Alexander McQueen and Roksanda kicked off a week packed with fashion events as wealthy art lovers descended on London.

From Molly Goddard to Simone Rocha, the designers who stood out this week spoke authoritatively to their customers, reports Osman Ahmed.

Roksanda Ilincic united painterly prints informed by the decaying layers of art posters with more utilitarian pieces, while Quinn put on a show complete with members of London’s Philharmonic Orchestra and a gaggle of feathered-bonneted schoolgirls.

Grace Wales Bonner, Roksanda Illicic, Rejina Pyo and Charlotte Knowles brought context, confidence and craft to the London runways.

At the heart of her show were modest clothes designed to protect women — a concept pertinent to the current climate.

The success of Roksanda Ilincic's business suggests that there are plenty of women who take her work as a licence to indulge their own flair for the fantastic.

Once the preserve of luxury megabrands with long histories, archives are becoming de rigueur for a handful of fashion labels striding into their second decade.

Roksanda Ilincic’s show began with a touching tribute to her late friend and peer, Richard Nicoll — a single look, in his eponymous blue.