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BFC announces nominees for The Fashion Awards 2025
Award categories announced include Designer of the Year, British Womenswear Designer, British Menswear Designer and the Vanguard Award. This year, the BFC invited a jury of 19 distinguished critics, editors and buyers to finalise the shortlist of nominees, ensuring that all nominees meet the highest standards of quality, creativity and diversity. These will now be presented to a voting committee of leading industry members to review the shortlist and cast votes confidentially to balance perspectives and guarantee impartiality, the BFC said in a press release.
The BFC has announced the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2025, taking place on December 1 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Key categories include Designer of the Year, British Womenswear and Menswear Designer, and the Vanguard Award.
The shortlist, selected by a jury of industry experts, highlights innovation, creativity, and diversity, and will now be voted on by leading fashion professionals.
Designer of the Year recognises a British or international designer whose innovative collections have made a notable impact on the industry, defining the shape of global fashion. The 2025 nominees include Glenn Martens for his work at Diesel and Maison Margiela, Jonathan Anderson for Dior and JW Anderson, and Martine Rose for her eponymous label. Also nominated are Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu, Rick Owens for his continued influence through his namesake brand, and Willy Chavarria for his powerful and boundary-pushing work at Willy Chavarria.
British Womenswear Designer of the Year celebrates a leading British womenswear designer who has made a global impact through innovation and creativity, shaping the international womenswear landscape. This year’s nominees are Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault for KNWLS, Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons for Chopova Lowena, and Erdem Moralioglu for ERDEM. Also recognised are Sarah Burton for her creative direction at Givenchy and Simone Rocha for her continued excellence with her eponymous brand.
British Menswear Designer of the Year honours a British menswear designer whose vision and creativity have shaped the international menswear scene. Nominees for 2025 include Craig Green for Craig Green, Foday Dumbuya for Labrum London, and Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner. Also shortlisted are Kiko Kostadinov for his innovative namesake label, Nicholas Daley for his culturally rich menswear collections, and Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt for their collaborative work at Stefan Cooke.
The Vanguard Award recognises a designer at the forefront of a new wave in British fashion — a visionary creative demonstrating cultural leadership and global influence, helping to shape the future of the industry. This year’s nominees are Aaron Esh for Aaron Esh, Dilara Findikoglu for her bold and subversive label, and Feben for her namesake brand that blends identity and craftsmanship. Also nominated are Steve O Smith for his contemporary and emotionally resonant work, Tolu Coker for her powerful storytelling through design, and Torishéju Dumi for Torisheju, a brand gaining attention for its conceptual and culturally charged collections.
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Imports of textile fabrics remained steady year on year (YoY), while fibre imports declined. In August ****, textile fabric imports totalled £*** million (~$***.** million), unchanged from August ****. Fibre imports, however, fell to £** million (~$**.** million) from £** million a year earlier, continuing a downward trend influenced by global raw material price volatility and sustainability-led sourcing shifts.
In the second quarter (Q*) of ****, the UK’s clothing imports reached £*.*** billion (~$*.*** billion), up *.** per cent from £*.*** billion in Q* ****. Although this quarterly growth was slightly weaker than in Q* ****, it indicates steady recovery amid stabilising global supply chains and resilient consumer appetite. Fabric imports during Q* **** were valued at £*.*** billion, while textile fibre imports reached £** million, compared to £*.*** billion and £*** million, respectively, in the same quarter of ****.
“These landmark deals demonstrate that America can maintain tariffs to shrink the goods trade deficit, while opening new markets for American farmers, ranchers, workers and manufacturers,” said Greer in a statement released by the USTR.
President Donald Trump has secured agreements on reciprocal trade with Malaysia and Cambodia and reached frameworks for such pacts with Thailand and Vietnam, USTR Jamieson Greer recently announced.
Malaysia has committed to providing significant preferential market access for US industrial goods and agricultural exports, while Cambodia has committed to eliminate tariffs on 100 per cent of such goods.
Malaysia has committed to providing significant preferential market access for US industrial goods and agricultural exports, and addressing non-tariff barriers that affect bilateral trade in priority industrial areas.
Malaysia has committed to raising enforcement against notorious markets for counterfeiting and piracy; protecting internationally-recognised labour rights; and preventing forced labour. It has also committed to refraining from banning, or imposing quotas on, exports to the United States of critical minerals or rare earth elements, a joint statement released by the White House said.
Cambodia has committed to eliminate tariffs on 100 per cent of US industrial goods and food and agricultural products and has already implemented the commitment. The agreement includes commitments on digital trade, services, investment, intellectual property, customs and trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, and distortionary behaviors of state-owned enterprises.
Thailand will eliminate tariff barriers on nearly 99 per cent of goods, covering a full range of US industrial and food and agricultural products. It will address and prevent barriers to US food and agricultural products in the Thai market, including expediting access for the United States.
Vietnam will provide preferential market access for substantially all US industrial and agricultural exports. Vietnamese firms have signed 20 memoranda of understanding with US companies to purchase agricultural commodities, with a total estimated value of over $2.9 billion.
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UK non-food prices fall again but business rate change may drive inflation and cost jobs says BRC
Published
October 28, 2025
UK shop price inflation fell in the first week of October bringing some relief for hard-pressed consumers, the new BRC-NIQ Shop Price Monitor showed on Tuesday.
But the news came at the same time as a warning that UK retail jobs are at risk from potential tax rises.
First those inflation figures. Overall shop price inflation fell to 1% year on year this month. That’s lower than the 1.4% seen in September and the three-month average of 1.1%.
Specific non-food inflation was actually deflation as it has been for some time. And it accelerated as prices fell more than in September (-0.4% this time rather than -0.1%).
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: “Overall shop price inflation slowed in October, driven by fierce competition among retailers and widespread discounting. Discounts came early to electricals and health & beauty, as retailers started promotions ahead of Black Friday month.
“The IMF recently warned that UK inflation will be the highest in the G7. With the Budget less than a month away, the Chancellor has an opportunity to relieve some of the pressures that are keeping the cost of essentials high.”
And that leads us on to the warning of potential job losses if the forthcoming Autumn Budget hammers retailers.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and UK Hospitality have raised concerns over plans to make superstores and other large businesses pay higher business rates.
They said hundreds of sites could close, potentially costing 120,000 jobs.
The changes are designed to give the government room to reduce the burden on smaller businesses and it has said they’ll mean a boost for city centres.
But owners of larger businesses have said it may do the opposite as some major ‘anchor’ sites — particularly large supermarkets and department stores — may close.
Helen Dickinson said ministers should agree to an exemption from higher business rates for retailers to “safeguard hundreds of anchor stores and the vital jobs they sustain”.
She explained that the proposed changes would also added to inflation: “Labour’s promised business rates reform must deliver a meaningful cut to retailers’ rates bills, and ensure that no store pays more. Rising employer National Insurance Contributions and a new packaging tax have directly contributed towards rising inflation, according to the Bank of England. Adding further taxes on retail businesses would inevitably keep inflation higher for longer.”
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