The nominees for this year’s Fashion Awards 2018 have just been revealed. Each year, the ceremony takes place in London and celebrates the best talent in the industry, both revered legends and rising newcomers. This year’s nominees were announced by the British Fashion Council in a ceremony that took place this morning in London and there are some notable new inclusions to the list.
Adut Akech, who made history earlier this year as the second ever black model to play the role of Bride in a Chanel show, is nominated for the first time in the hotly contested Model of the Year category, alongside last year’s winner Adwoa Aboah, plus previous nominees Bella Hadid, Winnie Harlow and Kaia Gerber.
Richard Quinn, who received the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design earlier this year from Her Majesty herself after she sat front row at his show, is nominated for the first time in the British Emerging Talent Womenswear category.
Meghan Markle‘s go-to designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy is up for British Designer of the Year Womenswear and Designer of the Year (in this category she’s up against Alessandro Michele, Kim Jones, Pierpaolo Picciolo and Virgil Abloh) , and Riccardo Tisci is nominated for his role at Burberry in both the British Designer of the Year Menswear and Brand of the Year categories.
See the full list of nominees below:
Accessories Designer of the Year
Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga
Jonathan Anderson for Loewe
Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior
Miuccia Prada for Prada
Brand of the Year
Balenciaga
Burberry
Gucci
Off-White
Prada
British Designer of the Year Menswear
Craig Green for Craig Green
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
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*
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
Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell for Aries
Business Leader
Jonathan Akeroyd for Versace
José Neves for Farfetch
Marco Bizzarri for Gucci
Marco Gobbetti for Burberry
Michael Burke for Louis Vuitton
Designer of the Year
Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy
Kim Jones for Dior Homme
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino
Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton
Model of the Year
Adut Akech
Adwoa Aboah
Bella Hadid
Kaia Gerber
Winnie Harlow
Urban Luxe
Alyx
Balenciaga
Marine Serre
Off-White
Supreme
The Fashion Awards 2018 will take place on November 10 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Until then, discover how the Meghan Markle effect has helped Australian designers.
Source: http://www.buro247.me/fashion/news/queen-elizabeth-makes-her-first-appearance-at-lond.
