With the industry’s leading designers readying themselves for the upcoming fashion weeks, the British Fashion Council have just upped the ante by dropping nominations for this Year’s Fashion Awards. As expected, the Designer of the Year category is anyone’s to lose, with Martine Rose, Willy Chavarria and Dior’s Jonathan Anderson facing-off against Miuccia Prada, Rick Owens and Glenn Martens for Diesel and Maison Margiela. The award “recognises a British or international designer whose innovative collections have made a notable impact on the industry”, and since all six nominees fit that bill, it’s set to be one of the tightest races yet.
The ceremony is due to take place on Monday, December 1 at The Royal Albert Hall in London, while the list of nominees was decided back in July by a jury that included the BFC’s new CEO Laura Weir, Dazed MENA editor-in-chief Ahmad Swaid and Dazed’s fashion features director Emma Davidson.
Also on the list of nominees, recent LVMH Savoir-Faire Prize winner Torishéju Dumi goes up against Aaron Esh, Dilara Fındıkoğlu and Tolu Coker for the Vanguard award that “recognises a designer at the forefront of a new wave in British fashion”. Elsewhere, Simone Rocha, Sarah Burton, Grace Wales Bonner and Chopova Lowena also feature in the nominations.
Scroll down to see the entire list of nominees for the 2025 Fashion Awards
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Glenn Martens for Diesel and Maison Margiela
Jonathan Anderson for DIOR and JW Anderson
Martine Rose for Martine Rose
Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu
Rick Owens for Rick Owens
Willy Chavarria for Willy Chavarria
BRITISH WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault for KNWLS
Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena for Chopova Lowena
Erdem Moralıoğlu for ERDEM
Sarah Burton for Givenchy
Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha
BRITISH MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Craig Green for Craig Green
Foday Dumbuya for LABRUM London
Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner
Kiko Kostadinov for KIKO KOSTADINOV
Nicholas Daley for Nicholas Daley
Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt for STEFAN COOKE
VANGUARD
Aaron Esh for AARON ESH
Dilara Fındıkoğlu for Dilara Fındıkoğlu
Feben for FEBEN
Steve O Smith for Steve O Smith
Tolu Coker for TOLU COKER
Torishéju Dumi for TORISHÉJU