Ruth Chapman, Pascal Morand Join ANDAM Jury

JUDGEMENT DAY: Pascal Morand, executive president of the Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode; Ruth Chapman, cofounder and co-executive chairman of Matchesfashion.com, and Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, publisher of 10 Magazine and 10 Men, are among the new jurors for the 2017 ANDAM award. See Also: Matchesfashion.com’s Ulric Jerome on Fast — and Slow — Thinking in Digital Fashion >> Returning for jury duty are numerous high-powered executives, including Kering’s François-Henri Pinault, president of Chanel Global Fashion Bruno Pavlovsky, Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.’s John Demsey and Chloé president Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, along with a number editors, style icons, government officials and assorted fashion figures. The 25-member jury is to reveal finalists mid-May, with deliberations and the announcement of winners scheduled for June 30. Now in its 28th edition, ANDAM recently named Yves Saint Laurent chief executive officer Francesca Bellettini as the designated mentor of this year’s winner of the main Fashion Award. Matchesfashion.com joins the consortium of sponsors of the prize, along with Hermès. The winner will pocket a cash award of 250,000 euros, or $269,650 at current exchange. In addition to the main award is the First Collections Prize, valued at 100,000 euros, or $107,850, and the Accessories Award, which comes with

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