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While the London shows were not the rock'n'roll of usual, designers often hit the right notes to prove that innovative talent is still a force to be reckoned with in the international world of fashion.

Designers PPQ, who are quirky but eminently accessible, made their way onto the London Fashion Week schedule for the first time with a look that is best described as suburban housewife goes electro. Soft-puff sleeved blouses, ski pant and nip-waisted jackets showed Percy Parker and Amy Molyneaux are a design with longevity.

Jen Laugesen, the intellectual Danish designer, showed inside-out tailoring and oversized sportswear combined to create spacey silhouettes. Big white shirts with high necks and caped shoulders caught round the hips over narrow-legged pants, loose tunics over ruched leggings. Buy it at Selfridges or visit Topshop for Laugesen's new capsule collection.

Ben de Lisi, one of the few American designers on the London catwalks, demonstrated his ability to create subtle but showstopping glamour and red-carpet potential. The look was fluid, glamourous and very Mia Farrow in Gatsby, the designer claimed.