H&M reveals Design Award Finalists

Swedish value fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz has announced its shortlist of 24 aspiring designers for its fourth annual H&M Design Award.

The 24 semifinalists were selected from 37 fashion schools from around world and are: Clara Jungman Malmquist, Laure Severac, Magdalena Brozda, Sarah Effenberger, Simone Schmidt Adrian, Elina Määttänen, Juyan Zhou, Francesca Reberschegg, Hiroshi Shintani, In Seo, Yumiko Sei, Youn-Chan Chung, Yiyu Chen, Andreas Ekelöf, Leonard Kocic, Charlotte Knowles, Graham Fan, James Kelly, Janni Turtiainen, Katherine Roberts-Wood, Fiona O’Neil, Andrea Jiapei Li, Peter Do and Ximon Lee.

From list of semifinalist designers, only 8 will be selected to pass through to the next round and present their collection to a international jury panel, lead by Ann-Sofie Johansson, creative head of design for H&M, in London next month.

The final winner will receive a cash prize of 50,000 euros, a mentorship as well as a collaboration with the Swedish value retailer and host a catwalk show during Stockholm Fashion Week. This year's winner of the H&M Design Award was Eddy Anemian, a fashion graduate from Brussel whose collection went on sale in selected H&M stores across the world last week.