British Fashion Awards 2018 winners: Clare Waight Keller, Pierpaolo Piccioli and Miuccia Prada take home top honours

On Monday evening world renowned fashion designers descended upon the annual British Fashion Awards, which celebrates the most talented individuals in the industry over the past 12 months.

One of the most anticipated categories was Designer of the Year, which had a surprising outcome as it saw Valentino's Pierpaolo Piccioli take home the prestigious gong, beating Gucci, Dior Homme, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy.

However, each of the unsuccessful nominees did go home with a trophy of their own on the night.

Gucci took home Brand of the Year, Dior Homme's creative director Kim Jones was honoured with the Trailblazer Award and Virgil Abloh took home the Urban Luxe Award for Off-White.

However, it was Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller who not only won an award, but also, most memorable moment of the night.

The first female creative director of the French brand was awarded the British Designer of the Year Womenswear Award by none other than The Duchess of Sussex, who made a surprise appearance at the event to help honour the woman responsible for her historic royal wedding dress.

Keep scrolling to see the full list of winners:

Full list of British Fashion Awards 2018 winners

Brand of the Year

Balenciaga

Burberry

Gucci - WINNER

Off-White

Prada​

Designer of the Year

Alessandro Michele for Gucci

Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy

Kim Jones for Dior Homme

Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino - WINNER

Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton

British Designer of the Year Menswear

Craig Green for Craig Green - WINNER

Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson

Kim Jones for Dior Homme

Martine Rose for Martine Rose

Riccardo Tisci for Burberry

British Designer of the Year Womenswear

Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy - WINNER

Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson

Roksanda Ilinčić for ROKSANDA

Simone Rocha for Simone Rocha

Victoria Beckham for VICTORIA BECKHAM

Accessories Designer of the Year

Alessandro Michele for Gucci

Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga - WINNER

Jonathan Anderson for LOEWE

Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior

Miuccia Prada for Prada

British Emerging Talent Menswear

Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty for COTTWEILER

Eden Loweth & Tom Barratt for ART SCHOOL

Kiko Kostadinov for Kiko Kostadinov

Phoebe English for PHOEBE ENGLISH

Samuel Ross for A-COLD-WALL* - WINNER

British Emerging Talent Womenswear

Matty Bovan for Matty Bovan

Natalia Alaverdian for A.W.A.K.E.

Rejina Pyo for REJINA PYO

Richard Quinn for Richard Quinn - WINNER

Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell for Aries

Business Leader

Jonathan Akeroyd for VERSACE

José Neves for FARFETCH

Marco Bizzarri for Gucci - WINNER

Marco Gobbetti for Burberry

Michael Burke for Louis Vuitton

Urban Luxe

Alyx

Balenciaga

Marine Serre

Off-White - WINNER

Supreme

Model of the Year

Adut Akech

Adwoa Aboah

Bella Hadid

Kaia Gerber - WINNER

Winnie Harlow

The Fashion Awards 2018 Special Awards Winners

2018 Trailblazer Award: Kim Jones

Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator: Mert & Marcus

Outstanding Achievement: Miuccia Prada​

Special Recognition Award for Innovation: Parley for the Oceans

Swarovski Award for Positive Change: Dame Vivienne Westwood