designer: Jean-Paul Lespagnard
photo: by Jessica Roberts, awarded the Photography Grand Prix at the 2007 Hyères Festival
source: Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères
photo: by Jessica Roberts, awarded the Photography Grand Prix at the 2007 Hyères Festival
source: Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères
Through parallel fashion and photography competitions, the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc since its creation 22 years ago, gathers every year under the spotlight ten young fashion designers and ten young photographers under the patronage of an international jury.
An observatory of trends as well as an international launching pad, the Hyères festival has showcased, more than 300 first-time collections by new fashion designers from all over the world and exhibited the works of over 80 young and innovative photographers...the festival presents at the Villa Noailles —the landmark cubist villa built in the 1920’s by Mallet-Stevens — several exhibitions that explore the permeating boundaries between art, photography and fashion.
