Stella McCartney’s double-win at last night’s British Fashion Awards, where she was awarded both Designer of the Year and the Designer Brand of the Year, capped off a year of non-stop success for her eponymous label.
Success that probably made McCartney’s former boss at Chloé eat his words. According to McCartney, he was pretty positive she, being a woman and all, wouldn’t make it on her own.
We always look forward to seeing the red carpet of a fashion awards event because, duh, everyone has to bring their A-game in the style department. And today’s British Fashion Awards didn’t disappoint. Click through to see what everyone wore.
The British Fashion Awards–essentially Britain’s answer to our CFDA Awards–took place at London’s Savoy Hotel tonight and the winners are in. Read on to see who took home awards–and who missed out.
The list of nominees for this year’s British Fashion Awards was announced last night, once again reminding us why Great Britain has become the place to watch in terms of innovative design and style. Taking place in London November 27th, the roster boasts massive names such as Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham, Alexander McQueen, and both Read more →
The results from the British Fashion Awards are in and while there are a lot of familiar names in the winners’ circle, there are some surprises, too. Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen won for Designer of the Year (deservedly so). Alexa Chung took home the British Style award, which normally wouldn’t be so shocking–except this year she was up against Kate Middleton *gasp*. The Model category, made up of industry vets and a relative newcover, was a bit of a wild card. Stella Tennant, looking amazing in a skinny tuxedo, beat out Georgia May Jagger and Kristen McMenamy. Victoria Beckham, now a bona fide fashion designer, had some stiff competition with Burberry, Stella McCartney and Tom Ford for Designer Brand, but she won. Quite an achievement for a former pleather-wearing Spice Girl. Click through for a full list of winners:
Louis Vuitton the Latest Victim of a Fashion Heist: Five masked thieves made off with 10 pallets and $400,760 worth of LV merch at Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris. Why is everyone stealing from Marc Jacobs?? {WWD, subscription required}
Desigual Launches E-commerce in the US: You can now get your hands on the colorful merch from Spanish retailer Desigual without leaving your couch. The company is offering free shipping and returns through the end of December, and for Cyber Monday (that would be today) they’re offering 40% off your purchase. {Desigual}
It’s a Lanvin Bake-Off: To kick off the arrival of their new children’s line, Lanvin Petite, into boutiques, Lanvin wants moms and daughters to send in their favorite chocolate cake recipes. The winning recipe will be served at a “luxury tea party” at the Place Vendome. We recommend that you don’t wear your best Lanvin while eating chocolate cake, though. {WWD, subscription required}
At last night’s British Fashion Awards, the UK’s version of our CFDA awards (read: fashion Oscars), the ladies swept the show. According to Hilary Alexander at the Telegraph, last night’s awards were the strongest female showing since the awards were established in 1974.
Phoebe Philo, creative director for Céline, took home the top prize winning “Designer of the Year.” Alexa Chung took home the British Style award, an award decided by public vote which, according to the British Fashion Council, “recognises an individual who embodies the spirit of London and is an international ambassador for London as a leading creative fashion capital.” Naomi Campbell took home the new “special recognition” award and Lara Stone was named model of the year.
Of course the boys got a few nods, too. Here, the complete list of winners:
Being the main attraction must be nice, Burberry’s promised to show at London Fashion Week this February, 25th anniversary or not. Christopher Bailey broke the news at the British Fashion Council Awards last night, where he was named Designer of the Year and Burberry won Designer Brand of the Year. Georgia May Jagger was named Read more →
This morning, we’re still reeling from last night’s turducken, but the British Fashion Council’s attending to much more important matters. They’ve released a short list of nominees for their new awards, the British Fashion Awards, which take place in London on December 9th. While some categories are conspicuously empty, they’ve listed the following: Top Model: Read more →
The British Fashion Council is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds. After last week’s news about the creation of the BFC and Vogue Fashion Fund, they’ve just this morning announced a new addition to the British Fashion Awards–a one off called the “London 25.” The “London 25″ was created in honor of the 25th Read more →
Last night, Luella Bartley took home Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards (kind of like the British CFDA awards) in London, which is fitting since each of her recent London Fashion Week collections have been standouts and favorites of just about everybody who’s seen them. Best model? Jourdan Dunn. Perhaps an upcoming Read more →
