THEN AND NOW: It’s not just 35 years that separate the designs of 1989 ANDAM Prize winners Martin Margiela and Olivier Guillemin from the one that netted Christopher Esber the top gong for 2024. From concept to execution, there’s barely a common thread between the designers behind the first three looks that greet visitors to … Read more
HOOP FOR JOY: For 3.Paradis’ founder Emeric Tchatchoua, the wins just keep coming. His 11-year-old label scooped up the Special Prize at this year’s ANDAM Prize and had its on-schedule debut during June’s Paris Fashion Week. Now it is also dropping a capsule with official NBA license holder Mitchell & Ness on Monday. That’ll also … Read more
WINNERS’ CIRCLE: Martin Margiela’s offbeat vest made of broken plates, part of his fall 1989 collection, will go on display this fall at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exhibition is to mark the 35th anniversary of French fashion competition ANDAM, of which Margiela was the first winner. He had styled the DIY … Read more
PARIS — Christopher Esber, 3.Paradis and Meryll Rogge are among the six finalists for the grand prize of the 2024 ANDAM Awards, joining an eclectic lineup that reflects the cultural diversity of the guest jury assembled by Anthony Vaccarello, who will mentor the winner of the fashion prize for its 35th anniversary edition. Esber, who … Read more
PARIS — The jury of this year’s ANDAM prize will be as glamorous as the front row at a Saint Laurent runway show. Blackpink’s Rosé, model and singer Carla Bruni, and actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg are among the 13 guest members selected by the French fashion house’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello, who won the … Read more
Show us the green, the dough, the brass. It was all about money at LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi, from coins on each seat to the gutted former bank where he held his fall show Wednesday. After alighting on male sensuality, savagery and sensitivity in seasons past, the Parisian designer considered social status. The lightning rod … Read more
Paris-based designer Louis-Gabriel Nouchi is poised for the next category for his menswear label: womenswear. An inaugural five women’s looks will debut on the runway on Jan. 17, as part of the fall 2024 LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi collection, inspired by “Bel Ami,” by 19th-century French novelist Guy de Maupassant. “Since the book is about … Read more
PARIS — To mark its 35th anniversary, French fashion competition ANDAM has tapped former winner Anthony Vaccarello as mentor for its 2024 edition, marking the first time that a designer rather than an executive will be providing guidance to the winners. Vaccarello won the award in 2011, going on to become creative director of Saint … Read more
