Sneaking backstage during British Fashion Week is an odd highlight of the entire season. Besides everyone’s too-cool accents, there’s a strangely calm vibe that just doesn’t exist in New York and Paris - people say “Good morning,” sit and eat before they work, and actually find shoes that fit the girls.

Backstage at Christopher Kane, the gentle hum of fashion prep time was interrupted by the arrival of Liya Kebede, whom we hear flew into Kane’s show because of an Anna Wintour phone call (though of course this could be a rumor).

Also spotted:

Daiane Conterato, Kate Lanphear, Tammy Kane, and a few piles of white silk dresses waiting to get steamed.

Have a look!

—PHOTOS BY MORGAN O’DONOVAN (surprised yet?)