Jimmy Choo the celebratory footwear designer and Honorary Liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers was guest of honour at the Footwear Student of the Year Awards 2015 held in the dramatic surroundings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Jimmy Choo is pictured here with Ganna Domnich from the London College of Fashion who was the winner of the Cordwainers National Footwear Student of the Year Awards 2015.
Awards winners Ganna Domnich, Jack McNamara and Lauren Aileen Betourney of the London College of Fashion celebrate their success with a selfie !
Lance Shaw, Master of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers the organisers and sponsor of these prestigious national awards poses with Jimmy Choo, Katie Greenyer of Pentland Brands who was a competition judge and the Awards winners at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London swept the awards with all three winners studying at the University. Two students from De Montfort University received commendations. The winners were 1st prize, Ganna Domnich of the London College of Fashion, 2nd prize Jack McNamara of the London College of Fashion, 3rd prize Lauren Aileen Betourney of the London College of Fashion with Commendations being awarded to Sam Walker and Beth Roberts of De Montfort University Leicester.
Students from the three university that offer footwear degree courses – De Montfort University, the London College of Fashion and the University of Northampton were invited to submit entries to the competition. Five finalists were selected from each institution and their work was judged by three eminent members of the footwear trade. Guy West of Jeffrey-West, the bespoke designer Atlanta Weller and Katie Greenyer, Creative Director of Pentland Brands.
The celebrity shoe designer Chimmy Choo presented the winners with their awards and then posed for photos with guests for nearly an hour before relaxing and mingling socially at the event.
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Jimmy Choo and Master of Ceremonies Ken Tappenden MBE and Mrs Tappenden
Sir Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of London 2012-13 and Annie Yim Cordwainer’s’ Music Scholar 2104-15
Rupert Sanderson (left), keynote speaker at the awards
Jimmy Choo and Ganna Domnich pose for guests’ photos
Lance Shaw, The Master of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers with Ganna Domnich and Lauren Aileen Betourney
Competition Judge Guy West of Jeffrey-West with Sue Cummings and staff from the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers
Katie Greenyer of Pentland Brands, competition judge introduces the awards winners.
Rupert Sanderson’s keynote speech captured the essence of the Cordwainer’s National Student Footwear Awards which was, without doubt one of the most impressive evenings in Company’s history.
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