Christopher Kane won Designer of the Year at last year's awards
Christopher Kane, Holly Fulton and Jonathan Saunders are just some of the fashion designers nominated in this year’s Scottish Fashion Awards.
The nominees have today been announced for the 9th annual fashion extravaganza, which takes place in London in September.
For the first time, the event has acknowledged ‘Luxury Retailers’who are operating in the Scottish market place including Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry, Harvey Nichols, Louis Vuitton and Emporio Armani. Finally, one of the most hotly contested categories is set to be Scottish Model of the Year 2014, which includes Jean Campbell, Paul Carrigan, Christopher Millington, Mary Charteris, Terri McGloneand Helena McKelvie, all of whom have a host of global ad campaigns under their belts.
This year, Scotland’s most high profile fashion extravaganza honours Scotland’s
definitive fashion elite across 15 categories:
- SCOTTISH YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Deetz
Mairi MacDonald
Hayley Scanlan
Saunt & Sinner
Rachel McMillan
- SCOTTISH TEXTILE DESIGNER / BRAND OF THE YEAR
Dhu
ten30
Begg & Co
Brora
Queene and Belle
- SCOTTISH RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Abandon Ship Apparel
Jane Davidson
Maggie’s Farm Boutique
Fat Buddah Store
- SCOTTISH COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
Soki Mak, Freelance Creative Director & Fashion Stylist
Lindsay MacPherson, Fashion Features Editor, Harrods Magazine
Avril Mair, Fashion Director, Harper’s Bazaar UK and Town & Country
Sara McCorquodale, Editor, MyDaily
Ann Russell, Freelance Writer and Fashion Stylist, Frock Trade
Howard McLaren, Hair Stylist / Founder R+Co, (former Senior Artistic Director at Bumble & Bumble).
- SCOTTISH ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Christian MacLeod (Accessory designer)
Jane Gowans (Jeweller)
William Chambers Millinery
Tens (Sunglasses)
Karen Morrison (Jeweller)
Karen Mabon (Accessory designer)
- SCOTTISH FASHION GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
Barbra Kolasinski, London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London)
Dan W J Prasad, Royal College of Art
Letty Bishop, Grays School of Art
Rebecca Peattie, Nottingham Trent University
Kirsty Frew, Edinburgh College of Art
Colleen Leitch, Edinburgh College of Art
- INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER OF THE YEAR (Scottish inspired/influenced or textiles sourced from Scotland)
Simone Rocha
Vivienne Westwood
Marc by Marc Jacobs
Maison Martin Margiela
Mulberry
- SCOTTISH MODEL OF THE YEAR
Helena McKelvie, TESS Management London
Christopher Millington, The Model Team/RED Models New York
Terri McGlone, Storm
Paul Carrigan, The Model Team/Storm
Jean Campbell, Viva London
Mary Charteris, Premier Model Management
- SCOTTISH EXPORTER OF THE YEAR
Common People
Mackintosh
ERIBÉ
Barrie Knitwear
- LUXURY RETAILER (International brands operating in Scotland)
Tommy Hilfiger, Edinburgh
Harvey Nichols Edinburgh
Burberry, Edinburgh
Emporio Armani, Glasgow
Louis Vuitton, Edinburgh
- SCOTTISH DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Holly Fulton
Christopher Kane
Jonathan Saunders
A series of special awards including the ‘Hall of Fame, ‘Fashion Ambassador’, ‘Fashion Icon’ and ‘Founders Award’ will be revealed in September at the ceremony in London.
The black tie awards presentation will be hosted by TV personality Laura Whitmore followed by a glamorous Scottish banquet and will welcome supermodels, industry figures and fashion players from around the world to celebrate this wonderful showcase of Scottish fashion and design talent working in Scotland and around the world.
Awards founder Dr Tessa Hartmann said: “I’ve been asked on many occasions as to why we decided to host the awards in London after having it in Scotland for 7 years. For me the reason is very simple. London is the epi-centre of British fashion and we’re still a part of that wonderful, vibrant and exciting sector.
"The nominees are all well known in their native Scotland, but their ambitions are to go beyond borders, increase their global awareness and showcase their talents to a bigger marketplace. Having the event in London last year allowed us to entertain significant global media, buyers and industry figures to the impressive merits of our Scottish fashion industry and increase our awareness to a much wider audience.
"Last year it was dubbed the ‘Scottish fashion invasion hits London’ by Vogue.com, the atmosphere and social media buzz was electric. Bloggers, journalists and media figures converged, educating themselves on the merits of the Scots making the grade in the fashion world - that’s what it’s about for me – to provide an unrivalled platform for the incredible wealth of talent emerging from Scotland. If I could take the event to New York and Paris one day I would, but one step at a time. Who knows - 2015 is our 10th anniversary!”
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