Stella Contemporary Fashion Awards-Panel discussion, Meet the Winners

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Robb Young was the moderator, experts: Dana Thomas and Mathias Ohrel

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Past Swiss Textiles Award winners: Marios Schwab, Haider Ackermann and Raf Simons

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Past Swiss Textiles Award winners: Raf Simons, Daniel Herman, Kate(1/2 of Rodarte), Tran Hin Phu

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Stella Contemporary Fashion Awards held a panel discussion with the past winners of the Swiss Textiles 100,000 EUROS prize and a few industry experts. Robb Young moderated the discussion. Discussions revolved around brand identity, creativity, compromises, how has the recession changed the landscape of fashion and luxury in particular…. Daniel Herman was the first winner of the Swiss Textiles prize 10 years ago, he now focuses his business on lingerie,2nd winner Tran Hin Phu decided to do more made to order and opened his own shop, 3rd winner was Benoit Missolin he now has a successful millinary business, 4th winner was Raf Simons, he went on to be the Creative Director of Jil Sander in addition to  his own signature collections and many collaborations, Haider Ackermann has seen his business double + over the last 3 seasons, Two more Belgian winners include Christian Wijnants and Bruno Pieters. Christian's business is growing and Bruno went on to designs Hugo along with his signature line. Rodarte won last year and are enjoying even more international success. 

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Benoit Missolin and Christian Wijnants

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Diane Pernet

A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.

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