LONDON — The Queen’s funeral on Monday put London Fashion Week on pause for a day. But key shows on either side of the stoppage, from Simone Rocha to Richard Quinn, grappled with the progression from darkness to light.
Rocha was thinking about taking flight with new energy after a heavy pandemic. In the grand hall of the Old Bailey, she staged an uplifting show with aerated silhouettes of bomber jackets, forward-motion petticoat skirts…