These are the tales making headlines in trend on Thursday.
British Trend Council Broadcasts The Trend Awards 2026 Nominees
The British Trend Council (BFC) introduced the nominees for The Trend Awards 2026 on Wednesday. For its high award — Designer of the Yr — nominees embrace Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford, Matthieu Blazy for Chanel, Michael Rider for Celine and Sarah Burton for Givenchy. The BFC additionally unveiled the nominees for British Womenswear Designer, British Menswear Designer and the Vanguard Award. See the complete listing of nominees here. Winners might be introduced on Nov. 30. {Fashionista inbox}
Nike Appoints Alexandre Arnault to Board of Administrators
Nike has appointed LVMH govt Alexandre Arnault to its board of administrators. Since February 2025, Arnault has served because the deputy chief govt of Moët Hennessy. He’s becoming a member of the board forward of Nike’s exit from the S&P 100 on Sept. 21. “[Arnault’s] expertise throughout innovation, digital transformation and model constructing might be an asset as we proceed to strengthen our reference to shoppers, sharpen our aggressive edge and speed up Nike’s subsequent chapter of progress world wide,” Nike CEO Elliot Hill stated in a press release. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}
Mikey Madison Covers Vogue
Photograph: Drew Vickers/Courtesy of Vogue
Mikey Madison is Vogue‘s second October 2026 cowl star for its three-part Vogue World particular subject. Photographed by Drew Vickers and styled by Carlos Nazario, Madison wears a Prada jacket and Tiffany & Co. jewellery on the duvet. In dialog with Marley Marius, Madison talks successful the Oscar for Greatest Actress, her goals of beginning a household and her upcoming movie “The Social Reckoning.” Vogue‘s October 2026 subject might be out there on newsstands on Sept. 29. Learn the complete cowl story here. {Fashionista inbox}
Will Trend Ban Wool?
At PETA’s protest on the COS runway throughout New York Trend Week, activists urged the label to cease promoting wool and claimed that sheep are abused within the shearing course of. The dialog round banning wool is almost non-existent: Knitwear is booming, and the Worldwide Woolmark Prize is one among trend’s main expertise incubators. Even when the style trade issued a ban on animal-derived fibers tomorrow, it could take years earlier than plant-based options attain the size wanted to exchange them. {Vogue Business/paywalled}
