Eight Finalists Revealed for LVMH Prize

PARIS — Europe remains a hotbed for incubating promising fashion talents: The eight finalists for the next LVMH Prize — all European nationals except for one American — are based in its three main capitals. They are Arthur Arbesser, an Austrian women’s wear designer based in Milan; Sebastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, the French duo behind the Paris-based Coperni women’s label; Craig Green, a British men’s wear specialist based in London; Faustine Steinmetz, a French women’s wear designer based in London; Simon Porte Jacquemus, a Frenchman based in Paris, where he presents his Jacquemus women’s collection; Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, Portuguese designers based in London, where they present their Marques’ Almeida women’s range; Virgil Abloh, an American designer based in Milan, where he does men’s and women’s fashions under the Off-White label, and Demna Gvasalia, a German designer who presents his Vetements women’s line in Paris. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton enlisted 45 experts from retail, publishing and image creation to select finalists from 26 contenders who presented their collections at LVMH headquarters over two days during Paris Fashion Week, with Kanye West and Karlie Kloss among those stopping by to check out the budding talents of tomorrow. Delphine Arnault, second-in-command at

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