Forward of Paris Vogue Week, LVMH has introduced the listing of 20 candidates shortlisted as semi-finalists for its 2025 Prize—a trio of esteemed trophies honoring creativity, craftsmanship and innovation in trend design that will probably be introduced to this yr’s winners subsequent month.
Chosen from over 2,300 purposes globally, the 2025 LVMH Prize’s semi-finalists come from 15 nations, together with Egypt, Ghana and Saudi Arabia for the primary time, and their work spans womenswear, menswear and genderless classes.
The semi-finalists embody AlainPaul (France), All-In (United States and Norway), Boyedoe (Ghana), Francesco Murano (Italy), Josh Tafoya (United States), KML (Saudi Arabia), Meruert Tolegen (United States), Mfpen (Denmark), Nicklas Skovgaard (Denmark), Penultimate (China), Pillings (Japan), Renaissance Renaissance (Lebanon), Sinead O’Dwyer (Eire), Soshiotsuki (Japan), Steve O Smith (United Kingdom), Tolu Coker (United Kingdom), Torisheju (United Kingdom), Yasmin Mansour (Egypt), Younger n Sang (South Korea) and Zomer (Netherlands).
The manufacturers will congregate in LVMH’s semi-final showroom in Paris on March 5 and 6, when the LVMH Prize Committee of Consultants, which incorporates 80 world trend specialists, will select the eight finalists. The general public can even be obtainable to vote for his or her favourite designers by means of March 9.
The LVMH Prize consists of three awards, every with a slender focus and perks. The LVMH Prize for Younger Vogue Designers, which highlights creativity, comes with a €400,000 EUR endowment and a one-year mentorship from a devoted LVMH group. The Karl Lagerfeld Prize, which additionally goes to a designer primarily based on their creativity, features a €200,000 EUR endowment and a one-year mentorship program. Lastly, the newly added Savoir-Faire Prize, which is awarded primarily based on craftsmanship, experience, innovation and sustainability, presents winners with a €200,000 EUR endowment and a one-year particular mentoring program.
Notably, the LVMH Prize additionally acknowledges three trend college graduates, every of whom obtain €10,000 EUR and enter the design group of one of many conglomerate’s manufacturers for a yr. Purposes stay open by means of March 30 by way of the LVMH Prize web site.
See all of this yr’s LVMH Prize semi-finalists above.
