Scottish Fashion Awards Open for Entry
This year ushers in the tenth anniversary of the Scottish Fashion Awards, which will be held at the Corinthia Hotel in London on the 3rd September. Referred to as ‘The Oscars of Scottish Fashion,’ the ‘Highland Gathering’ will be co-hosted by founder and chairman, Dr Tessa Hartmann and the Rt Hon David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland.
Hosted by Laura Whitmore, the judging panel features a myriad of fashion's most iconic and influential personalities including our founder Courtney Blackman, Industry member Hilary Alexander, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, Caroline Rush CBE, supermodel Stella Tennant, editorial director of Paper Magazine Mickey Boardman, editor of LOVE Magazine Katie Grand, photographer Rankin, journalist and author Colin McDowell MBE, Vogue Italia's Sara Maino, professor Wendy Dagworthy and editors from The Daily Telegraph, Harper's Bazaar, Grazia, The Gentlewoman, Glamour and Drapers.
Dame Vivienne Westwood (Centre), winner of the Hall of Fame 2014 award, with Andreas Kronthaler and Dr Tessa Hartmann. Photo by: Dave Benett
Founder of the awards Dr Tessa Hartmann says, “We started this event in 2006 at Stirling Castle in the Highlands where a handful of fashion editors and industry players navigated the historic cobblestones and celebrated Scotland’s most fashionable Scots. Christopher Kane scooped Graduate of the Year and look where he is now. We honestly never imagined we would start a movement. A movement where suddenly the Scots had a voice in fashion, a platform where we could showcase the emerging innovators as well as some of the leaders of the world’s luxury fashion houses. The common denominator? Scottish blood, insatiable energy, drive, hunger to succeed and all vying to place their fashionable footprints in this highly competitive market sector. We see it as our role to continue to showcase Scotland’s fashion innovators and introduce them to a bigger and more influential audience like the ones we attract to London, the UK’s fashion capital.”
Industry founder Courtney Blackman adds, “I’m really excited to be judging the 10th annual Scottish Fashion Awards. The Scottish Fashion Awards are hugely important as they shine a spotlight on Scotland and its global-reaching creative heavyweights like Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Holly Fulton. The event raises the profile of not just Scotland, but the UK as a whole, as a serious contender within the worldwide fashion economy."
In true Scottish Fashion Awards style, a pampering suite will get VIP guests red carpet-ready with help from Toni & Guy, Debenhams Beauty, BareMinerals, Liquid Gold Prosecco, Deeside Natural Mineral Water, Caorunn Gin, Designs by M, Proper Corn and Maserati will be driving key attendees to the event via their luxury fleet.
Entry forms for the Scottish Fashion Awards can be downloaded here.
