Save the date! The 40th edition of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories – Hyères, will take place between Thursday 16th and Sunday 19th October 2025 at the Villa Noailles. It was broadcast live from L’Institut du Monde Arabe where Jean-Pierre Blanc, founder of the festival since 1986 announced the finalists and the jury of this upcoming edition. The exhibitions will be open to the public until January 2026. It’s been 40 years now that the festival promoted and supported Young international fashion designers. Since 1997, the competition is also for emerging photographers and since 2026, also recognizes young fashion accessory designers. The festival is acknowledged as the oldest fashion competition aimed at young professionals. Several prizes are awarded to the competing talents thanks to grants provided by the festival’s partners who commit, together with the festival, to provide long-term support.
The fashion competition prizes include: Grand Prix of the Fashion Jury, le19M Métiers d’Arts Prize, L’Atelier des Matières Prize and Supima Prize. This year, the fashion jury is composed of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Marine Serrz, Grace Wales Bonner, Julien Dossena, Viktor&Rolf, Christelle Kocher, Pelagia Kolotouros, Alexandre Mattiussi, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi and Ludovic de Saint-Sernin.
The 10 fashion finalists are:
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: Grand Prix of the accessories jury and Hermès Fashion Accessories. This year, 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 10 accessories finalists are:
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 include: 7L Photography Grand Jury Prize and 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 10 photography finalists are:
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)