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The Fashion Awards 2026: Sarah Burton and Simone Rocha Are Each Shortlisted Twice
The Fashion Awards are at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 November. Sarah Burton and Simone Rocha are each nominated twice; an 18-member jury chose the lists.
The British Fashion Council's Fashion Awards 2026 take place on Monday 30 November at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The nominees were announced in September: an 18-member jury of critics, editors and buyers chose the shortlists, and a wider Voting Committee will decide the winners. Sarah Burton, nominated as Designer of the Year for Givenchy and as British Womenswear Designer of the Year, and Simone Rocha, in womenswear and menswear, each appear in two categories.
Designer of the Year
- Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent
- Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, The Row
- Haider Ackermann, Tom Ford
- Matthieu Blazy, Chanel
- Michael Rider, Celine
- Sarah Burton, Givenchy
British Womenswear Designer of the Year
- Clare Waight Keller, Uniqlo
- Erdem Moralıoğlu, Erdem
- Louise Trotter, Bottega Veneta
- Sarah Burton
- Simone Rocha
British Menswear Designer of the Year
- Foday Dumbuya
- Kiko Kostadinov
- Nick Wakeman
- Simon Holloway
- Simone Rocha
Vanguard Award
- Conner Ives
- Ellie Misner
- Steve O Smith
- Tolu Coker
Coverage describes the Designer of the Year category as reflecting a year of major creative change, with several nominees only recently in post at the houses they are recognised for. Simone Rocha and Erdem both showed at September's London Fashion Week.
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