LVMH Prize 2017 Short List Announced: Includes Yoon From AMBUSH and Abasi Rosborough
Kendall Jenner also joins the expert panel.
The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers is a prestigious award honoring today’s best emerging talents. In 2016, Grace Wales Bonner, a menswear designer, was chosen as the winner. She beat out a group of 23 that included names like Astrid Andersen, Matthew Williams of ALYX, and Ben Cottrell & Matthew Dainty of Cottweiler. This year looks to be a strong crew of nominees once again — the short list makes up 21 contenders this time: 10 are in menswear and two are unisex designers.
From 21, eight finalists will be chosen by 45 international fashion experts that include Kendall Jenner on March 2 and 3. As for the ultimate LVMH Prize winner, that lucky designer will be chosen on June 16 by a jury consisting of J.W. Anderson, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Riccardo Tisci and more.
See the full list below:
Greg Rosborough (American)
Yoon Ahn (American)
Angus Chiang (Taiwanese)
Antonin Tron (French)
Jisun Park (Korean)
Cecilie Rosted Bahnsen (Danish)
Charles Jeffrey (British)
Daniel Fletcher (British)
Dilara Findikoglu (Turkish)
Serhat Isik (German)
Maria Kazakova (Russian)
Katherine Mavridis (Australian)
Kozaburo Akasaka (Japanese)
Maggie Hewitt (New Zealand)
Marine Serre (French)
Martine Rose (British)
Molly Goddard (British)
Nabil el-Nayal (British)
Alejandro Gomez Palomo (Spanish)
Richard Malone (Irish)
Teppei Fujita (Japanese)
