LONDON — The United Nations of fashion gathered on the Royal Albert Corridor on Monday evening for the Vogue Awards, whose winners got here from all around the world.
The occasion was extra worldwide than ever with Rihanna, Jamie Dornan, Joe Jonas, Glen Powell and Courtney Love in attendance, and native expertise equivalent to Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Stephen Jones and Simone Rocha taking residence the massive prizes.
Worldwide manufacturers additionally made plenty of noise: Tom Ford gained the Excellent Achievement Award and Gucci inventive director Sabato De Sarno gained a particular recognition award for the model's “We'll At all times Have London” cruise 2025 promoting marketing campaign, photographed by Nan Goldin.
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The marketing campaign starred Kelsey Lu and Debbie Harry, who was the shock performer of the evening dressed head to toe in Gucci's Rosso Ancora crimson hue. She sang a few of her greatest hits, together with “Coronary heart of Glass” and “I Really feel Love.”
Goldin was emotional on stage and mentioned, “I can solely photograph the folks I really like. I’m very grateful. “I by no means thought I’d be in entrance of a modern crowd, I’m very nervous.” She and Lu accepted the award on behalf of Gucci and the photographer ended his speech by saying: “Free Palestine.”
A$AP Rocky took residence the Cultural Innovator award for his assist of UK designers and retail.
“It's time. I didn't write shit, it’s going to come from the guts. 5 years in the past, my spouse invited me as a result of she was accepting an award and I used to be within the crowd considering, 'I may do that too.' “Being a cultural innovator means so much to be a rapper, I believe the traces are undoubtedly merged now,” he mentioned.
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He was referring to his companion Rihanna, who 5 years in the past gained the City Luxe award for Fenty.
Issa Rae, the American actress, author and producer, acquired the Pandora Chief of Change award, introduced by her buddy and former “Insecure” co-star, Yvonne Orji.
Rae mentioned she is “always attempting to be current and make a change as finest I can and lead the efforts. It's not at all times welcome, it's not at all times trendy and it's not at all times the norm, nevertheless it's actually as much as us and areas like this make it acceptable to take action.”
Maria Sharapova introduced Remo Ruffini, President and CEO of Moncler SpA, with the Trailblazer Award for his management and inventive imaginative and prescient in creating disruptive concepts on the firm, specifically Moncler Genius.
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“Creativity will not be a person act. It’s a collective work and [it] it’s the language of prospects,” mentioned Ruffini, who beforehand acquired the Enterprise Chief award on the occasion in 2019.
Anderson gained Designer of the 12 months for the second consecutive time, the evening's prime award, for his work as inventive director of Loewe and founding father of JW Anderson. It was Jamie Dornan who introduced the award, wearing a fitted black Loewe swimsuit.
“It's good to see the Irish again in vogue,” joked Anderson, initially from Northern Eire. The designer additionally thanked Sidney Toledano, senior advisor to Bernard Arnault at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
He mentioned Toledano at all times “picks up the telephone when there’s a drawback.” He additionally supplied recommendation to all the scholars within the room. He mentioned that “the advantage of vogue is that all of us exit of fashion, so there are plenty of jobs to be completed” on this room. “Come get them as a result of it equals progress.”
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Stephen Jones picked up the British Equipment Designer award, a brand new class that goals to focus on the nation's jewelry, millinery and footwear creators.
“Wouldn't that be a beautiful hat?” The milliner mentioned as she fortunately held the spiral-shaped prize towards her black beret.
One other British winner on the evening was Simone Rocha, winner of British Womenswear Designer of the 12 months for her work on her eponymous model. She was introduced with the award by “Gossip Woman” actress Kelly Rutherford and “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan.
The designer mentioned she was notably happy with her work with girls and inspired the room to consider displaced moms and youngsters.
Grace Wales Bonner gained British Menswear Designer of the 12 months for her eponymous model. The award was introduced to him by former skilled footballer Ian Wright. He was unable to attend the occasion and singer-songwriter Tems accepted the award on his behalf.
The evening was additionally a celebration of younger and upcoming expertise.
The Isabella Blow Vogue Creator Award was introduced to American photographer Tyler Mitchell. The 29-year-old artist mentioned being on stage was “very surreal” for somebody from Atlanta. “Nobody in my household did something inventive. “I actually am the UFO of my household.”
He added that London was town that pushed him creatively and is the place designers like Anderson and Rocha gave him a few of his first alternatives.
American mannequin Alex Consani, who has starred in campaigns for Jacquemus and Marc Jacobs, gained the Mannequin of the 12 months award.
“I’m the primary trans lady to win this award. “I can’t settle for it with out thanking the ladies who got here earlier than me and particularly the black trans neighborhood who actually fought for house,” the 21-year-old mannequin mentioned as she accepted the award from fellow mannequin Ashley Graham. and the American actress Nava Mau.
Designers Priya Ahluwalia and Marco Capaldo of 16Arlington acquired awards for New Institution Menswear and New Institution Womenswear, respectively.
Capaldo thanked his mother and father and devoted the gong to Kikka Cavenati, his life and work companion, who died all of a sudden in 2021.
“She needs to be right here accepting this award with me, this one is for you Keeks,” he added.
Chopova Lowena designers Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons, who gained the New Institution Womenswear award final 12 months, picked up one other gong for the BFC Basis Designer award.
The ceremony additionally acknowledged Margaret Barbour, president of British vogue model J Barbour & Sons, with a particular recognition award for her contributions to the style trade and her long-standing dedication to British excellence and innovation.
“I simply needed to discover ways to make it thrive,” mentioned Barbour, who took over the corporate in 1968 after her husband's sudden demise, and has run it for greater than 50 years.
Alexa Chung, who recurrently wears Barbour jackets at Britain's Glastonbury music competition and has designed her personal collections for the model, introduced the award to Barbour.
Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou acquired a Particular Recognition award for her work on 10 journal, which launched in 2000.
“Solely two issues are lacking tonight, my superb mother and pa. Be courageous and by no means take 'no' for a solution. “I really feel just like the luckiest individual to have the ability to name this trade mine,” mentioned the cheerful editor.
The publication has since expanded into males's vogue and launched international editions in Australia, the USA, Japan and, most not too long ago, Germany.
The evening was stuffed with love all through, from the winners' speeches to Chloe and Halle Bailey's performances singing “To Love Any person” by the Bee Gees.
With contributions by Lily Templeton, Samantha Conti and Tianwei Zhang.