It's interesting to see how some of the womenswear designers that we have long worked with at Net-A-Porter are developing menswear collections - Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll.

The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.

Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country. With your help, we would like to see these numbers rise for the good of our industry, our talented designers, and our reputation worldwide.

Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.

The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.