Event: The Fashion Awards 2025
Client: Ginger Owl Productions
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Location: London
Technology: UHF RFID Wristbands, Handheld Scanners, GoAllAreas Accreditation
Overview
The Fashion Awards 2025 is one of the most high-profile nights in the global fashion calendar. With international talent, press, VIPs, and production teams converging on a landmark venue, security, discretion, and control are non-negotiable.
Access93 worked alongside Ginger Owl Productions to deliver a robust RFID access control operation, ensuring that only the right people were in the right places – at the right times – throughout build, show, and breakdown.
The Security Challenge
Award shows and red carpet events present unique risks:
- High volumes of temporary build and break staff
- Multiple overlapping access roles and zones
- Strong incentive for pass misuse or blagging
- Strict separation between production phases
- A need for fast decisions without disrupting talent or guest experience
The organisers required a system that went beyond visual checks – one that could prove access legitimacy, enforce time-based permissions, and provide clear evidence when incidents occurred.
What We Delivered
Access93 supplied and deployed a complete RFID solution across the venue:
- 4,000 UHF RFID wristbands, issued to crew, contractors, and authorised personnel
- 10 handheld RFID scanners deployed at all staff entrances, red carpet access points, and key internal zones
- Full integration with the GoAllAreas accreditation system, enabling live access control and reporting
Each wristband was uniquely encoded and assigned, ensuring credentials could not be copied, reused, or shared without detection.
Real-Time Control at the Red Carpet & Beyond
The handheld scanners ensured that:
- Only authentic, active passes could gain access
- Access was enforced by zone and date, not assumption
- Build and break staff were prevented from remaining on site during the live show
- Lost or misused passes could be revoked instantly
Crucially, scanning allowed security teams to act with confidence – without disrupting guests or talent flow.
The Power of Data
Beyond gate control, the real strength of the system was the data it produced.
Every scan created a time-stamped record, allowing Access93, security, and organisers to:
- Review movement history of individuals across the venue
- Understand who accessed which areas and when
- Investigate incidents with facts rather than speculation
- Support post-event reporting and accountability
When issues arose, the data allowed teams to respond quickly, proportionately, and professionally.
Outcome
The Fashion Awards 2025 ran with tight, verifiable access control across one of London’s most prestigious venues. Sensitive areas remained secure, red carpet access was protected, and production phases were clearly separated.
By combining RFID wristbands, handheld scanning, and real-time accreditation data, Access93 helped deliver a security operation that was visible where it needed to be — and invisible where it mattered most.
For award shows and red carpet events, this approach sets a new standard:
less guesswork, more certainty, and total control.
Planning a high-profile awards show or red carpet event?
Access93 specialises in discreet, data-driven access control for premium events where reputation, safety, and professionalism are paramount.
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