The Unexpected Trend Dominating London Fashion Week FW26

If there was one silhouette that has appeared repeatedly during London Fashion Week FW26, it was the corset. Before visions of fainting couches and maidens running across windswept moors take over, it’s worth noting that this season’s corsetry bore little resemblance to the rigid stays of Jane Austen’s era. While Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” may have reignited a taste for romantic excess, what stormed London’s runways this season felt playful and knowingly exaggerated. These were corsets dialed up for display, with sculpted waists styled with slouchy tailoring, boned bodices layered under coats, an...