The 30th Festival International de Mode et de Photographie will take place from 23rd until 27th April at Southern French Hyères in Villa Noailles. And as might be expected from a big birthday bash the guest list is absolutely star studded. Festival Director Jean-Pierre Blanc is delighted to announce, that the 30th festival’s guest of honour will be none other than the House of CHANEL with Karl Lagerfeld himself as Art Director.
Each year the festival awards young fashion designers and photographers, presenting several prizes to the winners thanks to the support of its partners. Karl Lagerfeld will be joined on the jury by Virginie Viard, Director of Studio de Création at CHANEL, acting as president of the fashion jury. Eric Pfrunder, Directeur de l’Image at CHANEL will act as Photography Jury President. The exhibition featuring the 20 finalists work will be on show until 24th May. Meet GoSee in person at the event from 20th – 27th April.
On 28 January the Fashion Jury met in Paris to select the top 10 Finalists from 56 pre-selected portfolios from 300 entries from over 60 countries. Meet 2015’s Jury:
S.A.R. Princess Caroline von Hannover
Caroline de Maigret, model & producer
India Mahdavi, architect and designer
Anna Mouglalis, actress
Loïc Prigent, Journalist & director
Carine Roitfeld, CR Fashion Book
Sébastien Tellier, musician and actor
Anthony Vaccarello, Designer
Joana Vasconcelos, Artist
Olivier Zahm, AD, Journalist & photographer
The following 10 young designers from six countries are in the Fashion Finals:
Anna Bornhold - Collection Femme, Allemagne
Christina Braun - Collection Femme, Allemagne
Yiyu Chen - Collection Femme, Taïwan
Sophie Harand - Collection Homme, France
Heini-Maria Hynynen & Elina Aarela - Collection Homme, Finlande
Elina Maattanen - Collection Femme, Finlande
Guillem Rodriguez Bernat - Collection Homme, Espagne
Sophie Salekari - Collection Femme, Finlande
Annelie Schubert - Collection Femme, Allemagne-France
Wieke Sinnige - Collection Femme, Pays-Bas
Photo Jury 2015 met up on 28th January in Paris under the direction of Eric Pfrunder (Chanel) and selected their top 10 from 60 preselected portfolios from over 700 entries. 2015’s Jury included:
Anne Cartier-Bresson, Directrice des l’Atelier de Restauration et de Conservation des Photographies der Stadt Paris (ARCP)
Cécile Cassel, actress and singer
Stephen Gan, founder Fashion Media Group LLC
Kamel Mennour, gallerist
Jean-Luc Monterosso, founder and director Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Eric Pillault, CD
Céline Sallette, actress
André Saraiva, artist
Gerhard Steidl, publisher and printer
and star photographer Sølve Sundsbø
Photo 2015 Finalists:
Jeannie Abert - France
Sushant Chhabria - Inde
Sjoerd Knibbeler - Pays-Bas
Wawrzyniec Kolbusz - Pologne
Evangelia Kranioti - Grèce
David Magnusson - Suède
Filippo Patrese - Italie
Thomas Rousset - France
Polly Tootal - Grande Bretagne
Oezden Yorulmaz - Allemagne
About - La Villa Noailles ... créée dans les années 1920 par l’architecte Robert Mallet-Stevens pour les mécènes Charles et Marie-Laure de Noailles. GoSee.us/villanoailles
