French start-up Losanje, founded by Simon Peyronnaud and Mathieu Khouri, winner of the ANDAM 2025 Fashion Innovation Award, established itself as a key player in textile upcycling. Thanks to its proprietary technology and an integrated approach, Losanje succeeded in making upcycling economically viable and, ultimately, scalable. A year after our...
23 May 2025
French upcycling company Losanje has been awarded the 2025 ANDAM Fashion Innovation Award for its circular and sustainable solutions transforming deadstock and unwanted textiles into new fabrics and products. Introduced in 2017, the Innovative Prize aims to support technological innovations that contribute to transforming and reinventing the...
19 May 2025
The ANDAM Fashion Awards, a pivotal launchpad for emerging designers, celebrated its 35th edition on Thursday by crowning Australian designer Christopher Esber as the winner of its Grand Prize. The accolade, which includes a 300,000 euro grant and mentorship from Saint Laurent's creative director Anthony Vaccarello, underscores the fashion...
28 Jun 2024
The 35th edition of the Andam competition, under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, DÉFI (Comité de Promotion et de Développement de la Mode) and private partners, has published the list of its finalists. The six finalists for the Andam Grand Prize, worth 300,000 euros, and the Special Prize, worth 100,000 euros, are: 3.Paradis, Charles...
4 Jun 2024
Materials company Alternative Innovation, which is developing a sustainable and recyclable alternative to leather and coated textiles, has been awarded the ANDAM 2024 Innovative Prize. Introduced in 2017, the Innovative Prize is now in its seventh edition and aims to support technological innovations that contribute to transforming and...
13 May 2024
Guillaume Houzé, President of ANDAM, along with Nathalie Dufour, its Founder and Managing Director, have teamed up with Anthony Vaccarello, Creative Director of Saint Laurent and President of the jury, to assemble a lineup of fashion luminaries for the 35th edition of ANDAM. The 2024 ANDAM jury, comprising key historical supporters like the...
30 Apr 2024
Louis Gabriel Nouchi (LGN) concluded the second day of Paris Fashion Week menswear FW24 on Wednesday, January 17. His Andam 2023 competition award opened the doors to a unique women's ready-to-wear collection, inspired by his menswear designs. The new boyish look has arrived. For his fall/winter 2024/2025 collection, Nouchi, as a spokesperson...
22 Jan 2024
Now coming into its 35th year, the Andam Fashion Awards is preparing for its next edition, continuing in its mission to identify both French and international fashion talent that will “actively contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of the French fashion industry”. Commenting on the milestone year in a release, Nathalie Dufour, Andam’s...
11 Jan 2024
LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi won the grand prize at the 34th edition of the Andam awards. Duran Lantink and Ester Manas won the special prize. Meanwhile, Avellano received the Pierre Bergé prize and Ruslan Baginskiy, the fashion accessories prize. On June 29, in the gardens of Paris' Palais Royal, next to the Ministry of Culture, the elite of the...
30 Jun 2023
The 12 finalists of the Andam Fashion Awards have been unveiled ahead of the final presentation in front of a judges panel set for June 29. Six nominees have been selected for the Andam Grand Prize of 300,000 euros and a special prize of 100,000 euros, including Andreādamo, Duran Lantink, Ester Manas, Gauchere, Gmbh and LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi....
30 May 2023
Italian materials company Sqim, which specialises in biofabricated materials made from pure mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, has been awarded the ANDAM 2023 Innovative Prize. Sqim is the first biotech company to be cultivating mycelium on a pure basis, explains ANDAM in the press release, a process that eliminates the use of...
26 Apr 2023
There is no guaranteed formula for a successful career in fashion. Prizes, however, have proven to be amongst the most promising opportunities for emerging designers who wish to build a brand of their own. In a time when formal training is no longer a prerequisite and a follower count can decide the fate of a young talent, international prizes...
13 Oct 2022