Katharine Hamnett, famous for her 80s t-shirts with anti-war slogans, proved she is no less a political campaigner then a top-end designer. In one of her most beautiful collections to date she combined her subtle feminine touch with edgy glamour at her London Fashion Week show yesterday.

Hailed as trash couture versus graceful chic, Naomi Campbell et al showed off 40s style t-dresses in barely there colours, embroidery anglaise dresses with bow detailing and white crisp cotton buckled trousers with sexy, strappy silk and chiffon ruffled tops.

Staying true to herself, Katharine Hamnett ushered the models on the catwalk to Martin Confusion's dark soundtrack in the trendy Notting Hill venue wearing t-shirts with the slogans "Use a Condom" and "Save Africa." An avid campaigner for the African aids epidemic, Naomi Campbell closed the show in a black shoe-string top with giant diamante letters that repeated the message "use a condom." The message couldn't be any clearer than that.