DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Stella McCartney

NEW DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Christopher Kane

DESIGNER BRAND OF THE YEAR - Anya Hindmarch

MODEL OF THE YEAR – Agyness Deyn

THE ISABELLA BLOW AWARD FOR FASHION CREATOR – Michael Howells

RED CARPET DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Marchesa

MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Christopher Bailey for Burberry

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Tom Binns

THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FASHION DESIGN AWARD – Dame Vivienne Westwood

THE BFC FASHION ENTERPRISE AWARD – Erdem Moralioglu

The fashion blogosphere is up in arms about the winners, but the council seems about right. Christopher Bailey was unconscious this year with his men’s design. He’s creations have simply been brilliant. Marchesa has been on almost every celebrity this year. Anya Hindmarch can do no wrong thus the designer brand of the year. The only real upset this year could possibly be Agyness Deyn as model of the year over Irina Lazareanu.

Are you an aspiring fashion designer? Are you located in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar or Saudi Arabia? Are you between the ages of 25-35 years with two years of experience in the fashion sector? This may be your chance to represent the Gulf region in the first International Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award!

From AME Info:

“Ten entrepreneurs from around the world will win an all expenses paid trip to the prestigious international London Fashion Week in February 2008, a ‘Master-class’ with top UK designer and successful businessman Sir Paul Smith, as well as the opportunity to compete for the title of International Young Fashion Entrepreneur 2008.

The overall International Award winner will also receive 7,500 (GBP) to spend on a collaborative project with the British Council on promoting links between the fashion industry in their country and the UK. ”

It’s an exciting opportunity for a young designer to be seen.

The British Fashion Council acknowledged the improvement of the models displaying the latest collections during London Fashion Week, The Independent reports. However, they will not come to a decision on how the fashion industry fared as a whole until October 6th in which a debate will be held regarding the issue.

All eyes turn to Milan’s Fashion Week to see how the fashion industry has done to combat the issue of dangerously underweight models.

So with all the recent controversy surrounding models and body image, one had to wonder: where to go from here? Well the next direction is age and the new ban is: 16 and under. That’s right Britain is causing a stir once again as the British Fashion Council’s declaration to ban models aged 16 and under has caused a stir. The consortium of journalists, buyers and other industry fixtures have also come under scrutiny as the ban dances around the “size debate”, another issue still hot on the public radar. The Decision was made in light of the fact that youth are considered more susceptible to eating disorders and other pressures that being a model entails. The group has also set further guidelines and responsibilities for modeling agencies, focusing on health and chaperoning at shows. We’re all for looking out for the best interest of the model, but thank GOD this happened after our favourite British Beauties Kate Moss (discovered at age 14) and Naomi Campbell (discovered at age 15) occured…whew!