LVMH ANNOUNCES "PANEL OF EXPERTS" FOR THE LVMH PRIZE FOR YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS

LVMH ANNOUNCES "PANEL OF EXPERTS" 

FOR LVMH PRIZE FOR YOUNG FASHION DESIGNERS 

Forty internationally renowned Experts from the world of fashion are to meet thirty applicants to the LVMH Prize during Paris Fashion Week. They will select a short-list of ten young designers who will go forward to present their work to the Jury in May 2014. Entries have already been received from all over the world, including Asia, Africa and South America as well as the United States and Europe, with many more anticipated before the closing date of February 2nd, 2014.

The members of the jury for the first edition of the prize in 2014 are eight creative directors from LVMH Fashion Houses including: Nicolas Ghesquière (Louis Vuitton), Marc Jacobs (Marc Jacobs), Karl Lagerfeld (Fendi), Humberto Leon and Carol Lim (Kenzo), Phoebe Philo (Céline), Raf Simons (Dior) and Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy). The designers will be joined by Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie (advisor to Bernard Arnault and head of corporate philanthropy for LVMH) and Pierre-Yves Roussel (Chairman and CEO of the LVMH Fashion Group).

The LVMH Prize team will first shortlist 30 young designers from among the numerous candidates who have applied to the Prize on the internet. These young designers will present their collections to the panel of experts at a showroom at LVMH headquarters, during Paris fashion week. Each expert will vote for his or her ten favorite collections. This will narrow the list to ten finalists, who will be presented to the jury in May 2014 for selection of the Young Fashion Designer of the Year. 

The Panel of Experts

Imran Amed, Founder and Editor of Business of Fashion (London)

Sarah Andelman, Creative director of Colette (Paris)

Fabien Baron, Art director, Founder of Baron&Baron (New York)

Tim Blanks, Editor-at-large for Style.com (London)

Mariacarla Boscono, Supermodel and muse (Rome)

Angelica Cheung, Editor in Chief of Vogue China (Beijing)

Alexandre de Betak, Founder of Bureau Betak (Paris)

Godfrey Deeny, Editor at large, Fashion, for Le Figaro (Paris)

Patrick Demarchelier, photographer (New York)

Babeth Djian, Editor in chief of Numéro (Paris)

Linda Fargo, Senior Vice President of Bergdorf Goodman (New York)

Jo-Ann Furniss, Writer, editor and creative director (London)

Chantal Gaemperle, LVMH Group Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Synergies (Paris)

Stephen Gan, Founder of Fashion Media Group LLC (New York)

Julie Gilhart, Consultant (New York)

Katie Grand, Editor in chief of Love Magazine (London)

Jefferson Hack, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Dazed Group (London)

Laure Hériard Dubreuil, Co-founder and chief Executive of the Webster (Miami)

Adrian Joffe, Chief executive officer of Dover Street Market International (London)

Sylvia Jorif, Journalist at ELLE Magazine (Paris)

Hirofumi Kurino, Creative Director of United Arrows (Tokyo)

Linda Loppa, Director of Polimoda (Florence)

Natalie Massenet, Founder & Executive Chairman of Net-a-Porter (London)

Pat McGrath, Makeup Artist (New York)

Marigay McKee, President of Saks Fifth Avenue (New York)

Sarah Mower, Contributing editor of Vogue US (Londres)

Camilla Nickerson, Stylist (New York)

Lilian Pacce, Fashion editor and writer (Sao Paulo)

Jean-Jacques Picart, Fashion and Luxury Consultant (Paris)

Gaia Repossi, Creative director of Repossi (Paris)

Olivier Rizzo, Stylist (Antwerp)

Carine Roitfeld, Founder of CR Fashion Book (Paris)

Olivier Saillard, Director of the Galliera Museum (Paris)

Marie-Amelie Sauvé, Stylist (Paris)

Carla Sozzani, Founder of 10 Corso Como (Milan)

Charlotte Stockdale, Stylist (London)

Tomoki Sukezane, Stylist (Tokyo)

Natalia Vodianova, Supermodel and philanthropist (Paris)

Louise Wilson Course Director of the Fashion MA at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (London)

Dasha Zukhova, Editor in chief of Garage Magazine and Founder of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow)