The LVMH Prize 2024 reveals its eight finalists

One American and seven Europeans will compete in this year's final of the 11th LVMH Prize. The competition for young fashion designers, launched in 2014 by the world's leading luxury goods company, has revealed its list of eight finalists, the vast majority of them European, who divide their time between the catwalks of Paris and London. In other words, these lucky winners arrive on familiar ground. They were chosen from twenty semi-finalists who were selected from more than 2,500 applicants.

“The semi-finals of the 11th LVMH Awards highlighted the diversity and richness of our candidates' creative approaches. The semi-finalists have demonstrated great craftsmanship and a strong commitment to sustainability. The finalists' proposals ranged from completely made-to-measure collections hand to evening dresses, clothing, including creations based on circularity,” says Delphine Arnault, who started this award for emerging designers, which she has overseen since its launch, in a statement.

Three experienced profiles

Of the eight European semi-finalists, seven managed to progress to the final phase of the competition, including two former LVMH Prize semi-finalists, Duran Lantink and Niccolò Pasqualetti, who had already been selected for the 2019 and 2022 semi-finals respectively. . Duran Lantink, Dutch artist and designer, won the Andam Special Prize in 2023 and has been on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar for the last two seasons, as has Belgian Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, also a finalist alongside the Italians Niccolò Pasqualetti and Ellen Hodakova. Hodakova, Larsson's Swedish label, both present at the Paris presentation programme.

Other European finalists are the French Pauline Dujancourt, the English Paolo Carzana and the Irish Michael Steward with the Standing Ground brand. Three names whose collections have already been seen on the London catwalks. The eighth finalist is an American, specifically from California. Julian Louie with his Aubero label. An architect by training, he launched his own brand in 2009, before expanding his experience with other brands and founding a new men's fashion house, Aubero, in 2022.

As announced last February, this year the Savoir-Faire Award will be presented for the first time, recognizing excellence in craftsmanship, technical innovation and sustainable approach of the shortlisted brands. This newly created prize is worth €200,000. The LVMH prize, with a prize of 400,000 euros (compared to 300,000 euros in 2023), and the special Karl Lagerfeld prize, whose prize has also increased from 150,000 to 200,000 euros, will also be awarded, as every year at the end of the final. . In both cases, the winners will be advised for a year by teams from the luxury group.

As usual, LVMH will also reward three young graduates fresh from fashion school. All winners will be announced at the end of the final on September 10 at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. In 2023, the LVMH prize was won by Japanese Satoshi Kuwata, with his Setchu label, while Bettter and Magliano shared the Karl Lagerfeld prize.

This year, as announced in February, the jury includes Phoebe Philo and Pharrell Williams for the first time. The other eleven members are Jonathan Anderson, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Kim Jones, Nigo, Stella McCartney, Silvia Venturini Fendi, as well as Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie and Sidney Toledano.