Fashion Forward:

The glitter has barely settled on the most exciting London Fashion Week ever, and we're still buzzing with the thrills - and origami frills - of it all. Here are the trends that'll put the zing into spring...

SUGAR RUSH

Spring’s shades are candy-sweet pastels: think lemon sherbet, marshmallow pink and parma violet.

Luella and Burberry

John Rocha Roksanda Ilincic

PEEK-A-BOO

Sheer panelling, exposed corsetry and conical bra cups that paid homage to 80s Madonna… underwear as outerwear is spring’s most seductive trend.

Louise Goldin and Jasper Conran

Antonio Berardi and Christopher Kane

STATEMENT SWIMWEAR

Banish the bikini – the only swimwear choice for the next sunny season is a statement one-piece. Fiercely sexy with cutout details, they are sure to send temperatures rising.

Topshop Unique and Matthew Williamson

Danielle Scutt and Issa

SHORTS CIRCUIT

From micro-mini at Twenty8Twelve to chic culotte style at Jaeger, shorts will bring your legs back into focus for spring. The unifying factor? A high waist and A-line shape.

Jaeger and Paul Smith

Twenty8Twelve and Peter Pilotto

MOLTEN METALLICS

These are not for the faint-hearted! There is nothing subtle about the new metallics. The liquid lamé that rippled down the catwalks is set to make summer 2010 blinding.

Matthew Williamson and Richard Nicoll

Amanda Wakeley and Betty Jackson

TOUCHY-FEELY

Crumpled, gathered, corrugated, concertinaed, gauzy, perforated, origamied textured fabrics bring a whole new dimension into play.

Burberry and Pringle of Scotland

Eun Jeong and Marios Schwab

PEPPY PRINTS

It’s been a sizzling trend for some time now, but spring’s prints will be the most vivid by far. Abstract and psychedelic at times, they brought a kaleidoscope of colour to the LFW catwalks.

Basso & Brooke and Mary Katrantzou

DIG THE TRENCH

Aquascutum’s long-standing presence on the London catwalk and, of course, Burberry’s welcome return ensured that the trench, one of our wardrobe staples, took centre stage. They were most traditional at Margaret Howell and reinvented in lace at Erdem.

Aquascutum and Erdem

Margaret Howell and Burberry

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