After its first-ever digital showroom and public vote, the LVMH Prize is announcing its 2021 finalists – and in the spirit of doing things differently, there are nine finalists this year instead of the usual eight. Bianca Saunders, Charles de Vilmorin, Christopher John Rogers, Conner Ives, KidSuper’s Colm Dillane, Kika Vargas, Lukhanyo Mdingi, Nensi Dojaka, and Rui’s Rui Zhou are all moving into the final round of the Prize. They come from New York, London, Paris, South Africa, China, and for the first time Albania (Dojaka) and Colombia (Vargas).
“This class of nine finalists is a wonderful snapshot of today’s and tomorrow’s fashion. These young designers are all talented, of course, but also committed and realists. During this semi-final, each of them showed in their own way a very personal and accomplished creative universe,” Delphine Arnault, executive vice president of Louis Vuitton and founder of the LVMH Prize, told