The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has announced that its special prize will be named The Karl Lagerfeld Prize. The winner of the prize will receive €150,000 and a one-year mentorship program provided by LVMH in many fields of expertise.

The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers will be held on 4 September at the Fondation Louis Vuitton.

The eight finalists include:

• ANREALAGE by Kunihiko Morinaga (Japanese designer, based in Tokyo). Womenswear, showing in Paris. 
• BETHANY WILLIAMS by Bethany Williams (British designer, based in London).  Gender-neutral fashion, showing in London. 
• BODE by Emily Adams Bode (American designer, based in New York). Menswear, showing in New York. 
• HED MAYNER by Hed Mayner (Israeli designer, based in Tel Aviv). Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Paris. 
• KENNETH IZE by Kenneth Izedonmwen (Nigerian designer, based in Lagos). Gender-neutral fashion, showing in Pairs and Lagos. 
• PHIPPS by Spencer Phipps (America designer, based in Paris). Gener-neutral fashion, showing in Paris. 
• STEFAN COOKE by Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt (British designers, based in London). Menswear, showing in London. 
• THEBE MAGUGU by Thebe Magugu (South African designer, based in Johannesburg).

The jury of the 2019 Prize include: 

• Jonathan Anderson, Artistic Director of Loewe
• Kris Van Assche, Artistic Director of Berluti
• Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of Christian Dior Couture
• Nicolas Ghesquière, Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton
• Marc Jacobs, Artistic Director of Marc Jacobs
• Clare Waight Keller, Artistic Director of Givenchy
• Delphine Arnault, Executive Vice-President of Louis Vuitton
• Jean-Paul Claverie, Advisor to Bernard Arnault and Director of Corporate Sponsorship at LVMH
• Sidney Toledano, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Fashion Group

The panel of experts of the 2019 Prize include: 

• Emmanuelle Alt, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris (Paris)
• Rami Atallah, Cofounder and CEO of the fashion platform Ssense (Montreal)
• Imran Amed, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Business of Fashion (London)
• Sarah Andelman, Founder of Just an Idea (Paris)
• Glenda Bailey, Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar US (New York)
• Fabien Baron, Art director, Founder of Baron & Baron (New York)
• Tim Blanks, Editor-at-Large for The Business of Fashion (London)
• Derek Blasberg, Head of Fashion and Beauty partnerships for YouTube (New York)
• Alexandre de Betak, Founder of Bureau Betak (Paris)
• Frédéric Bodenes, Art Director of Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche (Paris)
• Carmen Busquets, Investor in BoF, Farfetch, Net-à-Porter, Lyst, Moda Operandi (Caracas)
• Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion of Parsons School of Design (New York)
• Naomi Campbell, Top model and Philanthropist (New York)
• Marie Chaix, Fashion editor at Double magazine (New York)
• Anne-Sophie von Claer, Deputy Editorial director of Le Figaro (Paris)
• Angelica Cheung, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue China (Beijing)
• Godfrey Deeny, International Editor in Chief of Fashion Network (Paris)
• Babeth Djian, Editor-in-Chief of Numéro (Paris)
• Edward Enninful Obe, Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue (London)
• Linda Fargo, Senior Vice-President of Bergdorf Goodman (New York)
• Chiara Ferragni, Digital entrepreneur and President and CEO of Tbs Crew (Milan)
• Angelo Flaccavento, Fashion journalist (Ragusa)
• Hans de Foer, Director of the Postgraduate Fashion Program at the Institut Français de la Mode (Paris)
• Jo-Ann Furniss, Journalist and Creative Director (London)
• Chantal Gaemperle, LVMH Group Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Synergies (Paris)
• Stephen Gan, Editor-in-chief of V magazine and V man and creative director of Elle USA (New York)
• Michel Gaubert, Sound Designer (Paris)
• Julie Gilhart, Consultant (New York)
• Ikram Goldman, Founder of ikram (Chicago)
• Elizabeth Von Guttman, Cofounder of the magazine System and of Fashion Tech (Paris)
• Jefferson Hack, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Dazed Group (London)
• Amanda Harlech, Creative consultant (London)
• Ashley Heath, Editorial director at Pop and Arena Homme+ (London)
• Laure Hériard Dubreuil, Founder and Chief Executive of The Webster (Miami)
• Adrian Joffe, Chief Executive Officer of Dover Street Market International (London)
• Sylvia Jorif, Journalist at ELLE Magazine (Paris)
• Karlie Kloss, Top Model and Philanthropist (New York)
• Joerg Koch, Editor-in-chief of 032c (Berlin)
• Suzanne Koller, Fashion director of M Le Monde magazine (Paris)
• Hirofumi Kurino, Creative Director of United Arrows (Tokyo)
• Susie Lau, Founder of StyleBubble.com and journalist (London)
• Linda Loppa, Adviser Strategy & Vision at Polimoda Paris Platform (Paris)
• Pat McGrath, Makeup Artist (New York)
• Kevin Ma, Founder and CEO of the Hypebeast (New York)
• Sara Maino, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Italian Vogue and Head of Vogue Talents (Milan)
• Suzy Menkes, Vogue International Editor (Paris and New York)
• Virginie Mouzat, Journalist (Paris)
• Sarah Mower, Contributing Editor of Vogue US (London)
• Hidetoshi Nakata, Former International Football player and fashion icon (Tokyo)
• Alexia Niedzielski, Cofounder of the magazine System and of Fashion Tech (London)
• Ezra Petronio, Editor-in-chief of Self Service (Paris)
• Fabio Piras, Course Director of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (London)
• Peter Philips, Creative and Image Director of Christian Dior Makeup (Antwerp)
• Loïc Prigent, Filmmaker (Paris)
• Gaia Repossi, Creative Director of Repossi (Paris)
• Carine Roitfeld, Editor-in-Chief of CR Fashion Book and Global Fashion Director of Harper's Bazaar (Paris)
• Marie-Amélie Sauvé, Stylist and Editor of Mastermind (Paris)
• Anne-Florence Schmitt, Director of Madame Figaro (Paris)
• Aimee Song, Influencer and founder of Song of Style (New York)
• Carla Sozzani, Founder of 10 Corso Como (Milan)
• Stefano Tonchi, Editor-in-Chief of W Magazine (New York)
• Aizel Trudel, Founder of the fashion platform Aizel (Moscow)
• Natalia Vodianova, Top Model and Philanthropist (Paris)

For more information visit lvmhprize.com and see DIARY directory for the details about the award ceremony.