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Walpole British Luxury Awards
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BRITISH LUXURY AWARDS 2017
The Dorchester, London ► Was the splendid setting for the 2017 Walpole British Luxury Awards, hosted by Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE. For 16 years, Walpole has brought together the great and the good of British luxury to honour the extraordinary achievements of the sector. The Awards have an important tale to tell about the role luxury plays in the UK economy, not only celebrating the particular focus on export Britain’s brands have, or the importance of London as a market for international luxury brands, but also its regional manufacturing strength and contribution to creating skilled jobs and nurturing talent. What’s more, they also recognise the relationship between creativity and culture, the innovative and the artisanal, and the value of a sector worth £32.2 billion, as well as its values: its burgeoning desire to make the world a better place.
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Ruth and Tom Chapman, founders of MATCHESFASHION.COM and winners of the British Luxury Brand of the Year, in association with Laurent-Perrier.
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Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE gets her glam on with the help of stylist Peter Lux, make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, and a dress from Temperley London.
Walpole Chairman and Managing Director of Harrods Michael Ward; Catherine Zeta-Jones; Helen Brocklebank, CEO of Walpole.
British Luxury Awards
Celebrating excellence
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Social media influencer and blogger Jim Chapman - presenter of the Digital Award – arrives at The Dorchester in style, courtesy of Bentley Motors.
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Host Catherine Zeta-Jones takes to the stage.
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"It’'s a real privilege to support an event which rewards the incredible brands and individuals ensuring British luxury is valued the world over." Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Lord William Burlington (centre left) accepted Chatsworth's Cultural Experience Award from Amanda Berry OBE, CEO of BAFTA, and Michael Moszynski, CEO of LONDON Advertising.
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The Innovation and Creativity Award was presented to Toby Bateman, Managing Director of MR PORTER (middle left) by Gillian de Bono, editor-inchief of FT How to Spend It and Raphaël Aflalo, CEO and CoFounder of MY LOVE AFFAIR.
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Lifetime Achievement recipient Justine Picardie with Roksanda Ilincic and Helen Brocklebank.
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Justine Picardie, editorin-chief of Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country, accepts her Lifetime Achievement award from fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic and Grant Morris, CEO of Elite Associates.
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Influencer and blogger Jim Chapman presented Farfetch with their Digital Award; L-R Jenny Tsai, Founder & CEO of WEARISMA, Susannah Clark, VP Communications of Farfetch, Jim Chapman, Helen Brocklebank.
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Johnstons of Elgin was rewarded for their Commitment to British Manufacturing. CEO Simon Cotton (middle left) was presented with the award by Patrick Grant (left), creative director of Norton and Sons, and Mark Harvey (right), Managing Director of Chapel Down.
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Helen Brocklebank presents the Walpole Honour to Cynthia Wilkinson, widow of Mark Wilkinson OBE, co-founder of Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture.
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Charlotte Tilbury (right) with Demetra Pinsent, CEO of her eponymous beauty brand, who presented the British Luxury Brand of the Year award.
Above Lady Kitty Spencer, presenter of the Luxury with a Heart Award.
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Henrietta Jowitt, Deputy Director General of the CBI (left) and Victoria Berwick, Global Marketing Director at Reed & Mackay (centre right) with Ken McConomy from Jaguar Land Rover, winner of the Export Excellence award.
Luxury with a Heart was presented to Marc Hoellinger, President & CEO at The Glenmorangie Company, LVMH, by Margaret Sweeney, Director of Business Development at G.F Smith (left) and Lady Kitty Spencer (centre right).
Laurent-Perrier’s Managing Director, David Hesketh (left), Charlotte Tilbury and Demetra Pinsent (centre right) presented the British Luxury Brand of the Year award to MATCHESFASHION. COM founders Tom and Ruth Chapman (centre left).
The Leader in Luxury Award was given to Imran Amed MBE, founder and editor in chief of Business of Fashion (centre left) by Kevin Flynn, Head of Retail at ThoughtWorks (left) and Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods (centre right).
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Luxury Maker of the Year was presented to Bentley Motors: Left-to-right, Bentley’s Head of Design John Paul Gregory; Stefan Sielaff, Bentley's Design Director; Helen Brocklebank; Iain Watson, Managing Director of David Collins Studio; and Rosy Greenlees, OBE, Executive Director of the Crafts Council.
