At the occasion of the Paris women Fashion Week spring-summer 2017, Audrey Azoulay, Minister of the Culture and Communication expressed her wish to open the ministry doors to young designers through an exhibition inaugurated the last Monday September 26th in Paris in the ministry’s lounges at 3, rue de Valois (Paris) with the presence of Didier Grumbach, Villa Noailles president – Pascale Mussard, Saint Bernard’s friends president and Jean-Pierre Blanc, general director of La Villa Noailles.

The exhibition is introducing the 2016 edition’s laureates in «fashion & photography» of the International Festival of Fashion & Photography of Hyères in Palais-Royal until next December 2016 as well as 16 first looks of designers revealed by the Festival.

During this launching event, Jean-Pierre Blanc has announced the creation of two new prices witch will be awarded during the next Festival in April 2017. The first one will develop the fashion section with the Fashion Accessorize price - the second one in the photography section will be consecrated to the “still life”.

The minister Audrey Azoulay has also announced for the next few weeks the organization of a “forum de la mode”. This forum will allow to reflect collectively about new challenges and key concern of the fashion industry.

More info : Villa Noailles / Festival International de la Mode et de la Photgraphie à Hyères