DOMINGO’S DAY: The actor, playwright and director Colman Domingo will host the 2025 Style Awards, which happen at Royal Albert Corridor on Dec. 1, for the primary time, the British Style Council mentioned on Sunday.
A two-time BAFTA and Oscar nominee, Domingo is greatest identified for his portrayal of civil rights chief Bayard Rustin within the film “Rustin,” and for the movie “Sing Sing,” which he government produced. He received an Emmy for “Euphoria” and acquired one other nomination for the movie, “The 4 Seasons.”
Subsequent yr, he’s set to look in “Michael,” the biographical musical drama movie about Michael Jackson, directed by Antoine Fuqua. He can even star in Steven Spielberg’s at the moment untitled sci-fi movie, which is rumored to be about UFOs.
In recent times, he’s additionally grow to be a trend darling, sporting memorable appears to be like at main occasions, together with this yr’s WWD Honors celebration and the Met Gala. Final month, he was named Valentino Magnificence’s new world model ambassador for its perfume strains.
Laura Weir, chief government officer on the BFC, mentioned Domingo has had a standout yr in movie, tv, and theater, whereas his pink carpet type has set a contemporary agenda for males’s trend.
“As host of the Style Awards 2025, he brings the presence, spark, and originality that make him such a compelling determine on and off display screen,” mentioned Weir, who took up the CEO function earlier this yr and is ready to unveil her technique for the BFC within the coming weeks.
This yr’s trend awards occasion, the first fundraiser for the BFC Basis, is Weir’s first main challenge since changing into CEO.
The nominees for Designer of the Yr on the 2025 Style Awards: Miuccia Prada, Jonathan Anderson, Martine Rose, Rick Owens, Glenn Martens and Willy Chavarria.
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The BFC has revealed the nominations for British Womenswear Designer of the Yr, British Menswear Designer of the Yr, and Vanguard, a brand new class that blends the previous New Institution Womenswear and New Institution Menswear awards.
Nominees for these awards embody Sarah Burton, Simone Rocha, Erdem Moralıoğlu, Craig Inexperienced, and Grace Wales Bonner, in addition to Steve O Smith and Torishéju Dumi, who took dwelling the Karl Lagerfeld Particular Jury Prize and the Savoir-Faire Prize, respectively, on the LVMH Prize for Younger Designers awards ceremony on Wednesday in Paris.
Designer of the Yr
- Glenn Martens for Diesel and Maison Margiela
- Jonathan Anderson for Dior and JW Anderson
- Martine Rose for Martine Rose
- Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu
- Rick Owens for Rick Owens
- Willy Chavarria for Willy Chavarria
British Womenswear Designer of the Yr
- Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault for Knwls
- Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena for Chopova Lowena
- Erdem Moralıoğlu for Erdem
- Sarah Burton for Givenchy
- Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha
British Menswear Designer of the Yr
- Craig Inexperienced for Craig Inexperienced
- Foday Dumbuya for Labrum London
- Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner
- Kiko Kostadinov for Kiko Kostadinov
- Nicholas Daley for Nicholas Daley
- Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt for Stefan Cooke
Vanguard
- Aaron Esh for Aaron Esh
- Dilara Fındıkoğlu for Dilara Fındıkoğlu
- Feben for Feben
- Steve O Smith for Steve O Smith
- Tolu Coker for Tolu Coker
- Torishéju Dumi for Torishéju
Delphine Arnault
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As reported, Brunello Cucinelli will obtain the Excellent Achievement Award, whereas Delphine Arnault, chairman and CEO of Christian Dior, will obtain a Particular Recognition Award for her “distinctive contribution” to the worldwide trend business and “longstanding dedication to championing rising expertise” on the Style Awards.
Brunello Cucinelli
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Tania Fares, Style Belief Arabia co-chair and co-chair of the BFC Basis Fundraising Committee, will likely be amassing a Particular Recognition award that acknowledges the “philanthropists and cultural advocates she has contributed to the BFC Style Belief’s charitable packages during the last 15 years.
Tania Fares
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Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore can even obtain a Particular Recognition award for supporting 25 Years of the rising expertise platform Style East, which has launched the careers of a few of the most influential names within the business. Alumni embody Kim Jones, Maximilian Davis, Simone Rocha, JW Anderson, Roksanda, Martine Rose, Wales Bonner, Craig Inexperienced, Nensi Dojaka, and Stefan Cooke.
Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore
Rei Kawakubo, Adrian Joffe, and Dickon Bowden will obtain the Isabella Blow Award for Style Creator following “their unimaginable contribution to the worldwide trend business” for his or her work on the groundbreaking retailer Dover Road Market.
Rei Kawakubo
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Anok Yai is the winner of the Mannequin of the Yr honor at this yr’s Style Awards. During the last yr alone, she has been on the duvet of Vogue France, fronted Versace, Alaïa and Saint Laurent campaigns, and continued her function because the face of Mugler’s Alien perfume. Most not too long ago, she showcased two assertion appears to be like on the Victoria’s Secret trend present.
Anok Yai on the runway on the Victoria’s Secret Style Present.
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Celeb stylist Sam Woolf, who has been instrumental in shaping Doechii’s trend type, will take dwelling the Pandora Fashion Second of the Yr Award.
Sam Woolf
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The annual Style Awards occasion is a key fundraiser for the BFC Basis, and the cash goes in direction of supporting college students and trend expertise by way of a wide range of packages.
The BFC Basis provides 4 expertise prizes: the BFC/Vogue Designer Style Fund; the BFC/GQ Designer Style Fund; BFC Newgen, and the BFC Style Belief.
The muse additionally provides BA and MA scholarships to college students and connects them with business figures by way of design competitions and Graduate Preview Day, which takes place annually.
