The 38th edition of the International festival of fashion, photography and accessories-Hyères, will take place from October 12 to 15, 2023 at the villa Noailles. The exhibitions will be open to the public until January 2024. 2023 is an important year for villa Noailles, it will mark the centenary of the villa, but also the 50 years of the sale of the property to the city of Hyères and the 20 years of the creation of the contemporary arts centre, that has since been labelled of national interest.
The competition announced at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris the selected finalists and the members of the jury. Charles de Vilmorin, creative director of Rochas, has been chosen as president of the fashion category, the London jeweler Alan Crocetti for accessories and the Dominican photographer and dancer living in Berlin Luis Alberto Rodriguez (winner of the 32nd edition of the festival) for photography.
Charles de Vilmorin graduated from La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in July 2019. The first collection from his eponymous label, an ode to love and tolerance, was presented the following year in April 2020 during the global lockdown, receiving widespread acclaim and propelling Charles de Vilmorin onto the global fashion scene. Jean Paul Gaultier sponsored the young designer’s guest appearance on the Paris haute couture calendar. Charles de Vilmorin was appointed creative director of Rochas in February 2021. Spring Summer 2022 was Charles de Vilmorin’s first collection for the Maison.
Dominican-American artist Luis Alberto Rodriguez now based in Berlin studied dance at the Juilliard School in New York where he received his Bfa. He is a self-taught photographer and has exhibited internationally. In 2017, he was awarded both the Public Prize and the American Vintage prize at the 32nd Festival of Fashion and Photography Hyères. In the Spring of 2018 he was shortlisted for Document Journal’s The New Vanguard Prize and was one of Red Hook Labs New Artists. An ensuing book “People Of The Mud” was published by Loose Joints in the Spring of 2020. His upcoming book 'O', a portrait of humanity in transformation and our states of self-preservation will be published by Loose Joints in this Spring.
Alan Crocetti was born in Goiania and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He started to study fashion in Belo Horizonte, which took his ventures to Italy and England to work, develop and grow. He started experimenting with jewellery in his final year of womenswear at Central Saint Martins in London and fell in love with it all, from the beauty of the materials to the intricacy of the jewelry making process. Alan didn’t understand why jewellery was regarded just as an accessory and wanted to disrupt that idea. His goal was to elevate jewellery and bring it to centre in the fashion industry. Since dropping out of university, Alan has presented his work at London Fashion Week and presented during Paris Fashion Week, collaborated with Helmut Lang, Dries Van Noten and Ami Paris.
THE 10 FINALISTS OF 2023 FASHION COMPETITION:
Tiago Bessa, Portugal
Alec Rhys Bizby, United Kingdom
Fengyuan Dai, France
Igor Dieryck, Belgium
Petra Fagerstrom, Suède
Leevi Ikäheimo, Finland
Eun Lee, South Korea
Norman Mabire-Larguier, France
Bo Kwon Min, South Korea
Marc Sanz Pey, Spain
THE 10 FINALISTS OF 2023 PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION:
Souleymane Bachir Diaw, Senegal
Maria Baoli, Spain
Clara Chichin, France
Thaddé Comar, France- Switzerland
Kin Coedel, Hong Kong
Ezio D'Agostino, Italy
Rebekka Deubner, France- Germany
Quentin Lacombe, France
Igor Pjörrt, Portugal
Naguel Rivero, Argentina- Italy
THE 10 FINALISTS 2023 ACCESSORIES COMPETITION:
Mathilde Hiron, France
Gabrielle Huguenot, Suisse
Yeonghyeon Kim, South Korea
Lisa Kwoczek, Germany
Thomas Manil, France
Marcel Mariotte & Jovien Panné France / Spain
Ruby Mellish, United Kingdom
Victor Salinier, France
Christiane Schwambach, Germany
Xin-Yu Weng, Taiwan
Hyères Festival 2023
October 12 to 15, 2023
Villa Noailles
Mnt de Noailles
83400 Hyères, France
Photo: Clos Saint-Bernard dit villa Noailles. Courtesy Olivier Amsellem
