The 28th edition of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography will take place from the 26th till the 29th of April, 2013, at the villa Noailles in the beautiful town of Hyères on the French Riviera.

This year the fashion jury headed by Felipe Oliveira Baptista (Lacoste) received 355 entries from young designers of 60 different nationalities. The selection was done in two stages. An initial pre-selection resulted in 53 entries being chosen. The final selection of ten most promising designers took place on 27nd January 2013 in Paris. They will present to the public their first collections in a series of fashion shows directed by Maïda Gregori-Boina.

Shortlisted designers:

Tomas BERZINS & Victoria FELDMAN, Latvia-Russia, Women collection

Camille KUNZ, Switzerland, Men collection

Yvonne Poei-Yie KWOK, Netherlands, Women collection

Marion de RAUCOURT, France, Women collection

Shanshan RUAN, China, Women collection

Henning JURKE, Germany, Men collection

Xénia Lucie LAFFELY, France-Switzerland, Men collection

Satu MAARANEN, Finland, Women collection

Damien RAVN, Norway, Women collection

Xing SU, Canada, Women collection

Photo credits: Brea Souders / Festival of Hyeres

Jury:

Felipe Oliveira Baptista (Head of the Jury). Fashion designer, creative director Lacoste, Paris

Liesbeth Abbenes. Photographer, Amsterdam

Delphine Roche. Associate editor-in-chief, Numéro magazine, Paris

Maurice Scheltens. Photographer, Amsterdam

Imran Amed. Editor-in-chief, The Business of Fashion, London

Barbara Coutinhon. Director, MUDE – the Musuem of Design and Fashion, London

Mark Holgate. Fashion news director, Vogue US, New York

Paula Reed. Fashion director, Harvey Nichols, London

Floriane de Saint Pierre. CEO Floriane de Saint Pierre & Associés, Paris

For more information visit www.villanoailles-hyeres.com