{"id":28302,"date":"2021-07-02T18:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=28302"},"modified":"2021-07-02T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:10:34","slug":"designer-bianca-saunders-takes-home-the-grand-prize-at-andam-fashion-awards-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/designer-bianca-saunders-takes-home-the-grand-prize-at-andam-fashion-awards-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Designer Bianca Saunders Takes Home the Grand Prize at ANDAM Fashion Awards in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bianca Saunders. Photo: Francois Goiz\u00e9 \/ Courtesy of ANDAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night, The Hotel Le Marois\u2014Paris, France\u2014was the scene for the 2021 iteration of the\u00a0prestigious ANDAM Prize<\/a> competition. Some of the industry’s finest, designers and fashion executives, convened in person\u2014as well as on zoom\u2014to celebrate this years batch of designers and hand out its four distinguished prizes: The Grand Prize, Pierre Berg\u00e9 Prize, Accessories Prize and The Innovation prize<\/em>. ANDAM\u2014Founded in 1989 by Nathalie Dufour with first awardee being Martin Margiela himself\u2014this years impressive pool of designers competing for the Grand prize, included the likes of\u00a0Casablanca, Area, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Rokh, and London-based Grace Wales Bonner. With a jury of judges\u2014including Kerby Jean-Raymond,<\/a>\u00a0Francois Henri Pinault\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>THE Phoebe Philo<\/a>\u2014British menswear designer, Bianca Saunders<\/a> impressed the panel taking home the Grand Prize of\u00a0\u20ac300,000\u2014that’s $355,297 for our American readers. The prize also comes with a year\u2019s worth of mentorship by Balenciaga CEO & President C\u00e9dric Charbit.<\/p>\n

With this honor, Saunders joins a list of design heavyweights such as Marine Serre, Y\/Project, Iris Van Herpen and Anthony Vacarello. We’d say she’s in good company! Saunders eponymous label is the distinctive new design voice challenging the bounds of what menswear looks like today. From Man Ray surrealist influences, to her take on Ballroom categories, her work often takes on curatorial themes, involving research that gives depth to the collections.\u00a0The collections are often an exploration of Saunders’ different identities and draw heavily on her background growing up in London but with a strong West-Indian heritage. There’s an organic exploration of challenging the\u00a0tension between tradition and evolution. Activating the collections even further, Saunders has created capsule fashion films to aid in telling the narratives of the garments as well as a special edition Zine. It’s holistic design at it’s finest.<\/p>\n

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Winner of the “Andam Fashion Award 2021” Bianca Sanders attends the Andam Fashion Awards 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chief Executive Officer of Balenciaga Cedric Charbit gives the “Andam Fashion Award 2021” to Bianca Sanders during the Andam Fashion Awards 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Dominique Charriau\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out some looks from her recent Fall\/Winter 2021′ collection below:<\/p>\n

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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 1. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 5. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 8. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 2. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 14. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bianca Saunders Fall 2021' Menswear. Look 17. Silvia Draz \/ Courtesy of Bianca Saunders.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

With this win, substantial financial support and mentorship from a top fashion executive, we’re excited to see what’s next for Saunders and her brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29107,"featured_media":28308,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16],"yoast_head":"\nDesigner Bianca Saunders Takes Home the Grand Prize at ANDAM Fashion Awards in Paris - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last night, at the ANDAM Fashion awards in Paris, British menswear designer, Bianca Saunders impressed the prestigious jury, taking home the Grand Prize of\u00a0\u20ac300,000\u2014that's $355,297 for our American readers. 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