo Barcelona (opened)

Jeremy Scott

Mala Breton (opened)

= 3

BAMBI NORTHWOOD-BLYTH

Jonathan Saunders

Topshop Unique

Giles Deacon

= 3

ELYSE TAYLOR
Nicole Miller

VPL

DKNY

= 3

JACK VANDERHART
DKNY Men

Argentine Designers

= 2 

CATHERINE MCNEIL

Matthew Williamson

Pringle of Scotland

= 2

VICTORIA LEE

DKNY

Libertine

= 2

VANESSA MILDE

Imitation of Christ

Eva Minge

= 2

MALLORY JANSEN
WISB (Way It Should Be)
Tribune Standard


= 2

photo gallery:

1/ abbey lee kershaw, burberry/burberry twitpic
2/ catherine mcneil, matthew wiliamson/getty
3/ julia nobis, christopher kane, vogue.it via TFS
4/ rose smith, antonio berardi/getty
5/ melissa johannsen, mulberry/getty
6/ codie young, erdem/getty
7/ amanda ware, antonio berardi/getty
8/ ajak deng, erdem/getty
9/ dempsey stewart, house of holland/getty
10/ ruby jean wilson, julien macdonald/getty
11/ chrystal copland, jonathan saunders/getty
12/ bambi northwood-blyth, giles/vogue.it via TFS
13/ jess gold, ashish/getty
14/ caitlin lomax, christopher kane/vogue.it via TFS