Supreme, Off-White™ & Balenciaga Nominated for 2017 British Fashion Awards
J.W.Anderson tops the list of nominees.
The British Fashion Council has unveiled its nominees for this year’s British Fashion Awards, with designers such as J.W.Anderson, Gucci‘s Alessandro Michele and Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga and Vetements all racking up nominations. Other brands up for awards include Supreme, Off-White™ and Gosha Rubchinskiy — who are all up nominated in the “Urban Luxe Brand” category — as well as Cottweiler (“British Emerging Talent — Menswear”), Raf Simons (“Designer of the Year”) and Dover Street Market for “Business Leader.”
Vetements also appears in the “Urban Luxe Brand” category, and will be hoping to defend its crown after beating off competition from Gosha Rubchinskiy, Off-White™ and Palace to win the award last year. You can take a look at a full list of this year’s nominees below and let us know who’d get your vote in the comments.
Swarovski’s Fashion Icon Award: Versace and Artistic Director Donatella Versace
Designer of the Year: Alessandro Michele for Gucci; Jonathan Anderson for Loewe; Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior; Phoebe Philo for Celine; Raf Simons for Calvin Klein
British Designer of the Year — Womenswear: Christopher Kane for Christopher Kane; Erdem Moralioglu for Erdem; Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson; Roksanda Ilincic for Roksanda; Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen
British Designer of the Year — Menswear: Christopher Bailey for Burberry; Craig Green for Craig Green; Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner; Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson; Martine Rose for Martine Rose
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
Urban Luxe Brand: Fenty Puma by Rihanna; Gosha Rubchinskiy; Off-White; Supreme; Vetements
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 for Faustine Steinmetz; Matty Bovan for Matty Bovan; Michael Halpern for Halpern; Natalia Alaverdian for Awake; Rejina Pyo for Rejina Pyo
Business Leader: Adrian Joffe for Dover Street Market; Guram Gvasalia for Vetements; Jose Neves for Farfetch; Marco Bizzari for Gucci; Tom and Ruth Chapman for Matchesfashion.com
Model of the Year: Adwoa Aboah; Bella Hadid; Gigi Hadid; Kaia Gerber; Winnie Harlow
