LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, recognized for his gender-fluid designs, beat 12 different finalists to win the 2023 Andam Model Awards’ grand prize. The winners had been introduced on the Palais-Royal in Paris on Thursday.
The Parisian dressmaker will obtain £300,000 and a year-long mentorship from Riccardo Bellini, the president and leader govt officer of Chloé. Impressed via Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, “A Unmarried Guy,” Nouchi’s spring/summer season 2024 assortment focussed on redefining male sensuality.
For the primary time, the 2 runner-ups, Duran Lantink and Ester Manas, had been awarded the Particular Prize, established in 2022. The Pierre BergĂ© Prize was once awarded to the latex-focussed logo Avellano via Arthur Avellano. Ukrainian dressmaker Ruslan Baginskiy, whose hats had been featured on BeyoncĂ©’s “Renaissance” excursion, received the Equipment Prize, ÂŁ100,000.
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Andam has larger its pool of to be had prizes to €700,000 ($737,000), the French business consortium stated because it introduced the 2023 version of its influential type awards.