A report by Emily Chan for Vogue.
The Duchess of Cambridge offered the 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Award For British Design to Saul Nash immediately at a particular occasion hosted by the British Style Council (BFC) at London’s Design Museum. The distinguished award, first launched in 2018 (with the Queen memorably sitting entrance row, no much less), recognises designers for his or her distinctive expertise and originality, in addition to sturdy group values and sustainable practices, with earlier winners together with Richard Quinn, Bethany Williams, Rosh Mahtani of Alighieri and, most just lately, Priya Ahluwalia.
There’s little question that Nash, who received the celebrated Worldwide Woolmark Prize simply final week, is on the up and up proper now. The 29-year-old Style East alum (who can be a motion director and choreographer), is understood for fusing the worlds of sportswear and dance into his designs, with the London-based designer additionally working to make use of sustainably-sourced supplies corresponding to licensed cotton, deadstock and merino wool in his collections.
“We’re delighted to announce Saul Nash because the fifth recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design,” Caroline Rush, chief govt of the BFC, stated of this 12 months’s winner. “Nash has a novel manner of mixing perform, tech and tailoring in his design observe which has resulted in a brand new tackle luxe sportswear. His work explores the connection between efficiency and menswear and is usually showcased via lovely and show-stopping choreography. We’re extremely proud to recognise Saul and sit up for seeing his model develop.”
In the course of the occasion, the Duchess – who wore a belted teal costume by Edeline Lee for the event – additionally met with this 12 months’s BFC/Vogue Designer Style Fund winner, Richard Quinn, who was chosen from a shortlist of eight proficient designers by a prestigious judging committee chaired by British Vogue editor-in-chief and Vogue’s European editorial director Edward Enninful OBE.
The BFC showcase celebrated the shortlisted designers for this 12 months’s BFC/GQ Designer Style Fund, too, and the recipients of its NEWGEN scheme for 2022/23: Ahluwalia, Ancuta Sarca, Asai, Bethany Williams, Chet Lo, Conner Ives, Di Petsa, Eftychia, Feben, Harri, Helen Kirkum, Labrum London, Leo Carlton, Masha Popova, Nensi Dojaka, Paolo Carzana, Robyn Lynch, Roker, S.S. Daley, Saul Nash, Sinéad O’Dwyer, Stefan Cooke and Yuhan Wang.