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Fashion Trust U.S. announces 2025 finalists

Fashion Trust U.S., the non-profit organisation founded by Tania Fares to provide business and financial support to US-based designers through grants and strategic mentoring, has announced the finalists for its third annual FTUS Awards taking place in Los Angeles on April 8. The awards span four categories - ready-to-wear, jewellery,...

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The Fashion Awards: Jonathan Anderson wins top accolade again

Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson, known for his signature JW Anderson label and as creative director of LVMH-owned luxury fashion house Loewe, was crowned Designer of the Year for the second year running at the annual The Fashion Awards. The awards from the British Fashion Council (BFC), which act as the annual fundraising event for the...

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Moncler’s Remo Ruffini to receive Trailblazer Award at Fashion Awards

Remo Ruffini, chairman, chief executive officer and creative director at Moncler SpA, will be honoured with the Trailblazer Award for his “pioneering leadership and creative vision" at the Fashion Awards. In a statement, the British Fashion Council (BFC) said that Ruffini is being honoured for his role in the Moncler global brand reset,...

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Erdem, Jo Malone London and Clothsurgeon win at Walpole awards

The Walpole British Luxury Awards, which celebrates British luxury brands and individuals who define “the exciting creativity, innovation and global cultural relevance of Great Britain,” honoured beauty brand Jo Malone London, menswear label Clothsurgeon and fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu at its 2024 event held at The Dorchester in London....

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Tom Ford to be honoured at The Fashion Awards

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that internationally acclaimed American fashion designer, businessman and filmmaker Tom Ford will be honoured at The Fashion Awards with the Outstanding Achievement Award. In a statement, the BFC said the honour was in recognition of him being a leading figure in the world of fashion and luxury and...

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The Fashion Awards: Jonathan Anderson receives three nominations

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2024, taking place on December 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The awards, which acts as the primary fundraiser for the BFC Foundation, sees British designer Jonathan Anderson securing three nominations for Designer of the Year, British Menswear Designer of...

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Neiman Marcus to honour Simon Porte Jacquemus

American luxury department store Neiman Marcus has announced that Simon Porte Jacquemus, founder and creative director of Parisian contemporary fashion label Jacquemus, will be honoured with the Neiman Marcus Award for Innovation in the Field of Fashion. Jacquemus is being recognised for “ingenuity and vision,” explained Neiman Marcus in a...

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Lagos Space Programme wins International Woolmark Prize

Nigeria-based Lagos Space Programme, a conceptual non-binary design label by Adeju Thompson, has won the 2023 International Woolmark Prize, following in the footsteps of Saul Nash, Matty Bovan, and Gabriela Hearst. Lagos Space Programme impressed the judges with the “completeness” of its intellectual, ready-to-wear, high-end crafted collections,...

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Cordwainers Footwear Awards adds new sneaker prize

Footwear association The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has added two new awards to the 2023 Cordwainers Footwear Awards to celebrate sneaker design and to honour an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the footwear trade. The awards, which were established in 2014, support the future of the shoe industry by celebrating and...

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Australian Fashion Foundation Scholarship Awards announce 2022 winners

New York-based non-profit organisation The Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) has revealed the winners of the 2022 edition of its Scholarship Awards. Australian fashion designers Kritikon Khamsawat, a recent graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and creative director Olivia Law of The Whitehouse Institute of Design...

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The Fashion Trust U.S. selects board of advisers

The Fashion Trust U.S., the non-profit initiative to support and nurture emerging design talent, has selected an advisory board for the inaugural Fashion Trust U.S. Awards 2023. The initiative will provide mentorship and funding to US-based designers to help them build their label into a “thriving global brand”. The advisory board of “leading...

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Australian Fashion Laureate names 2022 winners

IMG crowned sibling design duo Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman, of the Camilla and Marc womenswear label, as Designer of the Year at the 2022 Australian Fashion Laureate awards. The awards honouring “exceptional” Australian designers, creatives, innovators, and leaders took place at a celebratory luncheon and ceremony at the Museum of...