Glossy, eccentric, luxury, high-class fashion and royalty… The Fashion Awards 2018 brought together in the same place, for a few hours, the most important names in the fashion industry.
The event took place at the Royal Albert Hall, in London and it recognized and celebrated the work of the best designers, models and people involved in the field, for the last past 12 months. The model Alek Wek and the comedian Jack Whitehall where the hosts of the night and they put up an incredible show.
The Designer of The Year was the most awaited category and the trophy went to no one but Pierpaolo Piccioli from Valentino. The nominees for the prestigious gong were Dior Homes, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy. Even tough they didn’t get The Designer of the Year trophy, every designer went back home with a prize because all of them won one important category.
The big night was spiced with some very special moments
Kim Jones, Dior Homme creative director was honored with the Trailblazer Award, Miuccia Prada received the Outstanding Achievement Award and Viviene Westwood’s work was recognised with the Swarovski Award for Positive Change. She is the designer that wants to save the world from climate change and financial crash.
At only 17, Kaya Gerber becomes the best model in 2018. She during her speach thanked to her parents, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber for their support and she said that this was “the first time when she wins a something” in her life.
The surprise of the night was Meghan Markle’s unexpected appearance. No one knew that she is going to be there and that she is going to award her belovd designer Clare Waight Keller from Givenchy. Clare Waight won the British Designer of the Year Womenswear category and she was incredibly excited and happy.
Here is the list with all the winners of The Fashion Awards 2018
Riz Ahmed, Carine Roitfeld & Edie Campbell
Accessories Designer of the Year
Winner: Demna Gvasalia for BalenciagaAlessandro Michele for Gucci
Jonathan Anderson for LOEWE
Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior
Miuccia Prada for Prada
Lana Del Ray & Alessandro Michele
Brand of the Year
Winner: Gucci
Balenciaga
Burberry
Gucci
Off-White
Prada
Craig Green & Poppy Delevingne
British Designer of the Year Menswear
Winner: Craig Green for Craig Green
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson
Kim Jones for Dior Homme
Martine Rose for Martine Rose
Riccardo Tisci for Burberry
British Designer of the Year Womenswear
Winner: Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson
Roksanda Ilinčić for ROKSANDA
Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha
Victoria Beckham for VICTORIA BECKHAM
Winnie Harlow, Samuel Ross & Virgil Abloh
British Emerging Talent Menswear
Winner: Samuel Ross for A-COLD-WALL*
Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty for COTTWEILER
Eden Loweth & Tom Barratt for ART SCHOOL
Kiko Kostadinov for Kiko Kostadinov
Phoebe English for PHOEBE ENGLISH
Matthew Healey, Richard Quinn & Karen Nelson
British Emerging Talent Womenswear
Winner: Richard Quinn for Richard Quinn
Matty Bovan for Matty Bovan
Natalia Alaverdian for A.W.A.K.E.
Rejina Pyo for REJINA PYO
Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell for Aries
Saorise Roman & Marco Bizzarri
Business Leader
Winner: Marco Bizzarri for Gucci
Jonathan Akeroyd for Versace
José Neves for FARFETCH
Marco Gobbetti for Burberry
Michael Burke for Louis Vuitton
Pierpaolo Picciolo & Brooke Shields
Designer of the Year
Winner: Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino
Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy
Kim Jones for Dior Homme
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino
Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton
Rita Ora & Kaia Gerber
Model of the Year
Winner: Kaia Gerber
Adut Akech
Adwoa Aboah
Bella Hadid
Kaia Gerber
Winnie Harlow
Katarina Johnson, Virgil Abloh & Diana Asher-Smith
Urban Luxe
Winner: Off-White
Alyx
Balenciaga
Marine Serre
Supreme
Kim Jones & Robert Pattinson
2018 Trailblazer Award
Kim Jones
Mert Alas, Penelope Cruz, Marcus Piggott & Kate Moss
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator
Mert & Marcus
Uma Thurman, Miuccia Prada & Steve McQueen
Outstanding Achievement
Miuccia Prada
Cyril Gutsch & Doutzen Kroes
Special Recognition Award for Innovation
Parley for the Oceans
Jerry Hall, Dame Vivienne Westwood & Nadja Swaroski
Swarovski Award for Positive Change
Vivienne Westwood
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Photos: www.fashionawards.com