The 9 Finalists from the 2021 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers Shelby Ying Hyde Updated 4/29/21: LVMH has released the names of the nine finalists of its highly-coveted Prize for Young Fashion Designers. On Wednesday, the luxury conglomerate announced that after going completely digital and letting the public vote on their favorite, there were not the usual eight, but nine designers who made the cut. The list of finalists includes, 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. The group of talent will go on to the next and last round to win the final prize of a be-spoke one-year LVMH mentorship and an $360,000 endowment.