On one of the hottest days of the year so far in London and the South East of England, fashionistas and wannabe models arrived at London’s Earls Court for the Clothes Show London. Pitched by the Clothes Show brand as “Fabulous Shopping, Catwalk Shows and Autumn/Winter Previews”, the arena was buzzing with fashion chatter and cooing over handbags, shoes and a lot of fabulous floral dresses.

Clothes Show London 2010 – Fashion Theatre

The key focus of the event is the Fashion Theatre’s fashion show. A 45 minute extravaganza of fashion, themed on cities around the world, inter-mingled with some amazing dancing in tune with the cities chosen. The choreography was well done and the music hit the spot, whilst the graphics and artwork linking it all together were superb. The show featured 415 different outfits mixing designer, couture, high street and boutique collections.

Clothes Show London

The show started in Toyko, Japan with an amazing dance display based on the film Kill Bill, then moving swiftly onto a catwalk of Cosplay style, Harajuku fun outfits that were loud and proud. Think neon pink, outrageous capes made of soft toys and in your face colour clashes.

Tokyo Collection, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

Taking a flight across to New York city next, with a great hip hop opening sequence. The runway was then awash with denims, playsuits, some satin soft tailoring and a lot of 80′s attitude and fringing.

New York Collection, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

Then the dancers were back with a great jive dance to Gramophonedzie’s “Why don’t you”, with the girls in floral tea dresses and the boys in check and plaid, with a homage to Sex and the City. The catwalk became a parade of elegant evening dresses that could be straight from the sample closet of American Vogue’s office. Gorgeous flowing maxi dresses, teamed with sequinned capes, thigh skimming lamé dresses and the gentlemen in elegant lounge suits, with this season pastel tone shirts. Maxi dresses in floral prints were teamed with maxi clutches in deep purples and teal snakeskin stack heels.

New York Collection, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

New York Collection, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

From New York we took the Cunard cruise to Rome, where the boys wore Dunhill short suits and pale crisp linen suits. They looked suave and sophisticated and were accompanied by elegant ladies in divine dresses. Goddess style one shouldered crepe dresses in black, mauve and dusky pink embellished with vintage brooches and teamed with suede shoe boots were the talk of the town in Rome. Dresses had fringing, touches of leather and bold shoulder pads. Stars of the show was a Phoebe Thirlwall knitted dress and menswear that emulated the style of Katie Eary.

A Taste of Rome, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

Keeping it in Europe we moved to Paris, home of chic fashion houses. The theme here was layers of black and embellished headpieces. The Parisian style featured sleek tailoring, grey checked short suits for the women, sleek grey pencil skirts with crisp white blouses with ruffles and skinny legged trousers for the men. The monochrome theme was fresh and sophisticated. Followed by a beautiful ballet dance to the soundtrack to the classic french film Amelie. Then onto a Moulin Rouge inspired theatrical catwalk, simply exquisite, powerful striking red dresses, layers of chiffon, lace and tulle. Dramatic and stunning.

Parisian Chic, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

Moulin Rouge Inspired, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

Finally we came home to London, to Carnaby Street and Brick Lane to be exact. The collection was fabulous – tailored pinstripe playsuits, loose fitting jersey, mustard ruffle tops. We went back to the 1960′s with black velvet shift dresses, sunglasses and knee high boots, whilst the men wore their suits and casual jackets with effortless soft tailoring before Brick Lane turned a little sci-fi and brought us into the 1980′s. With neon pink, quilted jackets, embellished capes and courageous menswear.

London's Carnaby Street, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

London's Brick Lane, Clothes Show London Fashion Theatre

The only thing that was missing was a commentary of the outfits and the trends, that would have taken the fashion show to the next level. However top tips and discussions on trends could be found at the Style Stage. Hosted by the ever fabulous Caryn Franklin and The Telegraph’s Fashion Director Hilary Alexander, the Style Stage brought tips for how to wear the latest Spring/Summer Trends and what to look for as Autumn/Winter collections hit the shops.

Caryn Franklin at the Style Stage, Clothes Show London

The three day event also included The British Textile Design Awards on Saturday 26th June, Announcement of the Young Makeup Artist of the year on Sunday 27th June and the Young Accessory Designer of the Year also on Sunday at the Style Stage. Clearly showing that the Clothes Show London celebrate and support new and emerging fashion talent.

The Clothes Show London

Over 200 boutiques and brands were showcasing the event including Little Mistress, St Barths Couture and up and coming Russian born British designer Anya Wilkinson.

Full listings of the outfits from the Fashion Theatre will be available at www.clothesshowlondon.com