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PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes is an organization created in 2009 to create an outlet for the next generation of fashion designers and professionals.

An international fashion contest under the name of PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes was brought to life, with the ultimate goal of supporting and promoting the creativity and talent of tomorrow’s designers.

PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes is now in its third edition and is supported and sponsored by fashion brands, organizations, and benefactors, from LVMH to Peter Copping of Nina Ricci.

Apart from the contest, PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes has three more projects that are to be launched in the spring of 2012: the line ready-to-wear line PJS, the Club PJS and the education program called Paris Factory Mode & Design.

Contest

The contest, PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes, welcomes fashion designers who are at any level in their career, from aspiring student designers to owners of their own brands. The designers chosen to compete in PODIUM are bring with them an impressive training in the fashion industry, whether from a school education, or from field experience.

After a casting of 15 designers out of more than 200 candidates, the contestants have 100 days to create two looks inspired by a given theme and must use include a given base fabric in the garments. To support candidates in their process of creation, a fortnightly meeting is held with the artistic director of the competition, Jérémy Boiseillier, to monitor, advise and mentor each participant. A panel of well-recognized fashion industry professionals judges the results and executives, at a grand-scale fashion show held in Paris. A ranking system is created based on points awarded during the show, as well as a close inspection of the garments before and after the show by the judges. They then take into account several factors, based on a point-rating system, and establish a ranking. The winner of “Best Young Designer of the Year” is announced on site at the end of the show.

Grand Prize

The winner will have the opportunity to attend Paris Factory Mode & Design at the business school ESCP Europe in Paris, a brand new Masters program in fashion and business sponsored by PODIUM and ESCP Europe.

He/she will also be rewarded with the exhibition of his two outfits in a well-known place in Paris.

The Setting

Each year, the jury and invited personalities gather in the Imperial ballroom of the Westin Hotel Paris-Vendôme to view the hard work and creations of our young artists.

The day of the fashion show, professional models, makeup artists and hairdressers complete the creations of the young talents with their expertises.

The Jury

The jury, consisting of eight members, is present during the fashion show and determines the winner of the third edition of the PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes. From the world of fashion, business, art, the press or fashion schools, the judges all have the highest quality expertise in their respective sectors.

The PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes Prêt-à-Porter Collection

For the third edition of the competition PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes, the team asked the young designers to each create an additional, third look. The third look from each designer will be the Ready-to-Wear version of the outfits presented to the jury during the fashion show.

The 15 Ready-to-Wear outfits will together constitute the first PJS Prêt-à-Porter Collection to be presented and offered for sale in several multi brand stores, as well as exhibited as a collection in the PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes booth at Who’s Next tradeshow and Messe Frankfurt Texworld, both held in Paris in 2012.

The creation of the RTW collection supports the PJS philosophy in supporting young designers in their professional aspirations.

Paris Factory Mode & Design Masters Program

The association PODIUM Jeunes Stylistes has launched in partnership with the Chaire Entrepreneuriat ESCP Europe the first edition of the Masters program, Paris Factory Mode & Design, to begin in April 2012.

Paris Factory Mode & Design is dedicated to fashion designers, no matter what their background, and assists them to grow their fashion business, establish their brand and become entrepreneurs.

This training consists of five modules during which creators connect with teachers and students of ESCP Europe, as well as external stakeholders. The winner of the third editions’ concourse is automatically admitted and sponsored to study in this program.

Media coverage

Fashionmag, ABC-Luxe, News MCE, France 3, NRJ Paris

Past Contests