Drapers Footwear Awards 2011
12th May 2011

The best UK footwear retailers, brands and students were recognised with a coveted Drapers Footwear Award at the 2011 gala dinner at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London last night, with comedian Alun Cochrane hosting the event. Here’s a full list of all the nominees and winners….

Brand of the Year

  • Fitflop - WINNER
  • Converse
  • Fly London
  • Melissa
  • Rieker
  • Ugg

Buyer of the Year

  • Ruth Hammond, New Look Retailers - WINNER
  • Sheila Barry, Donaghys
  • Sam Drysdale, John Lewis
  • Kevin Wisby, Russell and Bromley
  • Diane Knight, John Lewis

Student Footwear Designer of the Year

  • Meghna Kapoor, Isil Kusoglu, Fotini Pierroutsakou, Ulku Caglayan, London School of Fashion - WINNER
  • Rebecca Heykes, London College of Fashion
  • Amelia Veasey, Cardwainers, London College of Fashion
  • Chi-Yu Lin, Angela Hartley, Philipp Schnarr, London College of Fashion

Best New Store

  • Commonn, Northampton - WINNER
  • The Natural Shoe Store, Covent Garden, London
  • The Elves and the Shoemaker, Wye, Kent
  • Red London, Coventry
  • Strolling 4 Shoes, Penrith, Cumbria

Comfort Footwear Retailer of the Year

  • Footwise, Kensington, London – WINNER
  • The Footings, Worthing, West Sussex – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Mostyn McKenzie, Aberdeen
  • Strolling 4 Shoes, Keswick, Cumbria

Family Footwear Retailer of the Year

  • McKillens of Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - WINNER
  • Stampede, Tunbridge, Kent
  • Wards Shoe Shops, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Kids' Footwear Retailer of the Year

  • Shooligans, Harrogate - WINNER
  • Doogies, Marlow, Buckinghamshire – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Best Foot Forward, Penwortham, Preston
  • The Elves and the Shoemaker, Wye, Kent
  • The Red Shoes, Crouch End, London
  • Trendy Treads, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Footwear Etailer of the year

  • Cloggs.co.uk - WINNER
  • Clarks – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Mes Footwork
  • Redfoot
  • French Sole
  • Jimmy Choo

Best Footwear Offer in a Fashion Multiple

  • Selfridges, London - WINNER
  • Marks & Spencer – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • New Look

Independent Footwear Retailer of the Year

  • Spice London, Islington, London - WINNER
  • Strolling 4 Shoes, Keswick Cumbria – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Pam Jenkins, Edinburgh
  • Mostyn McKenzie Street Stompers, Aberdeen

Multiple Footwear Retailer of the Year

  • Schuh - WINNER
  • Shoe Zone – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Charles Clinkard – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Barratts
  • Pavers Shoes

The Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Peter Bolliger