What better than celebrating your 30th anniversary with Chanel? In fact, the Hyères Festival for fashion and photography, which will take place from to at the Villa Noailles, invited Chanel as Guest of Honor and Karl Lagerfeld as Art Director, piloting the event.

The Jury members include reputed faces of the fashion industry, such as the designer, Anthony Vaccarello; the architect and designer, India Mahdavi; the actress, Anna Mouglalis; and the fashion editor, Carine Roitfeld.

While the fashion competition is focused on designers from Northern Europe — Anna Bornhold (Germany), Christina Braun (Germany), Annelie Schubert (Germany & France), Heini-Maria Hynynen & Elina Aarela (Finland), Sophie Salekari (Finland) and Elina Maattanen (Finland), along with Sophie Harand (France), Yiyu Chen(Taiwan), Guillem Rodriguez Bernat (Spain), and Wieke Sinnige (Netherlands) — the photography competition is more varied, with participants from all over the world.

In addition to Chanel, who became a main sponsor of the event in 2014, further partners include LVMH, Première Vision, Chloé, and the Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode.

More information on: www.villanoailles-hyeres.com.

Picture courtesy of Chanel.