Skip to main content
Story

Five UAL graduates win awards at the British Fashion Awards 2024

The Royal Albert Hall light up for the award ceremony
  • Written byEleanor Harvey
  • Published date 04 December 2024
The Royal Albert Hall light up for the award ceremony
British Fashion Awards 2024 presented by Pandora at the Royal Albert Hall | Photography: Karolina Wielocha

University of the Arts London alumni won five awards at the Fashion Awards 2024, including  Jonathan Anderson winning Designer of the Year for the second time in a row.

The red-carpet event is organised by the British Fashion Council and took place at the Royal Albert Hall at the start of December. There were 16 prizes awarded throughout the evening. Nominees and winners are voted for by an international judging panel made up of over 1,000 industry experts.

The awards recognise designers and businesses that have made a global impact and defined the shape of global fashion through innovation and creativity.

The winners: 

Designer of the year
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson and Loewe
BA Fashion Design Technology: Menswear, 2007, London College of Fashion

British Menswear Designer of the Year
Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner
BA Fashion: Design with Marketing, 2014, Central Saint Martins

British Womenswear Designer of the Year
Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha
MA Fashion: Womenswear Fashion, 2010, CSM

British Accessories Designer
Stephen Jones for Stephen Jones
BA Fashion, 1979, CSM

BFC Foundation Award
Chopova Lowena
Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons met on their first day CSM, and in 2017 they received their MA in Fashion: Womenswear Fashion.

The evening was co-hosted by Maya Jama and LCF graduate, Kojey Radical. The night was packed with iconic performances and major fashion moments from fashion's biggest names. Guests included Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Debbie Harry, Ashley Graham, Nicola Coughlan, Ambika Mod and  Stanley Tucci.

Jonathan Anderson and guest on the red carpet
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson and Loewe won the Designer of the Year award, presented by Jamie Dornan | Red carpet photograph by Jack Chipper
Ian Wright and Grace Wales Bonner standing smiling to the camera
Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner won the British Menswear Designer of the Year Award, presented by Ian Wright | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by 2023 NEW WAVE: Creative Roni Ahn, edited by Calvin Ceile, Assistant photographer Adam Lin
Kelly Rutherford, Nichola Coughlan and Simone Rocha
Simone Rocha for Simona Rocha won the British Womenswear Designer of the Year Award, presented by Kelly Rutherford and Nichola Coughlan | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by 2023 NEW WAVE: Creative Roni Ahn, edited by Calvin Ceile, Assistant photographer Adam Lin
Stephen Jones and Ambika Mod hugging on a sofa
Stephen Jones for Stephen Jones Millinery won the British Accessories Brand Award, presented by Ambika Mod | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by 2023 NEW WAVE: Creative Roni Ahn, edited by Calvin Ceile, Assistant photographer Adam Lin
Joe Jonas, Emma Chopova, Olivia Dean and Laura Lowena-Irons
Chopova Lowena won the BFC Foundation Award presented by Joe Jonas and Olivia Dean | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by 2023 NEW WAVE: Creative Roni Ahn, edited by Calvin Ceile, Assistant photographer Adam Lin
Jonathan Anderson backstage with his award
Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson and Loewe won the Designer of the Year award | Photographed backstage at the Royal Albert Hall by Eeva Rinne
Maya Jama and Kojey Radical hosting the ceremony
Presenters for the evening, Maya Jama and Kojey Radical | Photography: Karolina Wielocha
Ambit Mod presenting Stephen Jones with his award
Stephen Jones for Stephen Jones Millinery won the British Accessories Brand Award, presented by Ambika Mod | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by Karolina Wielocha
Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons receiving their award
Chopova Lowena won the BFC Foundation Award | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by Karolina Wielocha
Ian Wright presenting Grace Wales Bonner with her award
Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner won the British Menswear Designer of the Year Award, presented by Ian Wright | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by Karolina Wielocha
Simone Rocha receiving her award, with Kelly Rutherford and Nichola Coughlan standing to the side
Simone Rocha for Simona Rocha won the British Womenswear Designer of the Year Award, presented by Kelly Rutherford and Nichola Coughlan | Photographed at the Royal Albert Hall by Karolina Wielocha
Huge disco ball hanging above the ceremony whilst Debbie Harry performs on stage
British Fashion Awards 2024 presented by Pandora at the Royal Albert Hall | Photography: Karolina Wielocha

Related content