Businessman Ian Bickley will be recognised at The Bermuda Fashion Festival in July for his success in the fashion industry.

Mr Bickley, a Bermudian, is president of the international group, Coach Inc, and is responsible for taking its luxury line of men’s and women’s leather goods to Japan, East Asia, Australia, Britain, Europe, Africa and South America.

Mayor of Hamilton, Charles Gosling, has presented him with a nomination for a Bermuda Fashion Achievement Award in Manhattan, in front of his peers, other Coach Inc senior executives, at the newly renovated Coach store at Columbus Circle, New York.

Mr Bickley, a Saltus alumni, will receive his award during Bermuda Fashion Festival, which runs from July 10 to 16. Bermuda’s premier fashion week event is organised by the City of Hamilton, funded mostly through corporate sponsors and partnerships.

• For information about the Bermuda Fashion Festival 2016, visit www.bermudafashionfestival.com. Tickets are on sale from March 1