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Flame International 2026 During London Fashion Week Event Brings Fashion, Art, Live Music, Celebrities and Charity to London.

Flame International - LFW Got Even Hotter — Photographer: @cal_the_pixel

Designer: @empress_of_the_empires

Organiser: @flamefashionfestival

Creative HMUA team :

@_c_makeup_artist @hairbybholi / @uniquehairandbeauty_ @elegancehairstyles @olgas_hair_stories_ @muabylondon2025 @elegancehairstyles

Models: @katia_valerievna / @empress_of_the_empires / @gerda.bankau

Flame International 2026 brought a whole new vibe to London Fashion Week, mixing fashion, art, live music, and serious star power at St Marylebone Parish Church. With models, artists, celebrities, and an epic charity auction, the night was packed with energy and unforgettable moments—no wonder everyone’s still talking about it.

London Fashion Week always brings its fair share of glamour. But just when you think you’ve seen it all, Flame International turns up and raises the temperature.

Forget the usual fashion crowd. This was fashion with opera, ballet, live music, art, celebrities, VIPs and a charity auction — all unfolding beneath the spectacular arches of St Marylebone Parish Church.

And yes, it was every bit as dramatic as it sounds.

LIGHTS, CAMERA… FLAME!

For its special 2026 edition, Flame International Fashion & Art Festival and Awards transformed one of London’s most beautiful historic venues into a seriously stylish playground.

Flame International – Guest List

The guest list was just as impressive. British government figures, international dignitaries, fashion personalities and press packed the venue, with VVIPs including MP Virendra Sharma, style icon Philip Sallon, Sir Matthew H Fraser Moat and Peter Scott. International guests included Chicago’s Atoc Guthree Bonnet, adding an extra dose of global glamour to an already starry evening.

This wasn’t your standard runway show.

One minute you were watching high fashion; the next, you were swept up in opera, ballet, or live music. It was theatrical, unpredictable and wonderfully over the top — exactly the sort of thing London does best.

Keeping the evening moving was singer Allis Allen, who proved the perfect host, while opera sensation Oxana Tereshchenko delivered a performance that stopped the room in its tracks.

Then came the wonderfully eclectic Double Twist Trio, joined by the elegant Angela Amann, bringing yet another musical twist to an evening that refused to sit neatly inside one box. And that’s the Flame formula.

“WE OPERATE ON OUR OWN WAVE.

Founder and Executive Producer Yana Flame isn’t interested in following the conventional fashion-event rulebook.

“London always overflows with creative energy during Fashion Week, and Flame International brought its own unique magic to the city,” she told me.

“We operate on our own independent wave — bringing together the most inspiring creative souls from across the globe.”

And you can certainly see that philosophy in action.

Flame International isn’t simply about clothes. It’s about people, performance, creativity and bringing different worlds together — with a healthy dose of glamour thrown in.

There was also a charity auction during the evening, adding a philanthropic edge to all the glitz and fabulousness.

Model: elena_vladyuk

Designer: @empress_of_the_empires

Organiser: @flamefashionfestival

Creative HMUA team:

@_c_makeup_artist @hairbybholi @uniquehairandbeauty_ @elegancehairstyles @olgas_hair_stories_ @muabylondon2025 @elegancehairstyles

BEHIND THE BEAUTY

Of course, when you’re putting on a production this big, the magic doesn’t happen by itself.

Backstage, an army of creatives was working overtime to make sure every look, every hairstyle and every entrance landed perfectly.

A particular mention must go to Ekaterina Mukhafizova, who somehow managed to be both one of the evening’s leading models and a key production coordinator. Alongside her partner and their iconic Black Bullet Boat, she helped navigate the enormous task of bringing the event together.

Then there was the beauty squad.

Liliana Camelia Chitu — @I_c_makeup_artist

Bholi Eugster — @hairbybholi

Elena Katsarova — @elegancehairstyles, responsible for a spectacular sculptural hair piece and creative hair design

Maryam Hameed — @muabylondon2025

Suzan Hamim — @uniquehairandbeauty_

Drisola Kamberi — @olgas_hair_stories_

Zaraha Zee — @Zhairlounge

Between them, they created the polished, camera-ready looks needed for a runway staged in one of London’s most atmospheric venues.

AND THEN CAME THE MODELS…

Let’s talk about the runway. Because whatever else was happening around them, the models had a job to do — and they absolutely delivered.

Confidence? Check.

Presence? In abundance.

International glamour? Absolutely.

They brought their own personalities and energy to the show, helping turn the historic church into an unexpectedly glamorous fashion stage.

And that’s when the evening really came alive.

Designer: @empress_of_the_empires

Organiser: @flamefashionfestival

Creative HMUA team :

@_c_makeup_artist @hairbybholi

@uniquehairandbeauty_ @elegancehairstyles @olgas_hair_stories_ @muabylondon2025 @elegancehairstyles

THE FLAME EFFECT

There’s something rather refreshing about Flame International. In an industry that can sometimes become obsessed with labels, categories and who belongs where, this festival throws the doors wide open.

Fashion meets music.

Art meets performance.

International talent meets London.

And glamour meets charity.

It’s less about fitting into a particular stereotype and more about creating a room where creative people can collide, collaborate and celebrate what they do.

By the end of the night, one thing was clear: Flame International isn’t trying to be another fashion event. It’s building its own universe.

And judging by the buzz surrounding this year’s gala, plenty of people want in.

NEXT STOP: THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY

So, what’s next?

The 9th Anniversary Gala takes place on 21 November, and if this special 2026 edition is anything to go by, it’s one date the fashion crowd may want to circle in red. Because Flame International has already turned up the heat.

Now we’re waiting to see just how high the temperature can go.

“London, consider yourself warned. The Flame is still burning.

Yana Flame was clearly delighted with the calibre of talent taking to the runway, highlighting Gerda Bankauskaite from the UK, Jenna Andrea from the USA, and Estonian stars Tatiana Firsova, Milena Razumova and Sabina Merzojeva.