Suzy Menkes to be honoured at 2013 British Fashion Awards
Julien Hekimian Suzy Menkes, OBE will receive the British Fashion Council’s (BFC) Special Recognition Award this year, for her 25-year-long career at the International Herald–Tribune. Menkes has been style editor for the newspaper, now rebranded as the International New York Times, since 1988, and is hugely respected by her peers and the fashion industry. […]
Top The winners of this year’s British Fashion Awards. Above Designer of the Year Stella McCartney and Salma Hayek. Stella McCartney has been named Designer of the Year the British Fashion Awards 2012, the highest accolade from the British Fashion Council’s annual ceremony, collecting her award from actress Salma Hayek. It was one of […]
Manolo Blahnik to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at 2012 British Fashion Awards
Manolo Blahnik The British Fashion Council has announced that Manolo Blahnik, CBE, whose name is intimately associated with high-end footwear design, will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s British Fashion Awards. ‘This special award celebrates and recognizes one designer, who throughout their career, has made an impact on the global fashion industry,’ […]
London Fashion Week spring–summer 2013, days four and five: the positive state of British fashion
Our day four videos from London Fashion Week’s spring–summer 2013 collections continue on from the three published Monday, featuring Pringle of Scotland, Erdem, Christopher Kane, Michael van der Ham, Louise Gray, and Burberry Prorsum. The day four highlight reel features Philip Treacy, Christopher Kane, Erdem, Mary Katrantzou, Burberry Prorsum, and jeweller Jordan Askill at the […]
Earlier this week, the British Fashion Council, in association with Harper’s Bazaar UK and Selfridges, hosted Britain Creates 2012: Fashion & Art Collusion, celebrating the year in which London hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Britain Creates brings together fashion and contemporary visual art, showcasing collaborations between luminaries such as Matthew Williamson and Mat […]
The British Fashion Council has announced the recipients of the Newgen sponsorship, giving designers a chance to show at London Fashion Week’s spring–summer 2013 shows in September. On the catwalk are: J. W. Anderson, Michael van der Ham and Simone Rocha. Christopher Raeburn, J. J. S. Lee, Lucas Nascimento, Marques Almeida, Nasir Mazhar and […]
London markets itself for the Olympics, using Fashion Week as its hook
London has prepared to market itself in advance of the Olympics, and what better way to show off its up-to-the-minute nature than using the recently concluded Fashion Week? The videos shown here are from the London Media Centre, which states in summary: ‘As the countdown to the 2012 Olympics continues, the UK fashion industry […]
Sarah Burton scoops Designer of the Year at British Fashion Awards—videos from the night
Updated with video on November 29, 4.36 a.m. GMT Above Sarah Burton on stage after accepting her Designer of the Year Award from UK First Lady Samantha Cameron. Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen is the Designer of the Year, it was announced at the British Fashion Awards last night. Burton has been riding high […]
Sir Paul Smith to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at 2011 British Fashion Awards
Sir Paul Smith will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards on November 28, the British Fashion Council announced earlier today. The award was won last year by Alexander McQueen, posthumously. Sir Paul has received four British Fashion Awards to date: Menswear Designer (1997 and 1999), Classic Designer (2001) and […]
We’ve more from London Fashion Week, with videos straight from the catwalk. Below are catwalk videos from the autumn–winter 2011–12 collections of: Charles Anastase; Issa—one of Kate Middleton’s favourites; John Rocha; Kinder Aggugini; House of Holland; and Jonathan Saunders. The best of the students’ work at Central St Martin’s also appears in a […]
