On 7 September, the eighth edition of one of the most anticipated competitions for emerging fashion designers took place at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris: the LVMH Award, which every year gives a selection of stylists the opportunity to make themselves known and strengthen your brand. The international reach and attractiveness of the event were once again demonstrated by the number of candidates, which for the 2021 edition reached almost two thousand, and coming from over one hundred countries. The finalists selected, who set up a digital showroom last April to introduce their work, were only nine, distinguished by talent and creativity in the eyes of the six artistic directors of the LVMH Group: Virgil Abloh, Jonathan Anderson, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Marc Jacobs, Kim Jones and Stella McCartney, along with Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie and Sidney Toledano.
But the designer Nensi Dojaka stood out above all, who was awarded the LVMH Prize by Isabelle Huppert, which consists of an endowment of 300 thousand euros, followed by a one-year mentoring program.
The young designer, born in 1994, is originally from Albania and mainly deals with women’s clothing, with garments already on sale at big names such as Luisa Via Roma, Antonia and Selfridges. The 27-year-old, graduated from the prestigious Central Saint Martins in London, he had already been talked about thanks to the incubator Fashion East di Lulu Kennedy, which she joined in 2020: since then, Nensi Dojaka has made a name for herself thanks to her feminine silhouettes similar to armor, declined with apparently fragile materials, and her transparent fabric triangles, strategically placed in her creations. The designer will unveil her first solo collection later this month, joining London’s prestigious LVMH winners list, including Marques Almeida and Grace Wales Bonner.
Given the incredible talent of the finalists, the jury also decided to award the Karl Lagerfeld Prize to three stylists: Colm Dillane, 29, American founder of the Brooklyn-based brand KidSuper, Lukhanyo Mdingi, 29, South African designer based in Cape Town, e Rui Zhou, 26, Chinese fashion designer based in Shanghai with her brand Rui. Each of them will receive a prize of 150 thousand euros, together with the possibility of being followed by a team of experts for the next 12 months each and will enjoy a year of mentoring. Three young graduates were also awarded of fashion schools: Adam Kost, of the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris, Franziska Simon, dall’Academy of Fashion and Design di Düsseldorf, ed Eric Starc, from the Iuav University of Venice. Each will receive 10 thousand euros and will join three LVMH Group houses for one year, respectively Louis Vuitton menswear, Dior menswear and Dior womenswear. An opportunity to be seized for develop their business and, above all, their vision.
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