The Fashion Awards

2021 Awards

Special Recognition Award

WINNER

SARAH BURTON

BFC Foundation Award

This Award recognises a BFC Foundation designer. This year celebrates 30 years of BFC NEWGEN, an initiative that supports the best emerging fashion design talent and aims to build global, high-end brands of the future. In honour of the anniversary, this year’s award will recognise a current BFC NEWGEN recipient.

WINNER

CONNER IVES

British Menswear Designer of the Year

Recognises a leading British menswear designer or business who has consistently made a global impact with their innovative and creative designs, shaping the burgeoning international menswear landscape.

WINNER

MARTINE ROSE FOR MARTINE ROSE

British Womenswear Designer of the Year

Recognises a leading British womenswear designer or business who has consistently made a global impact with their innovative and creative designs, shaping the burgeoning international womenswear landscape.

WINNER

MAXIMILIAN DAVIS FOR FERRAGAMO

New Establishment - Menswear

The New Establishment Menswear award recognises designers who have created a new movement in British fashion and a sustained impact on the industry globally. Five designers were chosen for their impressive showcasing of their collections, business growth, their prevalence on the red carpet and the international headlines driven by their collection.

WINNER

BIANCA SAUNDERS

New Establishment – Womenswear

The New Establishment Womenswear award recognises designers who have created a new movement in British fashion and a sustained impact on the industry globally. Five designers were chosen for their impressive showcasing of their collections, business growth, their prevalence on the red carpet and the international headlines driven by their collection.  

WINNER

CHOPOVA LOWENA

Designer of the Year

Recognises a British or international designer whose innovative collections have made a notable impact on the industry, defining the shape of global fashion.

WINNER

JONATHAN ANDERSON FOR JW ANDERSON & LOEWE

Model of the Year

Recognises the global impact of a model who over the last 12 months has dominated the industry. With an influence that transcends the catwalk, the Model of The Year has made an outstanding contribution to the industry, garnering numerous editorial and advertising campaigns throughout the year.

WINNER

PALOMA ELSESSER

Special Recognition Award for Championing Young Designer Talent

WINNER

SARAH MOWER

Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER

MR. VALENTINO GARAVANI

Posthumous Special Recognition Award

WINNER

JOE CASELY-HAYFORD

Special Recognition Award

WINNER

CHARLOTTE TILBURY MBE

Trailblazer Award

WINNER

EDWARD ENNINFUL OBE

Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator

WINNER

CAMPBELL ADDY

Pandora Leader of Change Award

WINNER

MICHAELA COEL

Cultural Innovator

WINNER

SAM SMITH

LEADERS OF CHANGE

The 2021 accolades include fifteen Leaders of Change; the designers, brands, creatives, and individuals who created positive change within the fashion industry this past year under three categories: Environment, People and Creativity. These will be announced on Monday 29th November 2021.

ENVIRONMENT

The category celebrates those who have made a significant contribution towards reducing the environmental impact of our industry to create positive change. They are the leaders and are setting the bar by exploring new business models, design principles, production processes, consumption and disposal.

PEOPLE

The category recognises those who have led change by encouraging equal, diverse, empowered workforces from head office to supply chain and shop floor. It focuses on the impact fashion has on communities.

CREATIVITY

The category recognises designers and brands who made a global impact in the past years through their creativity in design, campaigns, collaborations and firm business foundation as well as defined the shape of global fashion.

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