Celebrating British Luxury at the Walpole British Luxury Awards 2019
The Walpole British Luxury Awards celebrated the very best high-end products and services from British businesses last night (November 18) at The Dorchester, Mayfair.
The Walpole British Luxury Awards celebrated the very best high-end products and services from British businesses last night (November 18) at The Dorchester, Mayfair.
The Walpole British Luxury Awards celebrated the very best high-end products and services from British businesses last night (November 18) at The Dorchester, Mayfair. The annual awards ceremony, hosted by British actor, singer and songwriter Laurence Fox, honoured brands, individuals and experiences that have demonstrated the pinnacle of excellence in the last year. Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts, headed up by Walpole’s Chairman, Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods and Walpole’s CEO, Helen Brocklebank.
This year's British Luxury Awards had a lot to celebrate: the British luxury sector has grown 49% in the past year and is now worth a staggering £48 billion. Walpole’s CEO Helen Brocklebank said in a statement: 'This year’s awards have been an incredible celebration of unstoppable creativity, inventiveness, fearless entrepreneurship and above all relentless quest for perfection. All of our winners and nominees are fired by the ambition to be the best and to make British luxury a byword for brilliance the whole world over and if tonight is anything to go by, they are succeeding.'
The Winners of the Walpole Awards 2019:
- The Brands of Tomorrow Award for Emerging Talent: FLOWERBX
- Future Legacy: Bentley
- Cultural Contribution: Josie Rourke
- Luxury with a Heart: Burberry
- Creative Collaboration: Manolo Blahnik x The Wallace Collection
- British Luxury Overseas: Smythson
- British Legend: Dame Zandra Rhodes
- British Luxury Brand: Dunhill
- Luxury Maker: Church’s
- Luxury Leader: Ewan Venters