Preparations for the Hyères fashion competition are well underway. The 38th edition of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories will take place from Thursday, the 12th to Sunday, the 15th of October, 2023, at Villa Noailles. The exhibitions will be open to the public through January 2024.
Invited are a total of 30 finalists who will be competing in the categories Fashion, Photography and Accessories. The juries are presided by Glenn Martins, Creative Director of Y/Project and Diesel, the Belgian visual artist Pierre Debusschere and Aska Yamashita, Creative Director of the embroidery studio Atelier Montex, a department of Chanel.
The Hyères Festival, one of the oldest competitions for young talent in the fashion industry, is continuously gaining significance as an important competition for emerging designers. Following two years shaped by the pandemic, the competition now returns with a full program and new partners, including main partner Chanel who is funding three prizes: the 19M Métiers d’Art prize in the Fashion category (€ 20,000 prize money), the main prize of the Photography jury (also € 20,000), and the Accessories prize, a cooperation with Métiers d'Art from Chanel valued at € 20,000.
Also part of the festival since 2020 is Hermès, sponsoring a special prize for belts in the Accessories category valued at € 20,000. Further luxury goods companies such as LVMH and die Kering Group have been supporting the festival for quite some time and offer the finalists workshops on sustainable development.
Bottega Veneta is offering the winners of the photography competition a scholarship and the chance to participate in one of their campaigns. Mattieu Blazy, Creative Director of the house, is a member of the jury.
But first, we have the finalists for you here on GoSee – Rolf Scheider and team are on their way to southern France where they will be reporting for us.