PPA Next Gen Awards winners' celebration
The PPA Next Gen Awards recognises 30 rising stars whose skills are shaping the future of our industry. Winners will celebrated at an invite-only event on 17 October.
Event information
Location:
Virgin Hotels, London-Shoreditch (formerly the Mondrian),45 Curtain Rd, London, EC2A 3PT
Date:
Thursday 17 October 2024
Timings:
17:00 | Arrival
17:30 | Speaker address
18:30 | Winners presentation
19:00 | Networking drinks & food
21:00 | Event close
Guest speaker
Kenya Hunt, Editor-in-Chief, ELLE UK
Kenya is the first Black woman to edit the title. With a career spanning working for some of the world's most influential women’s brands on both sides of the Atlantic from her post-graduate days as an Assistant Editor at the seminal magazine, Jane, to her time as Deputy Editor of Grazia UK and ELLE UK.
Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, The Evening Standard and more. And she has made televised and radio broadcast appearances on BBC Woman’s Hour, NPR, CBS News, Sky News, and more.
As the founder of R.O.O.M. Mentoring, she advocates for greater diversity within the fashion industry by providing a supportive network for some of the many talented aspiring designers, journalists and image makers of colour London has to offer.
In 2021, she was recognised by The British Fashion Council for her work and given a Global Leader Of Change Award at its annual Fashion Awards. In 2022, she was included on Walpole’s annual Power List, which declares the most influential people in British Luxury. And in 2023, she was an Editor of the Year nominee at the PPA Awards.