As 4,000 glammed-up guests, among them celebrities, industry titans, and fashion students, descended on the Royal Albert Hall last night (December 5) for the British Fashion Council’s annual high-shine shindig — traditionally held on the first Monday in December — there was much discussion of who took home the accolade of best dressed.
But, once the red-carpet peacocking was over, and fashion’s scantily clad cool kids began to thaw inside the cavernous concert hall, focus shifted to which of the nominated designers, creators, and innovators would take home one of the night’s 23 twinkling shard-like trophies, each designed by Yinka Illori and embedded with an ethical diamond.
