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American model Alex Consani was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards on Monday night, becoming the first openly transgender person to win the esteemed accolade. “I’m the first trans woman to win this award!” she exclaimed to the audience. She is thought to be the youngest openly trans model to sign with a major modeling agency, having signed with IMG Models in 2019 at just 15 years old. And in October, she became one of the first openly trans models to walk in the iconic Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, along with Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio. The other winners at this year’s Fashion Awards included Jonathan Anderson, the creative director for LVMH fashion house Loewe, for the Designer of the Year award and Tom Ford for the Outstanding Achievement Award.

Persons: Alex Consani, London’s Royal Albert, “, ” Consani, Dominique Jackson, Connie Fleming, Aaron Rose Philip, John Phillips, Kate Moss, Bella Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Valentina Sampaio, Consani, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Dilara Findikoglu, Jonathan Anderson, Loewe, Tom Ford Organizations: London’s Royal, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Getty, BFC Consani, IMG, Jacquemus, Turkish Locations: London, Northern California, British

☆ Alex Consani becomes first transgender Model of the Year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —American model Alex Consani has become the first transgender woman to win Model of the Year, following a string of high-profile runway appearances for labels like Chanel, Stella McCartney and Victoria’s Secret. “Because change is more than possible — it’s needed.”Consani takes the stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London to accept the award for Model of the Year. In October, Consani and Valentina Sampaio made history by becoming the first trans models to appear on the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Black trans model Kai-Isaiah Jamal was among the nominees for last year’s award, which was ultimately won by plus-size model Paloma Elsesser. Categories for the best British menswear and womenswear designers were meanwhile awarded to Grace Wales Bonner and Simone Rocha, respectively.

Persons: Alex Consani, Chanel, Stella McCartney, Consani, Ashley Graham, Nava Mau, Jeff Spicer, Claudia Schiffer, Hailey Bieber, Hadid, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Versace, Valentina Sampaio, Dilara Findikoglu, —, Connie Fleming, Aaron Rose Philip —, “, Kai, Isaiah Jamal, Paloma Elsesser, Jonathan Anderson, Loewe, JW Anderson, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Samir Hussein, Debbie Harry, Rita Ora, Venus Williams, Rocky, Grace Wales Bonner, Simone Rocha Organizations: CNN, Royal Albert Hall, IMG, Turkish, British Fashion Council, Rocky, London Fashion Week’s Locations: American, London, TikTok, British, Dilara Findikoglu , California, Palestine

☆ New Vogue exhibition on runway shows reveals how this humble walkway changed fashion forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And if you did miss them, both these revolutionary runways are part of a new London exhibition, “Vogue: Inventing the Runway,” at the Lightroom. Projected onto the venue’s 39-foot-high walls, a mixture of backstage and runway footage transports viewers into the epicenter of fashion history. Alexander McQueen's Spring-Summer 1999 show, featuring a duo of spray-painting robots, has gone down in fashion history. Coco Chanel would watch the her own fashion shows from the mirrored staircase in her apartment building in Paris. The Vogue exhibition at the Lightroom chronicles the history of the runway, using backstage and runway footage to immerse the audience.

Persons: you’re, Alexander McQueen’s, Chanel, ”, Chioma Nnadi, “, Alexander McQueen's, Paul Vicente, John Galliano’s, Margiela, ’ Pont Alexandre III, Saint Laurent’s, Bella Hadid’s, Alex Consani strutting, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton, Julien De Rosa, Charles Fredrick Worth, ” Dr, Kate Strasdin, dressmakers, Lucy, Lady Duff, Gordon, ‘, I’ve, ’ ”, Karl Lagerfeld, David Fisher, ” Strasdin, Gabrielle “ Coco ” Chanel, tucking, — Marie, Kate, Ashley Olsen’s, Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld’s, “ Voss, Anna Wintour’s, Justin Sutcliffe, McQueen, Dior —, Nnadi, It’s Organizations: London CNN, Vogue, British Vogue, Getty, England’s Falmouth University, CNN, “ Locations: ”, British, Saint, Paris, Pont, Pont Neuf, AFP, Worth, New York

Models Valentina Sampaio and Alex Consani strutted down the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York City on Tuesday, becoming the first transgender women to walk in the iconic fashion show. “Inclusivity is crucial to the world we’re building, and I’m honored to walk with pride, love, and the hope of inspiring the next generation.”Valentina Sampaio on the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday in New York. Masato Onoda / WWD via Getty ImagesThis is Sampaio’s second time making history with Victoria’s Secret. Alex Consani walks the runway during Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York on Tuesday. This year’s show, which was streamed on Amazon Live and Amazon Video, also featured some of the best-known “angels” in Victoria’s Secret history, including Gigi and Bella Hadid, Adriana Lima and Tyra Banks, as well as a performance by Cher.

