Day one of London Fashion Week trickled off to a slow start this afternoon. The Designers' Exhibition doesn't open until tomorrow, the press room has yet to be erected and there were only a handful of shows on the schedule. This season, the traditional tents at the Natural History museum have been usurped by shows in and around the Imperial College. Denim, Nike trainers and a wide variety of boot-wear prevailed amongst the fashion cognoscenti, proving that no matter how 'in' the stiletto may be it still doesn't win over comfort.

Today was London Fashion Week's first full day. It kicked off with Paul Costelloe at Imperial College but the main buzz was reserved for Matthew Williamson whose debut show took place in Ladbroke Grove. It was a confusing day for Fashion Week veterans: security has never been so tight, the complex has been restructured and with so many shows off-site, there's a constant scramble to get to a courtesy car. PRs have been inundated with calls from people lost in transit and things are set to to worsen as the Week progresses!

Saturday sees LFW getting in to full swing. Today's newspapers are full of praise for Irish knitwear designer Lainey Keogh whose show featured 60's icon Marianne Faithfull and Sophie Dahl. Unfortunately, Lainey is the only designer so far this season to opt for larger models - the rest are unswaying in their support of the skinny. The exodus from the British Fashion Council tents continues with Brit wit Owen Gaster opting to show at a Snooker Hall in Kings Cross this afternoon and Hussein Chalayan dragging press and buyers over to the East End's Brick Lane tonight.

Sunday sees an early start to LFW with a surprising number of people turning up to at the unholy hour of 9am to witness the return of Sonja Nuttall. The Body Shop created a stir when they parked a life-size poster of Ruby, a size 16 "wannabe model" outside Selfridges' car-park, the location for the first show of the day. The exodus from the British Fashion Council tents continues with both Ghost and hot ticket Alexander McQueen showing in SW1.

While Andrew Groves' clothes are considered too frightening for the British Fashion Council's delicate sensibilities, no-one has yet to come up with a good excuse why Dexter Wong wasn't included on this season's official schedule. Not that it really matters - it now looks as if many more British designers will follow Groves' and Wong's example and show successfully without the support of the BFC. In the press room and on-site cafˇ, people bitched about the McQueen show. We overheard some fashion journos speculating that he is not up to designing his own AND Givenchy's collections. McQueen's show was everything we've come to expect: flawless funked-up tailored clothes and dramatic special effects - this season, the house drowned in artifical rain!