Shop Pieces from the Semifinalists of the 2021 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers Shelby Ying Hyde
For the last eight years, the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has been in the business of championing new talent.
Attracting more than 1,900 candidates from all around the world, the 2021 LVMH event will showcase 20 emerging designers from countries that include not only the United States and the United Kingdom, but the markets of Nigeria, Japan, China, South Korea, France, Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, and, for the first time since its conception, Albania and Colombia as well. The first-place winner will receive a €300,000 (about $360,000) endowment and a one-year bespoke mentorship with the LVMH team.
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For the last eight years, the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has been in the business of championing new talent.
Attracting more than 1,900 candidates from all around the world, the 2021 LVMH event will showcase 20 emerging designers from countries that include not only the United States and the United Kingdom, but the markets of Nigeria, Japan, China, South Korea, France, Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, and, for the first time since its conception, Albania and Colombia as well. The first-place winner will receive a €300,000 (about $360,000) endowment and a one-year bespoke mentorship with the LVMH team. This [event] will be entirely digital, and we wanted to open it up to the greatest number of people, Executive Vice President and Director of LVMH Delphine Arnault explained in a press release. Each of the semifinalists was chosen for their commitment to what she called a responsible stance in their creative vision and the use of initiati
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A New Wave of Female Designers Are Changing Menswear as We Know It
Grace Wales Bonner, Priya Ahluwalia, Emily Adams Bode, and Bianca Saunders are designing clothes that aren t just for men.
By Alison S. Cohn and Photographs by Emmanuel Sanchez-Monsalve; Styling by Milton Dixon III Apr 13, 2021 EMMANUEL SANCHEZ-MONSALVE With its tweeds, ties, pocket squares, and often arcane rules about everything from label shapes to the appropriate weight for shirt fabric, the world of menswear has been slow to embrace change. It wasn’t until 2017 that Emily Adams Bode became the first female designer to present a menswear collection at New York Fashion Week. She adhered to parts of the conventional male dress code while eschewing its fussiness, presenting tailored options made from upcycled quilts and finished
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Ahead of revealing its latest collection, Aria, this week, Gucci sent out a publication filled with crosswords, brain-teasers and puzzles as an invitation to the (virtual) show
April 12, 2021
Gucci is presenting its newest collection,
Aria, this week on April 15, and has settled on a playful, unexpected way of inviting guests to the (virtual) presentation.
GUCCIQUIZ! is a small book filled with puzzles, crosswords and brain teasers – described by the house as “ironic and unconventional” – which taps into the eclectic and joyful universe that Alessandro Michele has built around Gucci since becoming Creative Director in 2015. Solving the “Gucci-themed riddles” reveals information for guests attending the presentation of
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The British Fashion Council has announced the launch of its new Student Fabric Initiative, which will see 24 brands donate materials, such as deadstock and unwanted fabric, to students at 33 fashion colleges across the UK. The project is part of the BFC’s plans to support fashion students, while also reducing waste in the industry.
The initiative was piloted with Burberry earlier this year, after the London-based house announced plans in late 2020 for the launch of its ReBurberry Fabric program. This created a centralized logistics process for donations, helping to lay the foundations for the more widespread initiative now launching. The 24 brands taking part in the Student Fabric Initiative range from well-known global brands such as ASICS, Barbour and Paul Smith, to independent designers including Craig Green, Bianca Saunders and Per Gotesson.