Yu Prize 2022 Semi-Finalists
The Yu Prize is the annual fashion award program set up by entrepreneur and philanthropist Wendy Yu and presented by Yu Holdings in official association with Shanghai Fashion Week and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The Yu Prize aims to identify and discover the most promising and pioneering Chinese fashion talents.
For the first time, the program is introducing the naming of 20 semi-finalists whose applications have been reviewed and scored by the Yu Prize’s committee, which comprises Madame Lu (Vice Secretary General of Shanghai Fashion Week), Pascal Morand (Executive President of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode), Renzo Rosso (President of OTB), Sara Sozzani Maino (Deputy Director of Vogue Italia and Head of Vogue Talents), Michael Ward (Managing Director of Harrods) and Wendy Yu (Founder & President of Yu Holdings). “The level of talent in China is going from strength to strength; and while we are excited to scout for the official winners of the YU PRIZE, we also want to provide more opportunity to celebrate other emerging designers by helping them gain recognition.” states Wendy Yu, Founder of the Yu Prize.
The Yu Prize 2022 semi-finalists are:
ALA TIANAN by Tianan Ding
ALIENANT by Yuchen Han
BAD BINCH TONGTONG by Terrence Zhou
CHAN CHIT LO by Chan Chit Lo
CHENG CHENG by Cheng Cheng
DIDU by Di Du
HIGHLIGHT by Chichin Wu & Minho He
KEH FORME by Wei Ge & Aoyu Zhang
LOUIS SHENGTAO CHEN by Louis Chen
MARKGONG by Mark Gong
MARRKNULL by Mark Wang & Tim Shi
NOSENSE OFFICIAL by Shi Chang
PONDER.ER by Alex Po & Derek Cheng
PRIVATE POLICY by Haoran Li & Siying Qu
RUOHAN by Ruohan Nie
VICTOR LI by Victor Li
VICTOR WONG by Victor Wong
WMWM by Mushroom Song
YIRANTIAN by Yirantian Guo
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New jury members for the Yu Prize 2022 include Sarah Mower MBE (Fashion Journalist, Chief Critic at Vogue.com & BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent), Jenke Ahmed Tailly (Creative Director, Consultant & Stylist), Iris van Herpen (Founder & Creative Director of Iris van Herpen), Mary Katrantzou (Founder & Creative Director of Mary Katrantzou), Xuan Feng (Editor in Chief at Huasheng Media) and Xiao Xue (Lifestyle Opinion Leader & SHFW ambassador). The 10 Yu Prize finalists will be announced on March 2nd, 2022, with the Yu Prize awards ceremony taking place during the next edition of Shanghai Fashion Week.
Sharing a passion and drive to provide critical support for the Chinese fashion industry, the Yu Prize also welcomes collaboration partner UGG® to the 2022 line-up. Luxury Chinese makeup brand, YUMEE will once again be a collaboration partner with the YU PRIZE Infinite Beauty Award. Other official Yu Prize partners include: OTB offering a dedicated mentoring program to the winner; Harrods with a focus on retail support for the winner; and lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, which will provide all semi-finalists with training on how to establish and increase the profile and impact of both their personal and fashion brands.