LVMH Prize 20-finalist voting push

LVMH Prize pushed its 2026 semi-finalist voting on May 15 through social media as the young-designer competition moved through its selection phase. The official LVMH Prize website now shows both the 2026 semi-finalists and a list of 2026 finalists. The program says 20 semi-finalists are selected from online applications before fashion experts choose the finalists, and the final then determines the winners. The prize, created in 2013, awards 400,000 euros to the main winner and 200,000 euros each to the Karl Lagerfeld Prize and Savoir-Faire Prize winners. ### Which stage of the 2026 competition is LVMH Prize in now? The LVMH Prize website for the 2026 edition shows the contest has moved beyond the semi-finalist stage and now includes a finalists section. That page lists nine finalists for 2026 alongside the semi-finalists, indicating the field has already been narrowed from the earlier selection round. (lvmhprize.com) The prize’s overview page says “20 semi-finalists are selected among the online applications” and that, during the semi-final, “Experts from the world of fashion choose the finalists.” The same page says the jury selects the winners during the final stage. ### Who are the 2026 finalists shown on the official site? The 2026 edition page lists nine finalists: Colleen Allen, De Pino by Gabriel Figueiredo, Institution by Galib Gassanoff, Julie Kegels, LII by Zane Li, Petra Fagerström, Ponte by Harry Pontefract, Thevxlley by Daniel del Valle, and Yoshita 1967 by Anil Padia. (lvmhprize.com) Those names appear under the “Finalists of the 2026 LVMH Prize” heading on the official site. (lvmhprize.com) The same page also continues to display the semi-finalist lineup below the finalists section, including brands such as Act N°1, Derrick, Golshaah, IAMISIGO, Kartik Research, Kinyan Lam, MAZ Manuela Álvarez, Nong Rak, Shinyakozuka, SSSTEIN and Tíscar Espadas. The page excerpt available through search does not show all names in a single clean list, but it confirms the site is carrying both stages of the 2026 field. (lvmhprize.com) ### How does the LVMH Prize say the selection process works? LVMH Prize says the competition is open to designers aged 18 to 40 who have created at least two ready-to-wear collections. The program’s timeline says 20 semi-finalists are selected first from the online applications. During the semi-final, the official description says, fashion experts choose the finalists. (lvmhprize.com) During the final, jury members choose the winners. The official jury page currently highlighted by the site includes figures such as Jonathan Anderson, Nicolas Ghesquière and Stella McCartney among LVMH Prize jury members. ### What is at stake for the designers who advance? (lvmhprize.com) The main LVMH Prize carries a 400,000-euro endowment and a year of mentorship from LVMH experts, according to the prize overview. The Karl Lagerfeld Prize and the Savoir-Faire Prize each carry a 200,000-euro allocation and the same one-year mentorship structure. LVMH says that mentorship covers fields including sustainable development, communication, copyright, legal matters, marketing and finance. (lvmhprize.com) The group says it created the prize in 2013 to support emerging creative talent around the world. ### What comes next after this voting push? The official 2026 edition page shows the finalists already identified on the LVMH Prize website, which means the next public milestone is the final presentation and jury decision rather than the semi-final vote itself. (lvmhprize.com) That appears to supersede earlier social-media language about narrowing to finalists later in the month. Paris is the next named stop in the process. The finalists are due to present there on September 4, 2026, before the jury selects the winners of the LVMH Prize, the Karl Lagerfeld Prize and the Savoir-Faire Prize, according to the competition’s published structure and the event details referenced in LVMH Prize social posts. (lvmhprize.com 1) (lvmhprize.com 2)