British Fashion Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for this years British Fashion Awards, the annual awards for the best in British fashion from designers to best dressed celebrities, have been announced and seems like it may be a tight race in all the categories. Sarah Burton, who created the now infamous royal wedding dress, Christopher Kane and Erdem are all up for British Designer of the Year while Victoria Beckham is going against fashion heavyweights Tom Ford, Burberry and Stella McCartney for Designer Brand of the year.

The model of the year category also sees a newcomer against more seasoned competition, with Georgia Jagger up against Kristen McMenamy and Stella Tennant.

Although it seems easy to pick winners already, particularly in the Designer of the Year category, the sheer brilliance of the all nominees could bring some surprises.

The full list of nominees:

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Christopher Kane
Erdem
Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:Pheobe Philo for Celine

MODEL OF THE YEAR
Georgia Jagger
Kristen McMenamy
Stella Tennant
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: Lara Stone

DESIGNER BRAND OF THE YEAR
Burberry
Stella McCartney
Tom Ford
Victoria Beckham
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: Mulberry

ISABELLA BLOW AWARD FOR FASHION CREATOR
Guido Palau
Katie Grand
Sam Gainsbury
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:Nicola Formichetti

MENSWEAR DESIGNER
Kim Jones
Margaret Howell
Oliver Spencer
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:E.Tautz

ACCESSORY DESIGNER
Charlotte Olympia
Emma Hill for Mulberry
Katie Hillier
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:Nicholas Kirkwood

EMERGING TALENT AWARD – READY TO WEAR
J.W. Anderson
Mary Katrantzou
Peter Pilotto
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:Meadham Kirchhoff

EMERGING TALENT AWARD – ACCESSORIES
Jordan Askill
Nasir Mazhar
Tabitha Simmons
LAST YEAR’S WINNER:Husam El Odeh

EMERGING TALENT AWARD – MENSWEAR
Christopher Raeburn
James Long
J.W. Anderson
LAST YEAR’S WINNER: n/a

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