The rising star fashion designer Tuncer Tonun took home the main prize at the Fashions Finest Britain’s Top Designer 2019.
On the 16th of February 9 designers were vying for Britain’s Top Designer Award hosted by Fashions Finest at the Congress Centre, Great Russel Street, London.
The show was presented by TV and Radio presenter Laura Naylor, who flew in from Dubai taking a short sabbatical from her stint at Radio2 UAE.
Helen Kaye, Mary Dickow, Kepaza, Louisa Moody, Misora Nakamori, April Banbury, Joyce Pilarsky, and Tuncer Tonun presented their collection in front of industry judges: stylist to the stars Bernard Connolly, celebrity and fashion photographer Joe Alvarez, fashion editor and media personality Sarah Mulindwa and TV presenter and stylist Nicky Hambleton-Jones.
The Britain’s Top Designer winner Tuncer Tonun was announced by Fashions Finest director Deborah St Louis who presented him with the award. The second runner-up Misora Nakamori and first runner-up went to Joyce Pilarsky from the Philippines. The main award ‘by a mile’, according to Joe Alvarez, went to the Tuncer Tonun.