MilliOnAir | Fashion
On a sunny evening in June the MilliOnAir team were invited to attend The Cordwainers Footwear Student of the Year Awards ceremony. The event was held in the historic 'Clothworkers’ Hall in the City of London where over 200 guests including footwear students, industry influencers and Cordwainers members came together to celebrate the best upcoming shoe designers in the UK.
It was a really prestigious evening attended by the very best people in the UK shoe industry. As well as supporting the students work, the event gave us an amazing opportunity to learn more about the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers and what they do to support the footwear industry. Master of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, Patrick Peal explained that the company are “the biggest private supporter of scholarships and bursaries to footwear students in the UK. We work very closely with the footwear industry to make the footwear awards an interesting, challenging and fair competition, and to raise the profile of footwear in the UK”.
John Miller, Clerk at the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers said: “We are delighted to host the national award for the very best footwear design students. We believe this will help Britain to maintain its position as the world leader in footwear education at university level and also, more generally, the design and manufacture of quality footwear.”
Just before the awards were presented, we had the chance to meet and chat with the students and see their portfolios and we loved hearing how excited they were for the awards. They were both nervous and thrilled that during the event they were going to be able to network with industry greats and meet the people who could have an effect on their careers in the future.
The Cordwainers Footwear Student of the Year Awards ceremony