It ended on a high note. There they were, the pair of go-to-guys for British urban glamour, Erdem Moralioglu and Duro Olowu, staging their catwalk shows back-to-back at the tail-end of London Fashion Week. Moralioglu was up first. Throughout the procession of breathtaking tiered gowns, body-sculpting day dresses, jaunty trousers and skirts suits fashioned in lace by Sophie Halette and Taroni (both superlative, fabled textile suppliers to Yves Saint Laurent and Cristobal Balenciaga), there were appreciative gasps from the audience, culminating in thunderous applause, whoops and whistles. For a fashion show? Sometimes, magic happens.

“I've never seen so many people rush backstage after a London Fashion Week show,” observed Elizabeth Saltzman, Vanity Fair's international social editor.