Designer award named for L’Wren Scott

An award honouring emerging fashion designers has been named for L’Wren Scott.

The award was created by The Art of Elysium, an organisation that brings the arts to hospitalised children. The L’Wren Scott Amber Award honours both Scott, who committed suicide on March 17, and Amber, a child who had a brain tumour and who participated in The Art of Elysium’s fashion workshops for hospitalised kids.

The venture was announced on Thursday by the New York company that handled the 49-year-old designer’s public relations, PR Consulting.