London fashion week autumn/winter 2012: day three – in pictures

Margaret Howell Always a calm and quiet start to the day with Margaret Howell, and this season she started with some military green great-coats worn with Scottish Tamo-o-shanter hats, with pom poms on top. Imogen Fox Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Margaret Howell It was simple and utilitarian. The sort of thing you'd wear for a walk on the moor if you were way too stylish for your own good Imogen Fox Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Margaret Howell There was lots of boyish tailoring and a grey wool suit that had something of the Charlie Chaplins about it Imogen Fox Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Marios Schwab Marios Schwab loves a femme fatale. In his show notes he alluded to 'dressing this haunting, mysterious and unknown character' Imogen Fox Photograph: KERIM OKTEN/EPA Marios Schwab Mystery in this show was all about veils and covered eyes. Fabrics that concealed and revealed at the same time. Jewels were trapped under lace and tulle to downplay any flashiness Imogen Fox Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Marios Schwab A model wears the sloped hat which formed an eye-covering motif during the show Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Mulberry The clothes are there for fun, and it shows. Creative Director Emma Hill took inspiration from Where the Wild Things Are and the Tim Walker film The Lost Explorer, and mixed in a dash of The Muppets. The result: shaggy Muppet-fur coats and gilets, worn with skinny belts and pencil skirts. Let the Wild Rumpus Begin Jess Cartner-Morley Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Alexandra Shulman, Ronnie Newhouse, Jonathan Newhouse, Anna Wintour, Bill Nighy and Hilary Alexander sit in the front row at the Mulberry Autumn/Winter 2012 runway show Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images A model has her make-up applied ahead of the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images A close up of the design on the hand of a model at the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Vivienne Westwood Red Label Quintessential Westwood. The tailoring had a masculine Savile Row feel- Edwardian jackets with velvet trim and Jermyn street stripe shirt. This was juxtaposed with feminine tailoring in Westwood's signature checks, tartans, mohair with blankets and capes scattered throughout Jo Jones Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Vivienne Westwood Red Label A bumblebee stripe rugby shirt had a dainty lace trim on the collar. Eveningwear, the recognisable wrap and twisted creations in draped jersey, taffeta and duchess silk, checks stripes with pops of block colour Jo Jones Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Vivienne Westwood walks with models after the show. The front row comprised of the usual Westwood crowd, Sadie Frost, Janice Dickenson, Jurgen Teller and Jo Wood were joined by experimental chef, Heston Blumenthal Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Topshop Unique Topshop Unique was the store's strongest show for years. The influence of new creative director Kate Phelan was clear: these were clothes that cool London girls will want to wear. There were hints of Isabel Marant, touches of Alexander Wang, bits of Stella McCartney - in other words, everything you'd want in your weekend wardrobe, but at Topshop prices Jess Cartner-Morley Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images The Topshop Unique show Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images The Topshop Unique show Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Topshop Unique The velvet evening jumpsuit is on every fashion editor's hit list already Jess Cartner-Morley Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images