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And the 11th PV Awards prizes for 2019 go to…

Première 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 Première Vision Fabrics and Première Vision Leather.

To select the products to be awarded, influential personalities from the international fashion scene responded to Première 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 Röhrich, Director of Product Development & Innovation, Wolford AG (Austria) Sergio Hernandez de Andrade, Leather Goods Designer, Montblanc (Germany) Christoph Rumpf, Première Vision Grand Prix du Jury at the 2019 International Festival of Fashion in Hyères (Austria)Didier Vervaeren, Journalist and Teacher at La Cambre (Belgium) Claude Vuillermet, Polyphème (France) Pascaline Wilhelm, Fashion Director, Première Vision

Bart Hess

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The 2019 winners4 core areas deliver to visitors a complete picture

of what responsible innovation and Smart Creation represent today:

The 4 prizes for Première 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 Première 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.

During the ceremony, Bart Hess and the Jury handed out the trophies, created by artist Miguel Chevalier, a pioneer in digital and virtual art, to each of the 8 winners.

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The 4 prizes for Première Vision Fabrics

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

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The 4 prizes for Première Vision Leather

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

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They took part to the 11th PV Awards:

The following exhibitors had been pre-selected by the Jury before the final choices.You can find them on the different forums thanks to the PV Awards label attached.

Première Vision Fabrics

STEIFF SCHULTE / HOH HOFERHECHT STICKEREIEN / REGAL WOOL / G. VISION / SHINJINTEX / TERRA OPTIMA / DUKSUNG / SEOJIN TEXTILE / GRATACOS / SOPHIE HALLETTE / TEXTILES DE LA DUNIERE / BOUTON RENAUD / PREVIEW / SFATE & COMBIER / JRC REFLEX / ETS NAJBERG / RITEX LAB / FABRICA TESSUTI / INSETA / LANIFICIO BISENTINO / LANIFICIO FAISA / MARINI INDUSTRIE / BELLUCCI MARIO / ALBERTO BARDAZZI / BRUGNOLI / EMIL JERSEY / LUXURY JERSEY / MEKKITESS / DUCA VISCONTI DI MODRONE / INFINITY / OLIMPIAS GROUP - DIV. PROGETTO UNO REDAELLI VELLUTI / NIEDIECK DIV. OF MARZOTTO LAB / TESSITURA DI ALBIZZATE / THOMAS MASON / MTVV MANIFATTURE TESSILI VITTORIO VENETO / GIPITEX / GIRANI / ITS ARTEA / MANTERO SETA / PRISMATEX / RUFFO COLI TESSUTI / LEATHERTEX / MAJOCCHI NT / PENN TEXTILE SOLUTIONS / PENN ITALIA / SERATES / BONOTTO / BOTTO GIUSEPPE / DINAMO CONTEMPORARY FABRICS / ESTETHIA - G.B. CONTE DIV. OF MARZOTTO WOOL / GMF MARZOTTO FABRICS DIV OF MARZOTTO WOOL / LANIFICIO DI SORDEVOLO / LANIFICIO LUIGI COLOMBO / LANIFICIO LUIGI RICCERI / LEOMASTER / LYRIA / MANTECO / MENCHI TESSUTI / MILIOR / PIACENZA FRATELLI / TESSILBIELLA / TEXLOVER / TAKIHYO / A-GIRLS / KANEMASA KNITTING / KOWA / HOKKOH / SUNCORONA ODA / KOMATSU MATERE / NIKKE TEXTILE / TORAY INDUSTRIES / DPT. ULTRASUEDE / TORAY JAPAN / PAULO DE OLIVEIRA / INCALPACA / STEPHEN WALTERS & SONS / JAKOB SCHLAEPFER / SCHOELLER TEXTIL / ERICTEX / SHINKONG TEXTILE / BIMS TEKSTIL / BZ JACQUARD / ELYAF / PASTEL BY YILMAZIPEK / MELTAM TEKSTIL

Première Vision Leather

ATKO PLANNING INC. / AQPEL / CURTIDOS BASSOLS / FC CREACIO I INNOVACIO / INTER LEATHER / SAGA FURS H.C.P. / ALRAN / MEGISSERIE LAURET / RAYNAUD / TERZAKOU / YVES SALOMON / RECYC LEATHER / CARAVEL PELLI PREGIATE / PELLAMI CICERI / CONCERIA STELLA / RUSSO DI CASANDRINO / ACTIVE SYSTEM FURS / SAKAMOTO CORP / KOTAI TANNERY / MARMARA DERI / SOYDAN / TOPRAK KURK / UCD USAK CEVAHIR DERI

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Contacts

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