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The fashion awards 2017. And the winners are…

The British Fashion Council reveals the finalists of The Fashion Awards 2017

Is Alessandro Michele, Raf Simons, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Phoebe Philo or Jonathan Anderson going to win the coveted title of Designer of the Year? Who will be awarded with the first prize as Best British Fashion Designer for Womenswear and who will be crowned as Best Menswear British Designer? Will the accessories category prize go to Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Loewe or Coach? Will Supreme, Off-White™, Vetements, Gosha Rubchiskiy or FENTY® PUMA® by Rihanna come first in the Urban Luxe Brand category? Who is the best model of 2017 and who is the best business leader this year?

Unfortunately we will have to wait until December 4th to find out who are the winners of The Fashion Awards 2017, the awards ceremony that takes place once a year in London in partnership with Swarovski. For the time being, we only know the names of the finalists who have been carefully selected by an international jury of 2000 fashion professionals from 38 different countries.

The five finalists for each of the nine different categories, four of which are dedicated to British designers, were announced at a press conference by Dame Natalie Massenet, chairman of the British Fashion Council and founder of Net-A-Porter, and  by Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council.

Nadja Swarovski, whose brand is the main sponsor of The Fashion Awards 2017, commented: “These fantastic talents represent the very best of the global fashion industry,” adding “young designers are the heartbeat of our business: it is up to all of us all to foster and champion their vision”.

by Peppe Orrù

 

The finalists are:

Designer of the Year

Alessandro Michele for Gucci

Jonathan Anderson for Loewe

Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior

Phoebe Philo for Céline

Raf Simons for Calvin Klein

Accessories Designer of the Year

Alessandro Michele for Gucci

Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent

Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga

Jonathan Anderson for Loewe

Stuart Vevers for Coach

British Designer of the Year – Menswear

Christopher Bailey for Burberry

Craig Green

Grace Wales Bonner for WALES BONNER

Jonathan Anderson for J.W. Anderson

Martine Rose

British Designer of the year – Womenswear

Christopher Kane

Erdem Moralioglu for Erdem

Jonathan Anderson for J.W. Anderson

Roksanda Ilincic for Roksanda

Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

British Emerging Talent – Menswear

Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty for Cottweiler

Charles Jeffrey for Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY

Henry Holland for House of Holland

Phoebe English for Phoebe English MAN

Samuel Ross for A-COLD-WALL*

British Emerging Talent – Womenswear

Faustine Steinmetz

Matty Bovan

Michael Halpern for Halpern

Natalia Alaverdian for A.W.A.K.E

Rejina Pyo

Business Leader

Adrian Joffe per Dover Street Market

Guram Gvasalia per Vetements

José Neves per Farfetch

Marco Bizzarri per Gucci

Ruth e Tom Chapman per Matches

Urban Luxe Brand

Fenty Puma by Rihanna

Gosha Rubchinskiy

Off-White™

Supreme

Vetements

Model of the Year

Adwoa Aboah

Bella Hadid

Gigi Hadid

Kaia Gerber

Winnie Harlow