Overview
- The Designer of the Year lineup features Glenn Martens, Jonathan Anderson, Martine Rose, Miuccia Prada, Rick Owens and Willy Chavarria.
- British Womenswear Designer nominees are Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault of Knwls, Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena of Chopova Lowena, Erdem Moralıoğlu, Sarah Burton and Simone Rocha.
- British Menswear Designer contenders include Craig Green, Foday Dumbuya of Labrum London, Grace Wales Bonner, Kiko Kostadinov, Nicholas Daley, and Stefan Cooke with Jake Burt.
- A new Vanguard award replaces the New Establishment split and names Aaron Esh, Dilara Fındıkoğlu, Feben, Steve O Smith, Tolu Coker and Torishéju Dumi.
- Nominees were chosen by a 19-member jury and now move to industry voting, with winners to be revealed on 1 December at London’s Royal Albert Hall in a Pandora-sponsored ceremony supporting the BFC Foundation.