Last night, in honor of the fashion industry’s most talented names, London was the city host of the most star-studded event of the year. From British to international designers, singers, pop icons and actresses, you name it… they were all there! The British Fashion Awards now called the Fashion Awards was held at the most prestigious venue of the city, the Royal Albert Hall. The event was sponsored by Swarovski and hosted by the British Fashion Council Chairman, Nathalie Massenet. In attendance were former supermodel Twiggy, Salma Hayek, Kate Moss, Anne Cleveland, Jean Paul Gauthier, Carine Roitlfeld, Jourdan Dunn and Joan Smalls just to name a few.
Here’s our the 10 Best Dressed List of the night:
1- Gigi Hadid, The Model of the Year (Winner)
The model arrived on the red carpet with her mother Yolanda Hadid and was given the award, Model of the Year by none other than Donatella Versace.
Gigi Hadid in Versace
Gigi and mother Yolanda Hadid
2- Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell
3- David Gandy in Mark & Spencers
4- Jenna Coleman in Erdem
5- Alexa Chung in Prada
6- Nathalie Massenet in Ralph & Russo
The hostess of the night and founder of online store Net-a-Porter, Nathalie Massenet wore Ralph Russo on the red carpet. In 2013, Nathalie decided to take on a new role and became Chairman of the British Fashion Council.
7- Jaden Smith in Gucci (Winner of New Fashion Icon alongside sister Willow)
8- Karlie Kloss in Stella McCartney
Karlie Kloss in Stella McCartney
9- Pixie Geldof
10- Alessandro Michel, International Accessories Designer of the Year
Alessandro Michele and Jared Leto in Gucci
And Olivia Palermo, honestly we don’t love her outfit but when it comes to supporting Middle Eastern designers we’re bias #NotSorry! Palermo styled her dress the right away (besides the shoes) as she paired it with the Dino clutch, from Lebanese designer Nathalie Trad.
Olivia Palermo wearing Peter Pilotto and Nathalie Trad clutch
Fashion designer Simone Rocha was named the British Womenswear Designer of the year, while Vetements won the award for International Luxury Brand and Demna Gvasalia received the tittle of International ready-to-wear designer. But the international personalities who received the most recognition last night were fashion designer Ralph Lauren as he received the Outstanding Achievement Award and Vogue Italia’s editior-in-chief Franca Sozzani, who was honored for her Commitment to Diversity and for using her position to positively impact the wider world. The award was given to her by American designer Tom Ford.
Ralph Lauren and his wife
