The British Fashion Council’s annual British Fashion Awards will honour
photographer Nick Knight with the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator
for his “outstanding contribution” to the global fashion industry.
Knight will receive his award at the British Fashion Awards ceremony
taking place later this month in London on November 23, in honour of his
fashion film and photography which “continuously challenges the
conventional notions of beauty,” the BFC said in a statement.
The British photographer has collaborated with feted designers such as
Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as working on
advertising briefs for numerous fashion brands including Calvin Klein,
Christian Dior, Lancôme, Swarovski, Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent, while
his cutting-edge imagery has been published in AnOther, i-D, Vogue, V
Magazine and W magazines.
Knight is also a digital pioneer, launching online platform Showstudio
in 2000 to showcase fashion film with the ethos to show the entire creative
process from conception to completion. Live broadcasting has become a large
part of Showstudio’s output and recently the site has redefined fashion
commentary and show criticism with its panel debates on the fashion
industry.
Previous winners of the Isabella Blow Award include stylist and fashion
editor Edward Enninful, Lady Amanda Harlech a creative consultant and muse
of Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano, and Central St Martins Professor
Louise Wilson.
Image: Nick Knight/BFC