Jonathan Anderson, Daniel Lee, Sarah Burton Among Designer of the Year Nominees at Fashion Awards

LONDON — Jonathan Anderson, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, Daniel Lee, Matthieu Blazy, and Sarah Burton are the designers nominated for the Designer of the Year award at the Fashion Awards this year, the British Fashion Council revealed on Thursday.

Taking place on Dec. 4 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the annual fashion fundraiser and extravaganza will team with the Copenhagen-based jeweler Pandora to present awards to winners in different categories, as well as recognizing leading industry figures such as Valentino Garavani with the Outstanding Achievement award, Charlotte Tilbury with the Special Recognition Award, and the late Joe Casely-Hayford with a new scholarship and a posthumous special recognition award.

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The BFC has also revealed the nominees for the BFC Foundation award. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the emerging talent support program Newgen, the award focuses on those who are currently in the Newgen program. They are Aaron Esh, Chet Lo, Conner Ives, Paolo Carzana, and Sinéad O’Dwyer.

Below is the full list of the nominees.

Designer of the Year

• Daniel Lee for Burberry

• Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson & Loewe

• Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta

• Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons for Prada

• Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

BFC Foundation

• Aaron Esh

• Chet Lo

• Sinéad O’Dwyer

• Conner Ives

• Paolo Carzana

Model of the Year

• Alton Mason

• Anok Yai

• Kai-Isaiah Jamal

• Liu Wen

• Mona Tougaard

• Paloma Elsesser

British Menswear Designer of the Year

• Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner

• Kiko Kostadinov for Kiko Kostadinov

• Kim Jones for Dior Men

• Martine Rose for Martine Rose

• Steven Stokey-Daley for S.S. Daley

British Womenswear Designer of the Year

• Erdem Moralıoğlu for Erdem

• Maximilian Davis for Ferragamo

• Nensi Dojaka for Nensi Dojaka

• Roksanda Ilinčić for Roksanda

• Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha

New Establishment Menswear

• Bianca Saunders

• Corteiz

• Labrum London

• Nicholas Daley

• Saul Nash

New Establishment Womenswear

• Chopova Lowena

• Dilara Fındıkoğlu

• Knwls

• Robert Wun

• Supriya Lele

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