Awards and Honours
- 1985 – The Guardian Young Businessman of Year 1985
- 1987 – Wood Mackenzie Retailer of Year
- 1987 – FRSA (Fellow Royal Society of Arts)
- 1988 – Marketing Personality of Year
- 1988 – Senior Fellow Royal College of Art
- 1989 – Hon DBA Liverpool Polytechnic (now Liverpool John Moores University)
- 1992 – Had his first son, George
- 1993 – Had his second son, Barnaby
- 1996 – Hon DDes Nottingham Trent University
- 2002 – Hon DDes Middlesex University
- 2003 – Doctor of Letters, Heriot-Watt University
- 2003 – Drapers Record Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2004
- April – Honorary Fellowship of the Society of Dyers and Colourists
- May – Forum Award from TextilWirtschaft Magazine
- September – Blueprint Designer behind the Brand National Portrait Gallery
- September – Prima Award 'Designer of the Decade'
- 2005 – Hon DCL Northumbria University
- 2009 – Hon Doctor of the University: Birmingham University
- 2010 – Designed a collection of casual clothing from Arsenal F.C. in the season 2010/2011
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