The 40th edition of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography, and Accessories — Hyères will run from October 16 to 19, 2025 at the Villa Noailles. The exhibitions will be open to the public until January 2026.
Jean-Pierre Blanc is both the founder and the director of the festival which will be presided over by Pascale Mussard. Since 1986, the festival has promoted and supported young international fashion designers, since 1997 a competition has also existed for emerging photographers and, since 2016, a competition also recognises young fashion accessory designers. Several prizes are awarded to the competing designers thanks to grants provided by the festival’s partners who commit, together with the festival, to provide long-term support. Practical assistance is provided right from the selection stage as well as during two years in various domains: financing, production, workmanship, materials, production, legal, media, exhibitions, workshops, and residencies.
The festival’s founder Jean-Pierre Blanc revealed juries and finalists of the 40th edition of the talent competition at the Institut du Monde Arabe during Paris Couture Week.
The fashion competition prizes are the Grand Prix of the Fashion Jury, le19M Métiers d’Arts Prize, L’Atelier des Matières Prize, and Supima Prize. This year’s fashion jury members include Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Marine Serre, Grace Wales Bonner, Julien Dossena, Viktor&Rolf, Christelle Kocher, Pelagia Kolotouros, Alexandre Mattiussi, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, and Ludovic de Saint-Sernin.
The jury selected ten young fashion designers of XX different nationalities. Their collections will be presented during fashion shows, open to the public and professionals, directed by Maida GrégoryBoina. The collections will also be presented in showrooms during the Festival. One outfit will be on display at the Villa Noailles and will become part of the Festival collection.
THE 10 FINALISTS OF 2025 FASHION COMPETITION
Noah Almonte (Switzerland)
Layla Al Tawaya (Poland)
Lucas Emilio Bruner (Switzerland - Chile)
Idaliina Friman (Finland)
Xinyi He (China)
Sofia Hermes Fernandez (Germany - Spain)
Adrien Michel (France)
Dennis Sanders (Germany)
Vanessa Schreiner (Austria)
Youssef Zogheib (Lebanon)
The accessories competition prizes include the Grand Prix of the accessories jury and Hermès Fashion Accessories. The accessories jury is composed of Charlotte Chesnais, Stéphanie D’Heygere, Pierre Hardy, Olivier Jault, La Manso, Christian Louboutin, Priscilla Royer, Florence Tétier, Elie Top, and Philip Treacy.
The jury selected ten accessory designers of XX different nationalities, whose collections will be presented in a group show at the Villa Noailles, under the artistic direction of Nataniel N.M.Robert.
THE 10 FINALISTS OF 2025 ACCESSORIES COMPETITION
Antoine et Julien Blanchard (France)
Alyssa Cartaut (France)
Alix Chaumont (France)
Amaury D’Arras (France)
Taskin Goec (Germany)
Coline Gros (Switzerland)
Kays Masood (Syria)
Florentin Nathon (France)
Luisa Oliveira Lopez (Honduras)
Julien Simar (France)
The photography competition prizes comprise the 7L Photography Grand Jury Prize and the American Vintage Photography Prize. This year the jury is composed of Malick Bodian, Pierre Debusschere, Inez et Vinoodh, Tess Petronio, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Paulo Roberto, Karim Sadli, Sølve Sundsbø, and Tim Walker.
The jury selected ten young photographers of XX different nationalities to present their work in a group exhibition at the Villa Noailles, under the artistic direction of Magalie Guérin, accompanied by Dylan Casasnovas, and one print to be included in the Villa Noailles photography collection.
THE 10 FINALISTS OF 2025 PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Mathilde Favel (France)
Zen Lefort (France)
Adam (Hab-Chun) Lin (Taïwan)
Shubham Lodha (India)
Gabriel Mrabi (Spain)
Yama Ndiaye (France-Senegal)
Noémie Ninon (France - Netherlands)
Julie Joubert (France)
Laura Pelissier (France)
Shanna Warocquier (France)
International Festival of Fashion & Photography of Hyères
October 16 - 19, 2025
Villa Noailles
Hyères, France
