Now that Fashion Month is well and truly underway, what better way to celebrate the next generation of global design visionaries than with the announcement of this year’s LVMH Prize shortlist. Over 1,900 designers from across the world applied for this year’s iteration, with just twenty making it to a shortlist.

In its lengthy grandeur, the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers aims to provide emerging talent with the tools they need to take their brands to the next level – be that a year of mentorship ranging from sustainability development to financial management, or monetary assistance in the form of a €300,000 grant to aid the building of their unique institutions from the ground up.

With French designer Nensi Dojaka snagging last year’s grand prize, praised for her slinky, asymmetric crops and deconstructed gowns, the 2022 prize places a renewed focus on sustainability and the fluidity of gendered fashion. “The twenty semi-finalists are driven by an optimistic and innovative vision,” explains Louis Vuitton’s executive vice president, Delphine Arnault, who spearheaded the prize’s inception back in 2013.

“They all place eco-responsibility at the heart of their creative approach with the use of recycled materials, upcycling, etc. They are also very keen on integrating a more ethical production system, while some place the spotlight on local and traditional know-how.”

LIST OF THE 20 SHORTLISTED DESIGNERS

Airei by Drew Curry (American designer based in Los Angeles).

Menswear, showing in Paris. 

 

amesh by Amesh Wijesekera (British-Sri Lankan designer based in Berlin).

Menswear, showing in Berlin.

 

ASHLYN By Ashlynn Park (South Korean designer based in New York).

Womenswear, showing in New York.

 

BLUEMARBLE by Anthony Alvarez (French designer based in Paris).

Menswear, showing in Paris. 

 

CHENPENG by Peng Chen (Chinese designer based in London).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in London.

 

ERL by Eli Russell Linnetz (American designer based in Los Angeles).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing digitally. 

 

GOOMHEO by Goom Heo (South Korean designer based in London).

Womenswear, showing in London.

 

KNWLS by Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault (British and Canadian design duo based in London).

Womenswear, showing in London.

 

MAXIMILIAN by Maximilian Davis (British designer based in London).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in London.

 

Meryll Rogge by Meryll Rogge (Belgian designer based in Antwerp)

Gender-neutral fashion, showing digitally.

 

NICCOLO PASQUALETTI by Niccolò Pasqualetti (Italian designer based between Paris and Tuscany).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Paris. 

 

PALOMO SPAIN by Alejandro Gomez Palomo (Spanish designer based in Spain). 

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Spain.

 

PAULA CANOVAS DEL VAS by Paula Canovas Del Vas (Spanish designer based in London). 

Womenswear, showing digitally.

 

Roisin Pierce by Róisín Pierce (Irish designer based in Dublin).

Womenswear, showing digitally.

 

RYUNOSUKEOKAZAKI by Ryunosuke Okazaki (Japanese designer based in Tokyo).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Tokyo.

 

S.S. DALEY by Steven Stokey Daley (British designer based between London and Liverpool).

Menswear, showing in London.

 

Tokyo James by Iniye Tokyo James (British-Nigerian designer based between London and Lagos).

Menswear, showing in Lagos.

 

Weinsanto by Victor Brunstein Weinsanto (French designer based in Paris).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Paris.

 

Winnie NYC by Idris Balogun (Nigerian designer based between London and New York). 

Menswear, showing in New York.

 

Yueqi Qi by Yueqi Qi (Chinese designer based in Shanghai).

Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Shanghai.