With a stacked schedule of shows at London Fashion Week – spring/summer 2027 highlights included Christopher Kane’s Mulberry debut and McQueen’s London homecoming – Vogue Café has become a crucial pit stop. Now in its third edition, this past weekend saw British return to Corner Shop, in partnership with Nike, offering the city’s most stylish spot to rest and recharge amid the whirlwind of appointments, presentations and shows.
The fashion week hangout opened its doors with an intimate breakfast co-hosted by British head of editorial content Chioma Nnadi and Nike. Over hearty granola bowls, scrambled eggs and green juices – all served by Corner Shop’s staff, dressed in what must be the chicest café uniforms we’ve ever seen, designed by rising London-based designer Adam Jones – the likes of Charlotte Mensah, Iris Law and Alva Claire swapped notes on their show schedules (with a healthy smattering of gossip, of course).
It was then over to Alex Eagle Studio, a space home to its namesake’s astoundingly chic curation of fashion and design objects set to formally open later this year, for Vogue Café’s weekend-long talks programme. This opened with a discussion between scene-steering London-based designers Torishéju Dumi and Bianca Saunders and British contributing editor Olivia Singer. In their eye-opening discussion, the trio unpacked the conceptual and creative impetuses of the designers’ respective practices, as well as the realities of what it takes to run a designer business in London today.
The following day opened with an opportunity to get the blood pumping in the form of a Run Club hosted by Nike Running coach Olimata Taal and Nike athletes Amy Hunt and Rhasidate Adekele. After a pitstop back at Corner Shop to refuel, it was time for the day’s two talks. The first? A conversation between editorial director Elektra Kotsoni and designer Aaron Esh, fresh off the back of his latest collection for his namesake label and his very first collection as the new creative director of AllSaints. In their conversation, the pair discussed his mission to reinvent the beloved British high-street brand, as well as his approach to maintaining autonomy and distinction between the two creative worlds he now oversees.
To close things out? Who other than Ms. Tina Knowles, who joined Nnadi in conversation after the launch of Cécred – Ms. Tina and Beyoncé’s haircare line – here in the UK. In their conversation, the perennial fashion icon and formidable businesswoman delivered a powerful treatise on the importance of finding freedom in style, no matter your age. “As long as you look good in something, you should wear it,” she stated – words we’ll be living by until the next edition of Vogue Café.