Christian Winjants was selected as the winner by iconic industry figures: Alber Elbaz, Alexandra Schulman, Christiane Arp, Dean & Dan Caten, Giles Deacon and Tim Blanks
Colin McDowell with Christian Winjants and Alber Elbaz
Other designers also up for the award included : Andrea Incontri, Andrea Pompilio, Anthony Vaccarello, Co/Te Italy, Hana Zarubova, House of Dagmar, Ipek Arnas, James Long, Jan Taminiau, Maria Barros, JW Anderson, Michael sontag, Moses Nieto, Nina Skarra, Niyazi Erdogan, Olympis Le-Tan and Zdenka Imreczeova.
Christian Winjants has been known for his knits since 2000 when he was the winner at the Festival of Hyeres following that he assisted Dries Van Noten and Angelo Tarlazzi in Paris before launching his own line in 2003. www.woolmarkprize.com
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Diane