LVMH announces the list of 9 finalists of the 2023 LVMH Prize

Fri 24 Mar

We are proud to see that two creatives that we work with so closely – Aaron Esh and Quira – have been selected as finalists of the 2023 LVMH Prize.

 

The semi-final of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers took place on March 2nd and 3rd, 2023 : twenty-two young designers selected from among 2,400 candidates presented their collections during a showroom held in Paris as well as on the digital platform lvmhprize.com. This year, the Committee of Experts of the Prize, together with the public, selected nine finalists and their brands. The shortlisted designers will present their designs to the Jury at the final on June 7th at the Louis Vuitton Foundation.

On June 7th, the Jury will choose among the finalists the winner of the LVMH Prize and the winner
of the Karl Lagerfeld Prize. This year, the Jury includes Jonathan Anderson, Maria Grazia Chiuri,
Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Kim Jones, Nigo, Stella McCartney and Silvia Venturini Fendi,
as well as Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie and Sidney Toledano.

 

The nine competing finalists are:

AARON ESH by Aaron Esh, United Kingdom, menswear

BETTTER by Julie Pelipas, Ukraine, womenswear

BURC AKYOL by Burc Akyol, France, womenswear, menswear and genderless collections

DIOTIMA by Rachel Scott, Jamaica, womenswear

LUAR by Raul Lopez, United States, womenswear, menswear and genderless collections

MAGLIANO by Luca Magliano, Italy, menswear

PAOLINA RUSSO by Paolina Russo, Canada, and Lucile Guilmard, France, womenswear

QUIRA by Veronica Leoni, Italy, womenswear

SETCHU by Satoshi Kuwata, Japan, genderless collections