{"id":377733,"date":"2025-08-27T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377733\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:37:15","slug":"british-fashion-council-brings-city-wide-fashion-celebrations-to-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377733\/","title":{"rendered":"British Fashion Council brings city-wide fashion celebrations to Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool is set to take centre stage this September as the British Fashion Council brings its City-Wide Celebration to the city as part of London Fashion Week, presented by 1664 Blanc.<\/p>\n<p>Running from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 September, the programme by the British Fashion Council will see a packed weekend of events, experiences and special offers taking place across Liverpool, including at Liverpool ONE. The celebrations are part of a national roll-out also taking place in London, Manchester and Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>The City-Wide Celebration brings together designers, retailers, cultural spaces and hospitality venues to showcase the very best of UK fashion. This season, the BFC launches \u2018At Home With\u2019, a series of talks exploring the cultural roots of some of Britain\u2019s most celebrated designers. Liverpool\u2019s event, already sold out, will take place at Gordon Ramsay\u2019s Bread Street Kitchen &amp; Bar on Saturday 6 September. Hosted by Andrew Ibi, the discussion will feature designers Patrick McDowell, S.S. Daley and Talia Byre.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u00a9-Liverpool-ONE-South-John-Street-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225013\"  \/>Picture by Gareth Jones<\/p>\n<p>Across the weekend, Liverpool ONE will host fashion-themed activities, competitions and live performances, including a special sustainable fashion collaboration with local brand BEPO as part of the Tickle the Ivories Piano Festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoppers can also enjoy exclusive in-store experiences across the city:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Whistles<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 20% off the new season collection (5\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Lewis &amp; Partners<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 personal styling sessions and new season launches from Barbour, Ralph Lauren, Weekend MaxMara and more (5\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Look<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 in-store DJs, giveaways, VIP goody bags and sweet treats across the weekend (5\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space NK<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 spend \u00a340 or more to spin the \u2018wheel of beauty\u2019 and win an extra treat (5\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swarovski<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 celebrate 130 years of sparkle with an in-store Fashion Week surprise (5\u201330 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penhaligon\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 complimentary fragrance profiling sessions with fizz on arrival (6\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pandora<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 save on charms with exclusive bracelet and necklace offers (5\u20137 September).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beyond retail, the Walker Art Gallery will present a stunning showcase of Vivienne Westwood\u2019s most revolutionary designs. The display includes rare pieces from her early punk days through to her later explorations of tailoring, historical dress and global culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1782\" data-id=\"225019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/S.S-Daley-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225019\"  \/>S.S Daley<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2100\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"225020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Talia-Byre-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225020\"  \/>Talia Byre<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1828\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"225018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PatrickMcDowell-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225018\"  \/>Patrick McDowell<\/p>\n<p>Laura Weir, Chief Executive of the BFC, said the initiative is designed to \u201cspotlight creative excellence across the UK\u201d and bring the fashion conversation to new audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool ONE\u2019s growing reputation as a hub for fashion will also be in the spotlight. Local labels including ARNE, Montirex and Red Run have all chosen the city centre destination to launch permanent stores in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The City-Wide Celebration runs alongside London Fashion Week in September, with more than 1,000 public events happening across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Explore the whole City-Wide Celebration schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/londonfashionweek.co.uk\/citywide-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out how Liverpool ONE is set to transform into beauty lover\u2019s paradise <a href=\"https:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\/liverpool-one-set-to-transform-beauty-lovers-paradise-this-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this September.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit<a href=\"https:\/\/thenorthernguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenorthernguideuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool is set to take centre stage this September as the British Fashion Council brings its City-Wide Celebration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,131781,393,2584,4884,179,131782,18516,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-377733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-british-fashion-council","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fashion","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-liverpool-fashion","15":"tag-liverpool-one","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115101004512946378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}