Rihanna, Virgil Abloh and Stella McCartney have joined the jury to select the winner of the LVMH Prize.
The design trio will join the likes of Jonathan Anderson, Kris Van Assche, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, and Clare Waight Keller in meeting with the eight finalists for the prestigious accolade – which honours and supports young fashion designers around the world – before a winner is announced in Paris on 5 June.
Industry experts have whittled down 20 semi-finalists down to a shortlist of eight, who will compete for the 300,000 euros grant and a year of support and mentorship.
Five of the shortlisted labels – Chopova Lowena by Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena, Peter Do, Sindiso Khumalo and Supriya Lele’s eponymous lines, and Tomotoka Koizumi’s Tomo Koizumi – make womenswear, while the other three, Ahluwalia by Priya Ahluwalia, Casablanca by Charaf Tajer, and Nicholas Daley’s eponymous collection, focus on menswear.