Swishing down the runways from today through Friday in London, the annual Alternative Fashion Week returns to showcase over sixty hopeful young designers vying for a bit of limelight, glory and riches.

To be clear, it’s not all high fashion and glamour here. Some of it may be, but regardless it is quite an event and it is free. Some of the launching labels, moreover, are actually pretty nifty, too, and will no doubt be heard from again quite soon. Alternative Fashion Week a good time all around and it’s also one of few avenues for the recently-graduated-from-art-school to show off their imaginations without having to pay for it — the event is fully sponsored by Alternative Arts and fully free for both designers and audience.

Also, check out the parallel Fashion Market happening around the runways at Spitalfields Traders Market. Catwalks at 13:15 every day and wallet frenzies daily at the Market from noon to 15:00.