Bottega Veneta and its young artistic director Daniel Lee were the big winners at the 2019 Fashion Awards on Monday, taking four awards in a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Italian fashion house which specialises in high-end leather goods just last year named the 33-year-old Briton as creative director of the brand. It was mission accomplished for the young Lee, with Bottega Veneta - founded in 1966 in Vicenza - named “brand of the year” at the annual British Fashion Council gathering. And Lee, who worked at Margiela, Balenciaga and Donna Karan before taking over management of Celine’s ready-to-wear collections for five years, was crowned “designer of the year”. He was also named “British designer of the year, womenswear” and took the award for best accessories designer. It was validation for the previously little-known designer, who confided that: “As a child, I often felt like an outsider.”
AFP