Persons: Valentina Sampaio, Alex Consani strutted, Sampaio, hairdo —, “ Inclusivity, ” Valentina Sampaio, Masato Onoda, “, I’m, ” Consani, TODAY.com, Chloe, Roberto Cavalli —, Charlie XCX’s, ”, Alex Consani, Angela Weiss, Ed Razek, Victoria’s, Gigi, Bella Hadid, Adriana Lima, Tyra Banks, Cher Organizations: Sports, Burberry, Getty, Sampaio, Brands, Amazon Locations: New York City, New York, California

☆ Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns: Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Kate Moss, 50, makes her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut. Kate Moss, who turned 50 in January, made her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debut, with her daughter Lila also modeling. Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty ImagesShe said that Victoria’s Secret was listening to their customers, who wanted the show to return. Ashley Graham walks the runway for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2024. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesBlackpink's Lisa performs during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2024.

Persons: Lisa, Blackpink, Gigi Hadid, Barbie, Hadid, Brown, Kate Moss, Dimitrios Kambouris, Adriana Lima —, —, Bella Hadid, Alex Consani, Paloma Elsesser, Lila, Cher, Roxanne Robinson, ” Cher, Evan Agostini, Destiny’s Child, Justin Timberlake, Kanye, Barbara Palvin, Yasmin Wijnaldum, Winnie Harlow, Kendall Jenner, Alexina Graham, Naomi Campbell, Quannah, Megan Rapinoe, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, “, ”, Chantal Fernandez, Lauren Sherman, Victoria’s, Sarah Sylvester, Critics, Janie Schaffer, Liu Wen, Taylor, Victoria’s Secret’s, Tyra Banks, Law Roach, Banks, Angela Weiss, Ashley Graham —, ’ ”, ” Adriana Lima, Roy Raymond, Leslie Wexner, Reagan, ” Sherman, ” Fernandez, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Stephen Cherrnin, Sherman, Sharleen, Brands ’, Ed Razek “, Razek, Wexner, Vogue, didn’t, Lily Aldrige, Karlie Kloss, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Ashley Graham, Blackpink's Lisa Organizations: New, New York CNN, PETA, CNN, Brands, Getty, Brooklyn Navy, AP Locations: New York, Brooklyn, White, Lagos, Bogotá, London, Tokyo, American

☆ New York Fashion Week: Highlights from Spring-Summer 2025 runways
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York Fashion Week, which formally kicks off fashion month, has found itself at a crossroads in recent seasons as its counterparts in Milan and Paris have maintained dominance on the industry’s schedule with sought-after shows and splashy celebrity guest lists. Gilbert Flores/WWD/Getty ImagesBut Olympians haven’t just been on the guest list this week — they’ve made surprise runway debuts as well. The Nepali American designer Prabal Gurung, too, had a message, but one of hope. Paris Hilton invited Megan Thee Stallion for a performance at Hilton’s album release party with Nylon Magazine for New York Fashion Week. Victor Pagan/Getty ImagesA model walks the runway for the Off-White fashion show during New York Fashion Week on September 8, 2024 in New York City.

Persons: Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Lady Jill Biden, Usher, Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston, Naomi Watts, Solomon, Alaïa, supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Amber Valletta, Stephanie Seymour, Kendall Jenner, Ib Kamara, Zayn Malik, Mary J, Blige, Camila Cabello, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ashleigh Johnson —, Flav, Sunisa Lee, Jill Biden, Ralph Lauren’s Bridgehampton, Theo Wargo, Rihanna, Pieter Mulier, Brooke Shields, Gilbert Flores, haven’t, they’ve, ” Jordan Chiles, Kim Shui, Noah Lyles, Willy Chavarria’s, “ América, Adidas —, ”, Willy Chavarria, ” Nina Westervelt, Piotrek Panszczyk, Prabal Gurung, Kamala Harris ’, Gurung, Harris, “ I’ve, ” Gurung, …, Paris Hilton, Megan Thee, Roy Rochlin, Victor Virgile, Nina Westervelt, Dan Lecca, Jonas Gustavsson, Lee, David Dee Delgado, Pink, Prabal Gurung Brandon Maxwell, Fernanda Calfat, Sergio Hudson’s, Grace Ling, Jennifer Lopez, Radhika Merchant, Alex Consani, Grace Ling Ling, Victor Pagan, JP Yim, Kamara, Virgil Abloh, Kamara —, Sierra Leone —, utopias, Jason Wu, Tong Yang, Arturo Holmes, Tommy Hilfiger’s, Giovanni Giannoni, Sandy Liang, —, Filippo Fior Organizations: CNN, New York, U.S ., Polo Bar, Guggenheim, Adidas, American Civil Liberties Union, Tinder, Paris, Nylon Magazine, Labor, Getty, Seaport Locations: New York City, Long, Paris, Milan, York, Brooklyn, New York, Gotham, Nepali, City Hall, AFP, New, Ghana, Sierra Leone

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