The influential artist, clothing designer and nightclub proprietor Leigh Bowery. A few years ago, London Fashion Week was a small scale, almost amateurish affair. Now it's a multi-media event with journalists and buyers flying into London in their hundreds. London has become the fashion centre of the world for the young; and the key to this success is the incorporation into high fashion of the styles of the street. One of the most influential designers is this area has been Leigh Bowery, an Australian who's lived in London (a tower block in Stepney actually) for the last six years.