The French luxury conglomerate LVMH has opened applications for the 13th edition of its Prize for Young Designers.

Fashion designers from all around the world have until January 11 to submit their applications at lvmhprize.com. The prize is open to designers aged from 18 to 40 years old who have created at least two collections of women’s, men’s, or unisex ready-to-wear.

The award semifinalists will gather for a showroom event on March 4 and 5, 2026, during Paris Fashion Week. Their work will be presented digitally, and the public will be invited to judge the competing collections starting March 5.

The winner, decided by a jury including LVMH’s top designers, receives a 400,000-euro endowment and enjoys a tailored mentorship by LVMH teams who support the winners in many fields, such as sustainable development, communication, copyright, and corporate legal aspects, as well as marketing, manufacturing, and the financial management of a brand.

The winner of the Karl Lagerfeld Prize and the Savoir-Faire Prize receives a 200,000-euro endowment and also enjoys a one-year mentorship by LVMH teams.

Last year’s winner was Japanese designer Soshi Otsuki, of the label Soshiotsuki, whose work is known for focusing on Japanese tradition and classical performing arts with modern tailoring, often drawing inspiration from Japanese salarymen and the 1980s bubble era.

LVMH will also continue to support and promote young graduates leaving fashion school. The application closed on April 5. The three who end up on the shortlist will be invited to join one of the group’s houses for a year.

Over the years since the foundation of LVMH, the Houses in the Group have all been inspired by a passion for creativity and innovation while nourishing an exceptional heritage rooted in time-honored know-how.

Because both its roots and future are intimately linked to creativity, LVMH and its brands have always actively nourished creative talent. Creativity is one of the Group’s core values, guiding all its teams, from designers to noses to cellar masters. This engagement inspires all LVMH houses to actively support creativity in every form. For that reason, the Louis Vuitton Foundation for contemporary art opened to the public in October 2014 in a sumptuous building created by Frank Gehry, adding to LVMH’s lasting sponsorship of the arts.

This same passion has led the LVMH Group to launch the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. Launched in 2013 and led by Delphine Arnault, president and ceo of Christian Dior Couture, this initiative helps drive the momentum and emergence of fresh talent that is essential to the vitality and diversity of the fashion ecosystem, a role that is perfectly in phase with the responsibilities of the world leader in luxury.

Image: Dior ceo and LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault at the 2025 edition of the LVMH Prize in Paris @ handout