There was a lot to be proud of in London. Creativity. Brands that remain distinctively, uncompromisingly themselves. Both these elements were largely missing in action in New York last week, but the British fashion industry was put to shame by its American counterpart on diversity. Not diversity in the sense of ethnicity — there have been huge advances in all the fashion capitals there — but in the sense of size.

Where are the fully fledged size 12, 14 and 16 women? They were on a number of catwalks on the other side of the Atlantic, and very fabulous and life-enhancing they were too. They were still, by and large, missing here, even though they are out in force on the front row, as everywhere…

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