Milliner Louis Mariette is name ad the Most Innovative Product Design at the first annual Luxuria Awards. The ceremony was put on by the Luxury Marketing Council Europe. A specially sourced block of Italian marble from Carrara – of Michelangelo and Leonardo di Vinci fame – emblazoned with a hand-painted golden ‘L’ and a commissioned watercolour by Finlay Cowan commemorated the win.

The Luxury Marketing Council Europe’s Luxuria Awards were held in London on Thursday the 25th June at the Orangery Gallery in Holland Park. The awards, sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, were set up to honour excellence in the luxury industry. 16 categories were judged by a panel of 21 experts from companies including American Express, Richemont, Vertu, Maria Grachvogel and Vanity Fair.

The milliner is known for surreal and striking headpieces worn by Jade Parfitt, Kate Moss, Joan Collins, and Stephanie Seymour. Louis Mariette is also one of the judges on Britain’s Next Top Model.