The Japanese designer Soshi Otsuki won the twelfth LVMH Prize in Paris on Wednesday. The price is characterized by the most promising young fashion designers: in the inside with a record amount of 400,000 euros.
Otsuki, who heads the Soshiotsuki label, accepted its price from the Indian actress Deepika Padukone in the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Otsuki specializes in the art of tailoring and launched his men’s fashion label in 2015. As early as the year following, he was nominated for the LVMH Prize.
The Japanese prevailed against seven other designers: inside, who had been selected from 2,300 applicants: Delphine Arnault, CEO von Dior, explained. One of his competitors: the Frenchman Alain Paul included inside with his label of the same name and the Danial Aitouganov Tatar. Aitouganov is a co-founder of the Dutch label Zomer, together with the Dutch-Caribbean designer Imruh Asha. Both brands already present their collections in Paris.
Savoir Faire Prize
The British Torishéju Dumi, the designer from Brazil and Nigeria behind the Torishéju brand, received the Savoir Faire Prize from the French actress Camille Cottin. Her compatriot Steve O Smith was awarded the Karl camp award by Anna Sawai, star of the Japanese series ‘Shogun’.
These two awards are endowed with 200,000 euros and, like the main prize, include a one-year mentoring program for the award winners: inside. The jury consisted of most artistic director: inside the LVMH fashion houses, from Jonathan Anderson (Loewe) to Nicolas Ghesquière and Pharrell Williams (Louis Vuitton) to Nigo (Kenzo), Phoebe Philo and Sarah Burton (Alexander McQueen).
The LVMH Prize, launched by Karl Lagerfeld, has awarded Designer: Inside, who have become important personalities of the fashion world, including Jacquemus (2015), the Britin Wales Bonner (2016) and the Frenchess Marine Serre (2017). Last year the Swede Ellen Hodakova Larsson, known for upcycling, won the price, during the Dutch Duran Lantink, recently appointed artistic director of Jean Paul Gaultier, the Karl Lagerfeld Prize.
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