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…
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…
Who’s your favourite British designer? Let us know @marieclaireuk
