The Japanese designer Soshi Otsuki, 35, founder of the menswear brand Soshiotsuki, is the winner of the 12th edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. He will receive a 400,000€ endowment and will be mentored for one year by a team of LVMH experts.

The winners were selected by a Jury consisting of nine creative directors from LVMH houses, including Jonathan Anderson, Sarah Burton, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Nigo, Phoebe Philo, Silvia Venturini Fendi, and Pharrell Williams, as well as Delphine Arnault, Jean-Paul Claverie, and Sidney Toledano. Deepika Padukone, the internationally renowned Bollywood actress, also joined the 2025 Jury as a special guest.

The Karl Lagerfeld Prize was awarded to the British designer Steve O Smith, 33, founder of the namesake womenswear and menswear brand. It includes a 200,000€ endowment and a year’s mentorship by the LVMH Group.

The Savoir-Faire Prize was awarded to the British designer Torishéju Dumi, 32, for her womenswear and menswear brand Torishéju. She will receive 200,000€ and enjoy a one-year mentorship by a team of LVMH experts. She will also enjoy support from the LVMH Métiers d’Excellence through a collaboration with Maison Vermont, the embroidery specialist, which will provide her with 50,000€ of embellishments for her upcoming collection.

Each of the winners will benefit from a specific mentoring programme as well as an allowance from the Nona Source platform, which upcycles deadstock materials from the Group’s Fashion and Leather Goods brands. The winner of the LVMH Prize will receive 20,000 euros, while the winners of the Karl Lagerfeld and Savoir-Faire Prizes will receive 10,000 euros each.

Lastly, three recent fashion school graduates were recognized: Louna Clozel, who studied at La Cambre (Brussels), Sophia Sacchetti of Parsons Paris and Peiwen Mao of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. They and their alma maters will receive a grant of 10,000 euros each. Respectively, the graduates will join the studios at Louis Vuitton Homme, Kenzo and Dior womenswear.

Image: Steve O Smith, Soshi Otsuki, Delphine Arnault, and Torishéju Dumi. Photographer: Dominique Maitre