The 11th Premiere Vision Awards for 2019

Premiere Vision Paris, Tuesday 17 September 2019, 5.30 pm: the whole fashion industry -weavers, tanners, designers, buyers… as well as international journalists got together at the Forum PV Perspectives (Hall 5). They were all eager to discover the winners of the 8 prizes of the 11th PV Awards, and to celebrate textile and leather excellence.

For 11 years, this exciting event awaited by fashion industry professionals singles out the most inventive and innovative creations from weavers and tanners exhibiting at Premiere Vision Fabrics and Premiere Vision Leather.

To select the products to be awarded, influential personalities from the international fashion scene responded to Premiere Vision’s invitation.

An exceptional jury which welcomed a special President coming from another realm: the talented Dutch artist Bart Hess who explores many artistic fields such as photography, video, animation, visual arts and fashion, and uses everyday materials, as well as new textures and materials in a highly innovative way to conjure up new worlds. He is now internationally renowned, having collaborated with, for example, Lady Gaga, the Palais de Tokyo, Iris Van Herpen, Nick Knight, Lucy Mc Rae and Walter Van Beinrendonck.

The Jury of the 11th PV Awards

Bart Hess, Artist and designer (The Netherlands)
Jacopo Etro, Head of the Home and Textiles division, Etro (Italy)
Fabrizio Lupi, Head of fabrics development and sourcing, Acne Studios (Sweden)
Isaac Reina, Designer, Isaac Reina (France)
Ester Manas, Designer, Ester Manas (France)
Andreas Rohrich, Director of Product Development & Innovation, Wolford AG (Austria)
Sergio Hernandez de Andrade, Leather Goods Designer, Montblanc (Germany)
Christoph Rumpf, Premiere Vision Grand Prix du Jury at the 2019 International Festival of Fashion in Hyeres (Austria)
Didier Vervaeren, Journalist and Teacher at La Cambre (Belgium)
Claude Vuillermet, Polypheme (France)
Pascaline Wilhelm, Fashion Director, Premiere Vision

Bart Hess

The 4 prizes for Premiere Vision Fabrics:

- The PV Fabrics Grand Jury Prize 2019 goes to Luigi Colombo (Italy) – Stand 6M2
For the most outstanding, symbolic and pertinent fabric of the season.
- The PV Fabrics Handle Prize 2019 goes to Lyria (Italy) – Stand 6N18
For the fabric allying the most astonishing tactile and behavioural qualities, the fabric that touches the emotions.
- The PV Fabrics Imagination Prize 2019 goes to Jakob Schlaepfer (Switzerland) – Stand 5L11
For the boldest, most original, most amazing fabric in terms of decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology.
- The PV Fabrics Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2019 goes to Bonotto (Italy) – Stand 6L14-6M9
For the most creative responsible fabric and leather.

The 4 prizes for Premiere Vision Leather:

- The PV Leather Grand Jury Prize 2019 goes to Akto (Korea) – Stand 3H96
For the most exceptional, symbolic and pertinent leather of the season.
- The PV Leather Handle Prize 2019 goes to Marmara Deri (Turkey) – Stand 3G21-3H22
For the leather combining the most amazing tactile and behavioural qualities, the leather that touches the emotions.
- The PV Leather Imagination Prize 2019 goes to FC Creacio / Innovacio (Spain) – Stand 3C98
For the most daring, original and amazing leather in terms of decoration, technique, finishing, innovation or technology.
- The PV Leather Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2019 goes to Kotai Tannery (Taiwan, China) – Stand 3C63
For the most creative responsible fabric and leather.

Luigi Colombo (Italy) / Grand Jury Prize 2019

Lyria (Italy) / Handle Prize 2019

Jakob Schlaepfer (Switzerland) / Imagination Prize 2019

Bonotto (Italy) / Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2019

Akto (Korea) / Grand Jury Prize 2019

Marmara Deri (Turkey) / Handle Prize 2019

FC Creacio / Innovacio (Spain) / Imagination Prize 2019

Kotai Tannery (Taiwan, China) / Fashion Smart Creation Prize 2019