British Fashion Awards

LAST night proved to be the icing on the cake for Burberry chief creative officer Christopher Bailey; following a triumphant return to London Fashion Week as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations, the designer - who also received his MBE from the Queen last week - walked away with the highly prestigious Designer of the Year accolade at the British Fashion Awards.


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Am I supposed to announce the winner of this thing now?Hosted by Lauren Laverne and held at the ornate surrounds of London's Royal Courts of Justice, the great and the good of the fashion world - Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Jerry Hall, Stephen Jones and Erin O'Connor among them - turned out to fete this year's awards, a culmination of London Fashion Week's 25th anniversary celebrations.

And it turned out to be quite the night for Mr Bailey and his Burberry achievements. The luxury fashion label went on to win Designer Brand of the Year - beating off competition from Mulberry and Pringle of Scotland - and announced that its Burberry Prorsum line will, as we very much hoped it would, be back on the London Fashion Week calendar again in February.