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Hyères Festival 2026: three women to chair fashion, photography and accessories juries

The 41st edition of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories has chosen three women to preside over its competitions. Chemena Kamali, Cecilie Bahnsen and Camille Vivier will chair the Fashion, Fashion Accessories and Photography juries respectively. The festival will take place from October 15 to 18, 2026....

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Hugo Lucchino takes the reins of Villa Noailles and confirms the 2025 Hyères festival

A new director has been appointed to lead Villa Noailles, the art center that hosts the annual Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories. Following a unanimous jury decision on July 25, 2025, Hugo Lucchino will take over the role from Jean-Pierre Blanc. Lucchino, whose background includes extensive studies in...

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Fashion

Igor Dieryck scoops three prizes at the Hyères Festival

Belgian designer Igor Dieryck won three prizes at the prestigious Hyères Festival in France after impressing the jury headed by Charles de Vilmorin. Dieryck, a 2022 graduate of Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, was awarded The Grand Prix, the Le19M Métiers D'art and the city of Hyères public prize at this year’s fashion festival for his ‘...

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Hyères Festival announces nominees and jury for 2023 edition

At the end of Paris Haute Couture Week (PHCW), the Museum of Decorative Arts of Paris welcomed the organisers of the International Fashion, Photography and Accessories Festival of the city of Hyères to present the members of the jury who will officiate the competition during the festival. The event is set to take place from Thursday 12 to Sunday...

Fashion

Petit Bateau x Kenta Matsushige

French fashion brand Petit Bateau is launching a collaborative collection with Japanese designer Kenta Matsushige inspired by kimonos and deconstructed sailor stripes next month. The collaboration stems from the French label’s partnership with the Hyères Festival and as the 2014 winner of the Grand Prix du Jury Première Vision, Matsushige a...

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Kenta Matsushige wins at Hyères Festival 2014

Japanese designer Kenta Matsushige has been awarded the Grand Prix du Jury Première Vision at this year’s Hyères International Festival of Fashion & Photography for his Hinabi womenswear collection, inspired by the architecture of Japanese museums. Selected by a jury led by Opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Matsushige took...