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    Joanna Lumley & Jennifer Saunders Turned Up At The British Fashion Awards As Patsy & Eddy

    It was soooo fabulous, sweetie darling

    By Marie Claire
    Published 24 November 2015 In News

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    It was soooo fabulous, sweetie darling

    There were so many great moments at last night's British Fashion Awards - but our absolute favourite has to be the fact that Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders turned up on the red carpet as Ab Fab's Patsy and Eddy - complete with huge champagne glasses and fabulous outfits.

    At the event at the London Coliseum, Joanna wore an attention-grabbing red lace dress and giant diamond necklace, while Jennifer opted for a similarly gargantuan feathered hat.

    The pair refused to let go of their brimming champagne glasses all night, and even took to the stage to present Stella McCartney with the Best Brand Award.

    'I am in my spiritual home - shout out to all my homies,' Joanna said. 'The winner has literally come from nowhere. She's been making bags out of the pubic hair of wheatgrass for years... it's Stella McCartney!'

    As well as Stella's award, a number of other huge British fashion brands won awards presented by big names. Burberry won Best Creative Campaign, and were presented their award by Noami Campbell, while Erdem's award for Best Establishment Designer was presented by Alexa Chung, and Orlando Bloom presented J.W. Anderson with the award for Best Menswear Designer.

    The other awards were...

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    Emerging Womenswear Designer: Thomas Tait Presented by Nick Grimshaw and Rosie Huntington Whiteley

    Emerging Menswear Designer: Grace Wales Bonner Presented by Nick Grimshaw and Rosie Huntington Whiteley

    Emerging Accessory Designer: Jordan Askill Presented by Nick Grimshaw and Rosie Huntington Whiteley

    Red Carpet: Tom Ford Presented by Lucky Blue Smith, accepted on behalf of Tom Ford by Lady Gaga

    Model: Jourdan Dunn Presented by Olivier Rousteing

    Outstanding Achievement: Karl Lagerfeld Presented by Anna Wintour OBE

    Creative Campaign: Burberry Presented by Naomi Campbell

    International Designer: Alessandro Michele for Gucci Presented by Tim Blanks and Georgia May Jagger

    New Establishment Designer: Mary Katrantzou Presented by Elisa Sednaoui Establishment Designer: Erdem Presented by Alexa Chung

    Brand: Stella McCartney Presented by Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone

    Isabella Blow Award For Fashion Creator: Nick Knight OBE Presented by Karlie Kloss

    British Style – Fashion Innovator: FKA Twigs Presented by Jefferson Hack

    British Style - Red Carpet Ambassador: Gwendoline Christie Presented by Kate Bosworth

    Accessory Designer: Charlotte Olympia Presented by Olga Kurylenko

    Menswear Designer: J.W.Anderson Presented by Orlando Bloom

    Womenswear Designer: J.W.Anderson Presented by Noomi Rapace

    For us, Eddy and Patsy stole the show.

    And while we're waiting for the much-anticipated Absolutely Fabulous movie to finally come out, we'll just amuse ourselves by reading up on the best ever Ab Fab quotes...

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