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After reviewing the applications received this year, the 33 members of the judges panel have selected the 11 finalists of the 2025 ANDAM Fashion Awards. On June 30, the finalists will be given the opportunity to present their project to the judges panel who will select the 2025 winners, on both creative and business potentials. “Along with the other jury members, we were particularly impressed by the commitment and creativity demonstrated by this year’s candidates. Their ability to present an innovative creative vision while addressing the concerns of our time is an encouraging sign for the future of fashion. Each of them has the potential to continue supporting the ongoing transformations in our industry and to create a positive impact on both society and the planet. I strongly encourage them to seize all the opportunities that ANDAM and the connections they have made there will offer them.” SIDNEY TOLEDANO, IFM PRESIDENT AND SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE LVMH CHAIRMAN AND CEO “I would like to congratulate all the candidates of this edition for their committed vision and distinctive creative proposals, which deeply resonated with the jury’s sensitivity and curiosity. In a time marked by profound reflection, the selection of the 11 finalists for 2025 reflects the agility of this new generation of designers and their ability, to establish their brand, to devise new economic models.” NATHALIE DUFOUR, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF ANDAM THE FIVE NOMINEES FOR THE ANDAM GRAND PRIZE OF 300K€ AND SPECIAL PRIZE OF 100K€, ARE: ALAIN PAUL WILLY CHAVARRIA THE THREE NOMINEES FOR THE PIERRE BERGÉ PRIZE, 100K€, ARE: BURC AKYOL THE THREE NOMINEES FOR THE ACCESSORIES PRIZE, 100K€, ARE: PANCONESI |
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A STRONG COMMITMENT OF OUR SPONSORS TO SUPPORT ALL THE ANDAM FINALISTS Aside the financial grant and mentorship dedicated to the winners, ANDAM develops each year an overall support program for all the finalists. Thanks to the commitment of our sponsors and network, ANDAM offers a unique opportunity to these young talents to access unvaluable advice and expertise that will help them in structuring and expanding their business. The 11 finalists will be offered by: BALENCIAGA, access to its stocks of fabrics and raw materials for the development and production of their collections. This is an action within the “Powered by Balenciaga” initiative launched in 2020 in the brand’s cultural, environmental, and social department; LONGCHAMP, access to its deadstock of leathers and other This initiative is part of the “Longchamp Re-Play” project launched in 2019 to optimize the stock management of materials; MYTHERESA, a working session with members of the digital leadership team; OTB, a full-scale IRL session in Paris on the industry’s best sustainability practices and key learnings; SWAROVSKI, a privileged access to the Swarovski showroom to discover the endless creative possibilities of crystal; TOMORROW, a remote mentorship session to optimize their merchandising, sales and financial strategies to insure a global and steady business growth for the brand; The finalists based in France will have a privileged access to IFM Accelerator Program and to the financial expertise of the French lending institution, IFCIC. THE 5 FELLOWSHIP WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A SWAROVSKI TROPHY DESIGNED BY ALEXANDRE MATTIUSSI, MENTOR OF PIERRE BERGÉ PRIZE & 2015 WINNER OF THE ANDAM GRAND PRIZE. |
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ABOUT ANDAM Founded in 1989 by Nathalie Dufour and chaired by Guillaume Houzé, the annual ANDAM Fashion Awards offer a financial and logistic support to fashion designers chosen after a long and in-depth process of selection. The 2025 jury’s meeting and prize ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 30. Its major role as agent and coordinator is made possible thanks to the commitment of:
– its two historical partners and main financial sponsors: the French ministry of Culture and DEFI (Committee for the Promotion and Development of the French Fashion Industry)
– as well as private sponsors, which renew and increase their support annually, including AMI PARIS, BALENCIAGA, BUREAU BETAK, CHANEL, CHLOÉ, FONDATION PIERRE BERGÉ – YVES SAINT LAURENT, GALERIES LAFAYETTE, HERMÈS, KERING, LACOSTE, LONGCHAMP, LVMH, L’ORÉAL PARIS, META, MYTHERESA, OTB, SAINT LAURENT, SWAROVSKI, TOMORROW, WSN.
JURY 2025 – PERMANENT MEMBERS
FRANCESCA BELLETTINI Deputy CEO, in charge of Brand Development, Kering CÉDRIC CHARBIT CEO, Saint Laurent EVA CHEN VP of Fashion Partnerships, Instagram SOPHIE DELAFONTAINE Creative Director, Longchamp ALEXANDRE DE BETAK Creative Chairman, The Independents, for Bureau Betak GUILLAUME DE SEYNES Executive Vice-President, Hermès NATHALIE DUFOUR Managing Director, ANDAM DELPHINE FOURNIER Deputy Director in charge of Visual Art, French ministry of Culture GIANFRANCO GIANANGELI CEO, Balenciaga GUILLAUME HOUZÉ Executive Director & Board Member, Groupe Galeries Lafayette MICHAEL KLIGER CEO, Mytheresa PELAGIA KOLOTOUROS Creative Director, Lacoste LAURENT MALECAZE President and CEO, Chloé STEFANO MARTINETTO Founder and CEO, Tomorrow ALEXANDRE MATTIUSSI Creative Director and Founder, AMI Paris FRÉDÉRIC MAUS CEO, WSN ALEXIS NASARD CEO, Swarovski BRUNO PAVLOVSKY President of CHANEL’s Fashion CLARISSE REILLE Chief Executive Director, DEFI and IFTH SIDNEY TOLEDANO Senior Advisor to the LVMH Chairman and CEO DELPHINE VIGUIER-HOVASSE Global Brand President, L’Oréal Paris
JURY 2025 – GUEST MEMBERS
SARAH ANDELMAN Founder, Just an Idea LOU DOILLON Author Composer, Illustrator & Actress SOPHIE FONTANEL Writer & Fashion Critic BEKA GVISHIANI Founder, Stylenotcom LIYA KEBEDE Model, Actress & Entrepreneur LUCKY LOVE Singer & Artist PASCAL MORAND Executive President, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode CARLOS NAZARIO Creative consultant EMMANUEL PERROTIN Founder, Galerie Perrotin EDDY DE PRETTO Artist LOÏC PRIGENT Fashion Documentary Director |
