Should Read: British Fashion Council Announces Fashion Awards 2026 Nominees, Nike Appoints Alexandre Arnault to Board of Directors
These are the tales making headlines in vogue on Thursday.
British Fashion Council Announces The Fashion Awards 2026 Nominees
The British Fashion Council (BFC) introduced the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2026 on Wednesday. For its prime award — Designer of the Year — nominees embody Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford, Matthieu Blazy for Chanel, Michael Rider for Celine and Sarah Burton for Givenchy. The BFC additionally unveiled the nominees for British Womenswear Designer, British Menswear Designer and the Vanguard Award. See the total checklist of nominees here. Winners shall be introduced on Nov. 30. {Fashionista inbox}
Nike Appoints Alexandre Arnault to Board of Directors
Nike has appointed LVMH govt Alexandre Arnault to its board of administrators. Since February 2025, Arnault has served because the deputy chief govt of Moët Hennessy. He is becoming a member of the board forward of Nike’s exit from the S&P 100 on Sept. 21. “[Arnault’s] expertise throughout innovation, digital transformation and model constructing shall be an asset as we proceed to strengthen our reference to shoppers, sharpen our aggressive edge and speed up Nike’s subsequent chapter of progress across the globe,” Nike CEO Elliot Hill mentioned in a press release. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}
Mikey Madison Covers Vogue
Photo: Drew Vickers/Courtesy of Vogue
Mikey Madison is Vogue‘s second October 2026 cowl star for its three-part Vogue World particular situation. Photographed by Drew Vickers and styled by Carlos Nazario, Madison wears a Prada jacket and Tiffany & Co. jewellery on the duvet. In dialog with Marley Marius, Madison talks profitable the Oscar for Best Actress, her goals of beginning a household and her upcoming movie “The Social Reckoning.” Vogue‘s October 2026 situation shall be obtainable on newsstands on Sept. 29. Read the total cowl story here. {Fashionista inbox}
Will Fashion Ban Wool?
At PETA’s protest on the COS runway throughout New York Fashion Week, activists urged the label to cease promoting wool and claimed that sheep are abused within the shearing course of. The dialog round banning wool is almost non-existent: Knitwear is booming, and the International Woolmark Prize is one among vogue’s main expertise incubators. Even if the style trade issued a ban on animal-derived fibers tomorrow, it could take years earlier than plant-based options attain the size wanted to switch them. {Vogue Business/paywalled}
