And the winner of this year’s ANDAM Fashion Award is…Anthony Vaccarello. The Belgian designer beat out Adam Kimmel, Commuun, Jeremy Laing, Palmer/Harding, and Yiqing Yin to take home the €200,000 prize. Asked afterward how he plans to spend the money, he said, “I want to continue to grow, to become more grand.” Grand? “To produce [...]

Paris Vogue’s Emmanuelle Alt, Colette’s Sarah Lerfel, Opening Ceremony’s Humberto Leon, and other fashion insiders—myself included—gathered at the Ritz in blazing-hot Paris today to cast our votes for this year’s ANDAM Fashion Award winner. Last year, the €200,000 prize went to Hakaan Yildirim. This year, Adam Kimmel, Anthony Vaccarello, Commuun, Jeremy Laing, Palmer/Harding, and Yiqing [...]

ANDAM, the French organization devoted to the development of young fashion talent, announced its six finalists for its annual award today, and it’s an international bunch of up-and-comers—some better known than others. Adam Kimmel (a look from whose Fall ‘11 men’s collection is above, right), Anthony Vaccarello, Commuun, Jeremy Laing (a look from whose Fall [...]

Turkish designer Hakaan Yildirim (pictured) is the newest winner of ANDAM’s €220,000 prize. Reached for comment in Istanbul, Yildrim and his friend and collaborator, Mert Alas, responded simply: “This is so magical. We are honored.” Hakaan beat out a strong group, including Mark Fast; former Mugler designer Alexandre Vauthier; Francesco Scognamiglio; former Balenciaga and Christian [...]

We suspect that more than one guest in the editor-heavy crowd at last night’s ANDAM (National Association for the Development of Fashion Arts) Fashion Award presentation and 20th anniversary celebration was there for organization president and éminence grise of French fashion Pierre Bergé. “I know there are people here tonight from many places,” said Bergé. [...]

A chic doughnut-shaped, caramel leather bangle that turns into a Longchamp Le Pliage tote (pictured at left) is a boon to anyone still working out the logistics of the whole reusable-shopping-bag thing. And for that convertible convenience, you have Bless designers Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag to thank. The Bless bag for Longchamp is part [...]