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Chemena Kamali, John Galliano, Jonathan Anderson (for JW Anderson and Loewe), Miuccia Prada (for Miu Miu), Pieter Mulier and Rick Owens have been nominated for Designer of the Year at the 2024 Fashion Awards, the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced on Tuesday.
The award recognises British or international designers whose collections have made a notable impact on the industry, “defining the shape of global fashion”, according to the BFC. Last year, Anderson was named Designer of the Year.
The Fashion Awards — founded in 1989 to raise money for the BFC Foundation, which provides funding and business mentoring for emerging UK-based brands — will take place on 2 December at the Royal Albert Hall in London, sponsored by Pandora.
The nominees for British Menswear Designer of the Year are: Craig Green, Grace Wales Bonner, Anderson, Kiko Kostadinov, Kim Jones and Martine Rose, the latter of whom won last year’s category award. In the running for British Womenswear Designer of the Year are: Erdem Moralıoğlu, Anderson, Maximilian Davis (last year’s winner), Roksanda Ilinčić and Simone Rocha.
Nominees for New Establishment Menswear, which the BFC reintroduced as a category in 2023, are: Aaron Esh, Foday Dumbuya, Nicholas Daley, Priya Ahluwalia, and Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt (jointly for Stefan Cooke). For New Establishment Womenswear, there is: Dilara Fındıkoğlu, Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena (jointly for Chopova Lowena), Jawara Alleyne, Laura and Deanna Fanning (jointly for Kiko Kostadinov), and Marco Capaldo. Bianca Saunders and Chopova Lowena won in the menswear and womenswear categories last year, respectively.
Martine Rose, winner of the British Menswear Designer Award and Jonathan Anderson, winner of the Designer of the Year Award backstage at The 2023 Fashion Awards.Photo:Dave Benett/Getty Image