The 12 finalists For The LVMH Young Designer Prize Have Been Announced.

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• The 12 finalists for the LVMH Young Designer Prize have been announced! This year’s crop of young talent up to win one of three $415,900 checks and a year-long mentorship include: Hood by Air‘s Shayne Oliver, Miuniku‘s Nikita and Tina Sutradhar, Tim Coppens, Simone Rocha, Thomas Tait, CG by Chris Gelinas, Gabriele Colangelo, Suno‘s Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis, Atto‘s Julien Dossena (who also designs for Paco Rabanne), Vika Gazinskaya, Simon Porte Jacquemus, and Tillmann Lauterbach. The 12 will meet in Paris May 28th for final judging panel including Delphine Arnault, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Phoebe Philo, Riccardo Tisci, Raf Simons, and Kenzo‘s Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, as well as two executives from LVMH. (WWD)