Menswear designer Priya Ahluwalia of Ahluwalia revealed as latest recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Award Naomi May
Menswear designer Priya Ahluwalia, of her eponymous label Ahluwalia, has been announced today as the fourth recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Award as part of London Fashion Week.
The award was virtually presented today during a digital event by the Countess of Wessex, on behalf of the Queen, with Ahluwalia being praised for “her active contribution to changing the industry for the better.”
In line with the newly-established genderless London Fashion Week, Ahluwalia, who graduated with an MA in Menswear from University of Westminster, exclusively crafts her gender neutral collections from vintage and deadstock material. “I gravitate towards looking at archival menswear garments and old menswear traditions whilst I research but I definitely don’t design with the idea that only men can wear my clothes,” she has previously told the