The British Fashion Council’s usually glitzy annual awards honoured a host of prominent industry names in sombre style on Monday following the death of Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh.
The 2021 ceremony, at London’s Royal Albert Hall, saw Kim Jones win “designer of the year”, for Dior Men and Fendi, and Tommy Hilfiger lauded with the “outstanding achievement award”.
Meanwhile, British designer Stella McCartney and editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful were among 15 recognised as “leaders of change”.
But the event was overshadowed by the passing of Abloh, who died Sunday aged 41 after battling cancer for several years. Indian luxury fashion designer trolled for featuring ‘unhappy models’ in jewellery ad
Louis Vuitton’s trailblazing head of menswear, and the first black artistic director at a major French luxury label, was also named a leader of change and eulogised throughout the evening.
A minute’s silence was observed at the beginning of the show in memory of the late founder of brand Off-White and DJ, before British actor Idris Elba recited…
