A$AP Rocky, Sabato De Sarno, Issa Rae and Extra Take Dwelling Style Awards

LONDON — The United Nations of fashion regrouped on Monday night on the Royal Albert Corridor with the Style Awards, whose winners hailed from world wide. 

The occasion was extra worldwide than ever with Rihanna, Jamie Dornan, Joe Jonas, Glen Powell and Courtney Love in attendance, and residential skills together with Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Stephen Jones and Simone Rocha taking residence the massive awards.

Worldwide manufacturers made a lot of noise, too, with Tom Ford successful the Excellent Achievement Award, and Gucci’s inventive director Sabato De Sarno scooping a particular recognition award for the model’s cruise 2025 “We Will All the time Have London” advert marketing campaign, shot by Nan Goldin.

The marketing campaign starred Kelsey Lu and Debbie Harry, who was the shock performer on the evening wearing head-to-toe in Gucci’s Rosso Ancora pink shade. She sang a few of her biggest hits, together with “Coronary heart of Glass” and “I Really feel Love.”

Goldin was emotional on stage, saying “I can solely {photograph} folks I like. I’m so grateful. I by no means thought I’d be in entrance of a vogue crowd, I’m very nervous.” She and Lu collected the award on behalf of Gucci, and the photographer completed her speech saying, “Free Palestine.”

A$AP Rocky took residence the Cultural Innovator award for his assist of U.Ok. designers and retail.

“It’s about f—ing time. I didn’t write s–t, it’s going to return from the center. 5 years in the past, I used to be invited by my woman 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 a lot to be as a rapper, I believe the strains are positively merged now,” he stated.

He was referring to his accomplice Rihanna, who 5 years in the past received the City Luxe award for Fenty.

Issa Rae, the American actress, author and producer, was the recipient of the Pandora Chief of Change Award, introduced by her buddy and former “Insecure” costar Yvonne Orji.

Rae stated she is “always attempting to be current and to make a change to the perfect of my potential and lead in efforts. It’s not at all times welcome, it’s not at all times stylish and it’s not at all times the norm, nevertheless it actually is as much as us and areas like this make it acceptable to take action.”

Maria Sharapova introduced Remo Ruffini, chairman and chief government officer 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.

“Creativity just isn’t a person act. It’s a collective work, and [it] is the language of chance,” stated Ruffini, who beforehand picked up the Enterprise Chief award on the occasion in 2019.

Anderson received Designer of the 12 months, the largest award of the evening, for the second time in a row for his job as inventive director of Loewe and founding father of JW Anderson. It was Jamie Dornan who introduced the award, wearing a slimline black go well with from Loewe.

“It’s good to see Irish persons are again in vogue,” quipped Anderson, a local of Northern Eire. The designer additionally thanked Sidney Toledano, senior adviser to Bernard Arnault at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

He stated Toledano at all times “picks up the telephone when there’s an issue.” He additionally provided recommendation to all the scholars within the room. He stated “the beauty of vogue is that all of us exit of vogue, so there are a great deal of jobs to be taken” on this room. “Come and get them as a result of it equals progress.”

Stephen Jones picked up the award for British Equipment Designer, a brand new class that’s meant to focus on the nation’s jewellery, millinery and footwear creators.

“Wouldn’t this make a beautiful hat?” stated the milliner as he jauntily held up the spiral-shaped award towards his black beret.

One other Brit winner on the evening was Simone Rocha, successful British Womenswear Designer of the 12 months for her work at her eponymous label. She was introduced with the award by “Gossip Lady” actor Kelly Rutherford and “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan.

The designer stated she was significantly happy with her work with ladies, and inspired the room to think about displaced moms and youngsters.

Grace Wales Bonner received the award for British Menswear Designer of the 12 months for her eponymous label. The award was introduced to her by former skilled footballer Ian Wright. She was unable to attend the occasion, and singer-songwriter Tems accepted the award on her behalf. 

The evening was additionally a celebration of younger and future skills. 

The Isabella Blow Award for Style Creator was handed to American photographer Tyler Mitchell. The 29-year-old artist stated standing on the stage was “very surreal” for somebody from Atlanta. “No one in my household was doing any creative. I actually am the UFO of my household.”

He added that London was the town that pushed him creatively and it’s the place designers resembling Anderson and Rocha gave him a few of his earliest alternatives. 

American mannequin Alex Consani, who has starred in campaigns for Jacquemus and Marc Jacobs, received Mannequin of the 12 months.

“I’m the primary trans girl to win this award. I can’t settle for it with out thanking the females who got here earlier than me and particularly the Black trans group that basically fought for the house,” stated the 21-year-old mannequin as she picked up the award introduced to her by fellow mannequin Ashley Graham and American actress Nava Mau.

Designers Priya Ahluwalia and Marco Capaldo of 16Arlington picked up awards for New Institution Menswear and New Institution Womenswear, respectively.

Capaldo thanked his dad and mom and devoted the gong to Kikka Cavenati, his accomplice in each life and work, who died out of the blue in 2021.

“She must be up 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 received the New Institution Womenswear award final yr, picked up one other gong for the BFC Basis Designer Award.

The ceremony additionally acknowledged Margaret Barbour, chair of the British vogue label J Barbour & Sons, with a particular recognition award for her contributions to the style trade and long-standing dedication to British excellence and innovation.

“I simply needed to discover ways to make it prosper,” stated Barbour, who took over the corporate in 1968 after her husband died out of the blue, and has led it for greater than 50 years.

Alexa Chung, who usually wears Barbour jackets on the British music pageant Glastonbury, and who has designed her personal collections for the model, introduced Barbour with the award.

Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou picked up a Particular Recognition award for her work on 10 Journal, which launched in 2000.

“There’s solely two issues lacking tonight, my wonderful mama and papa. Be fearless and by no means take ‘no’ for a solution. I really feel just like the luckiest particular person to name this trade my very own,” stated the cheery editor.

The publication has since expanded into males’s vogue, and launched world editions in Australia, the U.S., Japan and, most just lately, Germany.

The evening was coloured with love all through, from the winners’ speeches to the performances by Chloe and Halle Bailey singing the Bee Gees’ “To Love Anyone.”

With contributions from Lily Templeton, Samantha Conti and Tianwei Zhang.