The 2024 Hyères Competition guarantees to be extremely worldwide and exceptionally thrilling. Certainly, this 12 months’s competitors for rising expertise has determined to entrust the chairmanship of its numerous juries to a few of probably the most influential figures within the style and images scene. Particularly, Nicola Di Felice for the style class, Achilles Ion Gabriel for equipment, and Coco Capitán for images.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, January 24, on the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. On this event, the founder and normal supervisor of the occasion, Jean-Pierre Blanc, formally launched the thirty ninth version of the Worldwide Competition of Trend, Images, and Equipment in Hyères, which can happen from October 10 to 13, 2024. He additionally unveiled the chosen finalists and the composition of the juries.
Main the artistic route at Courrèges since 2020, Nicolas Di Felice is without doubt one of the most intently watched designers among the many youthful generations. In simply 4 years, he has efficiently revitalized the style home owned by Artemis, the Pinault household’s holding firm (Kering). The 40-year-old Belgian stylist, who hails from Charleroi, graduated from La Cambre earlier than honing his abilities at Balenciaga, subsequently working for Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton.
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Achilles Ion Gabriel can be thought to be one of the compelling designers of the second. Very similar to Nicolas Di Felice at Courrèges, his creations have loved important business success. The Finnish designer specialised in footwear, who has been on the artistic helm of the Spanish label Camper since 2020, lately launched his personal ready-to-wear model throughout Pitti Uomo.
The function of presiding over the images jury falls to a different rising star. At 31 years outdated, the Spanish artist and photographer Coco Capitán garnered early recognition from style homes for her poetic and socially engaged photos, at occasions tinged with irony, following the publication of her work in probably the most famend unbiased magazines. She has notably collaborated with Gucci.
