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Alessandro Michele to Receive Trailblazer Award at BFC’s Fashion Awards

Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele | Source: Gucci

Chantal Fernandez

24 November 2021

The creative director will be among the honourees on Monday for his work “positioning Gucci at the intersection of culture, art, music and film.”

The Fashion Awards, hosted by the British Fashion Council, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London and is sponsored this year by TikTok. Other recipients will include stylist and Dazed editor-in-chief Ibrahim Kamara.

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