Delphine Arnault: "An LVMH Prize candidate may one day be the artistic director of one of our houses"

Despite her busy back-to-school season at Dior (which has just opened a gigantic boutique in New York, among other things) and before Jonathan Anderson's highly anticipated first womenswear show on October ^1st , Delphine Arnault once again managed the feat of bringing together the crème de la crème of fashion this fall. On September 3rd, the Fondation Louis Vuitton welcomed the eight finalists of the ^12th edition of the LVMH Prize and the jury of superstar artistic directors: Jonathan Anderson (Dior), Sarah Burton (Givenchy), Nicolas Ghesquière (Louis Vuitton womenswear collections), Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Nigo (Kenzo), Phoebe Philo, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Pharrell Williams (Louis Vuitton menswear collections). Marc Jacobs voted remotely from the Venice Film Festival, where a documentary about his life by Sofia Coppola was being screened. The world's sexiest fashion competition officially opens the season, which is shaping up to be the Fashion Week of the century. Delphine Arnault, designer...