Alexandre Mattiussi will preside over the 2026 ANDAM jury. For this edition, the founder of Ami Paris supports this new edition dedicated to young creatives - together with Guillaume Houzé, president of Andam, and Nathalie Dufour, general director - bringing together a group of voices from fashion, culture, image, business, and media, and reflecting the range of perspectives needed to support emerging talent today.

Alongside him, the jury includes Burc Akyol, Jeanne Cadieu, Inès de la Fressange, Sophie Fontanel, Lolita Jacobs, Lyas, Théo Mercier, Jean-Jacques Picart, Nicolas Santi-Weil, and Jean Baptiste Talbourdet Napoleone.

Alongside them, the permanent members of the jury embody the diversity and expertise of the fashion and luxury ecosystem: Cédric Charbit, Eva Chen, Laurent Claquin, Sophie Delafontaine, Alexandre de Betak, Guillaume de Seynes, Nathalie Dufour, Delphine Fournier, Gianfranco Gianangeli, Guillaume Houzé, Pelagia Kolotouros, Laurent Malecaze, Frédéric Maus, Alexandre Mattiussi, Alexis Nasard, Bruno Pavlovsky, Clarisse Reille, Lena-Sophie Röper, Renzo Rosso, Sidney Toledano, Laëtitia Toupet, and Alexander Werz.

Founded in 1989 by Nathalie Dufour, the ANDAM Fashion Awards continue to play an important role in supporting young designers. The Expert Committee will gather on May 20 in Paris to select the finalists and the winner of the Fashion Innovation Prize 2026. The finalists work closely with the ANDAM team on their final project, which will be presented to the jury. They need to enrich their dossier with a detailed business plan explaining the perspectives of strategic development in Paris and worldwide, which will be offered to the brand thanks to ANDAM financial support and privileged mentoring. The jury meeting will take place on July 1st. The nominees are interviewed by and present looks from past or/and/or prototypes of their upcoming collections to the jury, during 5 minutes. The five fellowship winners, elected by an absolute majority, will be officially announced at the end of the Nationale Commission, during the ANDAM Prize Ceremony. In September, the fellowship winners' presentations. From September to December, the ANDAM finalists and winners benefit from dedicated mentorships from the ANDAM network and sponsors.