Flanked by the designer Karl Lagerfeld and the fashion ingénue and rap behemoth Kanye West, Louis Vuitton director Delphine Arnault’s reception for the finalists for the second LVMH Young Fashion Designer prize was never going to be a quiet affair. Last year’s winner of the €300,000 grant, and a year’s mentorship, was the Canadian-born, London-based womenswear designer Thomas Tait. It must have seemed strange for him to watch the proceedings as the outgoing appointed one — like a beauty queen having to graciously pass on the crown, the wiry Tait was doing a round of the 26 finalists on show alongside some of the most influential figures in fashion.
兩側(cè)站著設(shè)計(jì)師卡爾?拉格菲爾德(Karl Lagerfeld)與時(shí)尚新銳兼說唱巨星坎耶?維斯特(Kanye West)，可見路易威登(Louis Vuitton)總監(jiān)德爾菲娜?阿爾諾(Delphine Arnault)舉辦的第二屆LVMH青年時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師獎(jiǎng)(LVMH Young Fashion Designer)決賽招待會(huì)從來不會(huì)是一件低調(diào)的事情。去年獲得30萬歐元、加上為期一年指導(dǎo)培訓(xùn)機(jī)會(huì)的是在加拿大出生、倫敦立業(yè)的女裝設(shè)計(jì)師托馬斯?泰特(Thomas Tait)。作為即將交棒的前任獲勝者，他看著活動(dòng)的進(jìn)行，一定會(huì)覺得很不可思議--如同一位選美皇后必須優(yōu)雅地把皇冠傳遞下去，高瘦的泰特和26位決賽入圍者身邊都是一些在時(shí)尚界最具影響力的人物。