Tailored Image team was honoured to have been the recipient of three awards the 2026 Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide Ltd (PCIAW®) Clothing Awards. Held at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, the awards ceremony is an annual celebration of design, innovation and collaboration across professional clothing. The PCIAW® Awards recognise excellence across uniforms, workwear and PPE, celebrating the people, products and partnerships shaping the industry.
The first accolade of the evening was the Passenger Transport Uniform Design Award which was awarded for the striking new uniform collection rolled out for Greater Thameslink Railway. Combining contemporary design, advanced fabric technologies and sustainable innovation, this award-winning collection is transforming professional clothing for approximately 5,000 employees across Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express and represents a significant investment in wearer comfort, brand identity and operational performance. The award was collected alongside Lisa Stanford, Uniform Contracts Manager and Matthew Burgess, Customer Experience Standards and Design Lead at GTR.
The Best Managed Major Contract Award was awarded for the new generation easyJet uniform recently delivered to over 14,000 wearers across all U.K. and European bases. This project was the result of a fully collaborative process, including comprehensive wearer trials and an end-to-end fully managed service from across all departments at Tailored Image. Natalie Puncher, Head of Customer and In-Flight Standards at easyJet collected the award alongside the Tailored Image team.
The final award of the night – the John Miln Lifetime Achievement Award – is awarded annually to an individual who has made significant contributions and had a positive impact on the industry. The award acknowledges a person who has spent a lifetime dedicating themselves to the professional clothing industry, and whose work has made a significant difference. In recognition of 37 years of commitment to this wonderful industry, Celia Birt was the very worthy winner of this award, a befitting way in which to close out her career having recently retired from Tailored Image and from the industry. Unable to attend the ceremony, the award was proudly collected by her daughter Amelia.
Also recognised during the awards ceremony was The Cooneen Group, who deservedly received the ‘Functional Workwear Design Award’ for their with work with Ministry of Justice, a fully managed project for 40,000 uniform wearers. It was a successful night for both companies and a reason to further celebrate the union of these two uniform powerhouses.
