LVMH announces the Semi Finalists for it's second annual Prize for Young Designers #2015

Delphine Arnault with LVMH Prize jurors at the 2014 winners announcemen

The semifinalists for the second annual LVMH Prize for Young Designers have been announced—See complete list of  semi-finalists below.  With a host of A-list Designers as judges, I can't imagine the pressure on these young Designers, Good luck to them.  Last year there were 3 winners, Click here so who knows what the results would be in June.  “They’re very courageous,” Arnault says of the semifinalists. “They are extremely creative and they have a vision, but they’re also entrepreneurs. It’s a very brave thing to do, to create. I think being a young designer today is not easy, but they’re all extremely passionate, and it’s something that is almost like a need, a need for creation. I’m very impressed by them.” (Style.com)  Here's a list of the 26 semi Finalists;
Devon Halfnight Leflufy
Agi & Sam, designers Agi Mdumulla and Sam Cotton
Andrea Jiapei Li, designer Jiapei Li 
Anton Belinskiy
Arthur Arbesser
Astrid Andersen
Baja East, designers Scott Studenberg and John Targon
Coperni, designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant 
Craig Green
Faustine Steinmetz
Huishan Zhang
Jacquemus, designer Simon Porte Jacquemus
Jourden, designers Anais Mak and Benny Woo
Koche, designer Christelle Kocher
Marques'Almeida, designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida
Nabil Nayal, designer Nabiel El-Nayal
Nasir Mazhar
Off-White, designer Virgil Abloh
Orley, designers Alex Orley, Matthew Orley, Samantha Orley
Ryan Lo
Ryan Roche
Sankuanz, designer Shangguan Zhe
Vetements, designer Demna Gvasalia
WrittenAfterwards, designer Yoshikazu Yamagata
Xiao Li
XimonLee, designer Ximon Lee