The British Fashion Council presented the winners at their much-awaited annual Fashion Awards last night. This year was especially significant since BFC partnered with Swarovski and the awarding ceremony returned to the iconic London venue at The Royal Albert Hall. The Fashion Awards doubles as a celebration of creativity and as a fundraiser for BFC’s charitable initiatives.
This year’s Fashion Awards had a lot of joyous unexpected moments, such as Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, making a surprise appearance to present an award to Claire Waight Keller of Givenchy for this year’s British Designer of the Year Womenswear. Then there was the winner of the British Designer of the Year Menswear that went to Craig Green, despite being considered a rising fashion designer and competing against the likes of Kim Jones of Dior Homme and Riccardo Tisci of Burberry. And 17-year-old supermodel progeny, Kaia Gerber, beat out the likes of Bella Hadid and Adwoa Aboah for Model of the Year.
Designer of the Year went to Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino. Piccioli shared his passionate speech on Instagram about never giving up one’s aspirations: “If I am reading this speech tonight, it means that dreams can take you in places you have never expected to be. I have learned to let go, emotions, feelings, thoughts, I have learned to go with the flow, because you can take my breath away, but you can’t take my dreams away…”
See the list of winner and nominees below who, like Piccioli, continue to show young fashion designers and creatives that hard work, dedication and the love for fashion and sustainability shall reach great heights. (Plus, check out our red carpet coverage here.)
British Designer of the Year Menswear
Craig Green for Craig Green– Winner
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson
Kim Jones for Dior Homme
Martine Rose for Martine Rose
Riccardo Tisci for Burberry
British Designer of the Year Womenswear
Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy– Winner
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson
Roksanda Ilinčić for Roksanda
Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha
Victoria Beckham for Victoria Beckham
British Emerging Talent Menswear
Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty for Cottweiler
Eden Loweth & Tom Barratt for Art School
Kiko Kostadinov for Kiko Kostadinov
Phoebe English for Phoebe English
Samuel Ross for A-Cold-Wall*-Winner
British Emerging Talent Womenswear
Matty Bovan for Matty Bovan
Natalia Alaverdian for A.W.A.K.E.
Rejina Pyo for Rejina Pyo
Richard Quinn for Richard Quinn-Winner
Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell for Aries
Business Leader
Jonathan Akeroyd for Versace
José Neves for Farfetch
Marco Bizzarri for Gucci-Winner
Marco Gobbetti for Burberry
Michael Burke for Louis Vuitton
Brand of the Year
Balenciaga
Burberry
Gucci – Winner
Off-White
Prada
Model of the Year
Adut Akech
Adwoa Aboah
Bella Hadid
Kaia Gerber-Winner
Winnie Harlow
Urban Luxe
Alyx
Palace
Marine Serre
Off-White-Winner
Supreme
Accessories Designer of the Year
Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga – Winner
Jonathan Anderson for Loewe
Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior
Miuccia Prada for Prada
Designer of the Year
Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy
Kim Jones for Dior Homme
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino-Winner
Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton
Trailblazer
Kim Jones
Outstanding Achievement Award
Miuccia Prada
Swarovski Award for Positive Change
Vivienne Westwood
Special Recognition Award for Innovation
Cyrill Gutsch for Parley for the Oceans
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator
Mert & Marcus
Congrats to all the winners!
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