• PV Awards

5 prizes will be awarded this year :

• Grand Jury Prize 2010: for the fabric that is the most exceptional, the most symbolic of the coming fashion zeitgeist, and the most pertinent.
• Handle prize 2010: for the fabric that allies the most astonishing tactile and behavioural qualities, the fabric that touches the senses and the emotions.
• Innovation prize 2010: for the fabric that is the most innovative, the most intelligent, the most technological and creative.
• Imagination prize 2010: for the most daring, the most original, the most surprising fabric in terms of material, technique, decoration or finishing.
• NEW - The Special Woolmark Prize 2010: for the fabric that best distils the splendour of wool innovation and the beauty of 100% natural fibres, with a high-majority of wool.
  This prize is sponsored by AWI (Australian Wool Innovation), a body that represents some 30,000 Australian wool growers producing mainly fine Merino wool for apparel. Its vocation is to promote wool and its exceptional attributes through investments in research and development, innovation and marketing. AWI owns and licenses the Woolmark brand, one of the world's most recognisable textile symbols at consumer level.

distinguishing textile excellence

After the success of this first edition, hailed by the fashion and textile professionals and widely reported on in the international press, Première Vision is launching a new edition during the September 2010 show and going even further, by adding a 5th prize to the award categories: The Special Woolmark Prize 2010.

The PV Awards: to promote and distinguish the textile creativity

Promoting fashion textiles, their creativity and inventiveness, over the course of seasonal collections has been the foundation of Première Vision's approach since its start.
The PV Awards were created to put the spotlight on the weavers' work, and showcase the richness of textile creation by distinguishing the most exceptional fabrics created by the show's exhibitors.

A-Girl's Co Ltd / Tessitura di Albizzate - Groupe TBM / Asahi Kasei Fibers Cupro / Aspesi Federico / Lanificio Fratelli Bacci S.p.A. / Alberto Bardazzi SpA / Lanificio Becagli srl / Bie Barzaghi Gruppo Barzaghi / Bischoff Textil AG / Luigi Boggio Casero / Bossa Shirting Mills / Botto Giuseppe & Figli SpA / Brugnoli Giovanni SpA / Canclini Tessile SpA / Canepa SpA / Cappio Tessuti srl / Chigasaki Woollen Spinning & Weaving Co Ltd / COBO - Chugai Kunishima Corp. / Lanificio Luigi Colombo spa / Delago / Dormeuil / Duksung Co., Ltd / Dynamo Denim Kumascilik Ltd / Europ-Marchini / F.A.N.S. Textile Factory SpA / Lanificio FAISA s.r.l. / Tessile Fiorentina Company srl / Frangi SpA / Gentili Srl / Halley Stevensons (D&F) Ltd / Hasegawa Corporation / Hausammann + Moos AG / Hield Brothers / Hyosung Co. / Infinity Srl / Inseta srl / Jackytex - Tessuti a Maglia SpA / K.Line Co. Ltd. / Kanda Keori Co. Ltd. / Kisen Logistics, Ltd. / Nippon High Pile Division / Komatsu Seiren Co Ltd / Kuroki / Lamintess Srl / Laurent Garigue Partnership / Leggiuno SpA / Broderies Lévêque et Fils / Linea Tessile Italiana SpA / Marioboselli yarns & Jersey SpA / Mariocucchetti Tessuti / Marzotto Div. NTB / Michèle Lemaire pour Tissus / Maglificio Mida Srl / MIT Manifattura Idea Tessuti SpA / Lanificio Nannucci & C. / Nikke - The Japan Wool Textile Co., Ltd / Novalan / Nuovatess srl - Linea Maga Jersey / O'Jersey srl / Olmetex SpA / Olimpias SpA Div. Tessuti Pordenone / Lanificio Rafanelli SpA / Ratti Donna / Lanificio Luigi Ricceri srl / Jakob Schlaepfer / Schoeller Textil AG / Sfate & Combier / Sgat Gruppo Barzaghi / Showa Co., Ltd. / SMI Tessuti SpA / SNT Co. Ltd. / Soktas AS / Sophie Hallette / Lanificio di Sordevolo / Sotoh / Steiff - Schulte / Stib 19 SpA / Studio Elle / Lanificio Subalpino srl / TESJ / Tessilbiella Srl / Tessilidea SpA / Texapel SpA / Toki Sen-i / Lanerie Piero Tonella srl / Toray Japan ( Toray Industries, Inc. ) / Jules Tournier et Fils / Tsuboyoshi Orimono / Carlo Uboldi srl / Vanners / Ricamificio Vittorio Vanoni srl

Nominated fabrics, identified by special labels, will be displayed in the General Forum as of the first day of the show.

Ennio Capasa of Costume National to preside jury for the 2010 PV Awards.

He will head up a jury of international names from the worlds of textile and fashion, each contributing the specific viewpoint of his or her own area of activity. The jury will include: Jane Bong, Senior Vice President of Corporate Material R&D of the BCBG MAXAZRIA group; Johan Buskqvist, Head of design at Adidas; Tiziana d'Acquisto, Fabric Purchasing, R&D, Jil Sander Italia; Linda Loppa, Dean of the Polimoda fashion school in Florence; Arianna Zuliani, Product Manager, Vivienne Westwood and Pascaline Wilhelm, fashion director of Première Vision.

4 prizes will be awarded

The Grand Jury Prize 2009
for the fabric that is the most exceptional, the most symbolic of the coming fashion zeitgeist, and the most pertinent.

Handle Prize 2009
for the fabric that allies the most astonishing tactile and behavioural qualities, the fabric that touches the senses and the emotions.

Innovation Prize 2009
for the fabric that is the most innovative, the most intelligent, the most technological and creative.

Imagination Prize 2009
for the most daring, the most original, the most surprising fabric in terms of material, technique, decoration or finishing.

distinguishing textile excellence

Promoting fashion textiles, their creativity and inventiveness, over the course of seasonal collections has been the basis of Première Vision’s approach since the beginning. Today, amidst the current global economic turmoil, it seemed essential to turn the spotlight on the weavers’ work and, more than ever, showcase the richness of textile creativity. With this goal in mind, Première Vision, recognised by international fashion professionals as the window onto creative excellence in the sector, is launching the «PV Awards», to reward the most outstanding fabrics created by the show’s exhibitors.

The Jury The selection The winners

Selections

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62 fabrics nominated

A GRATACOS SA / A-GIRLS / AZIENDA FODERAMI DRAGONI SPA / BOUTON RENAUD S.A. / CANEPA SPA / CLERICI DIV. NEW TESS SRL / COTONIFICIO VENETO / DELAGO SRL / DENTELLE SOPHIE HALLETTE / DYNAMO DENIM KUMASCILIK LTD / FORSTER ROHNER AG / GENTILI SRL / GUARISCO CLASS SRL / GUIGOU S.A. / HAUSAMMANN + MOOS AG / HOH HOFERHECHT STICKEREIEN / IWANAKA CO LTD / J.B. BERNARD / JAKOB SCHLAEPFER / JUNIOR SRL ARTE RICAMI by ADELE ZIBETTI / KANDA KEORI COMPANY / KUROKI CO. LTD / LAN LUIGI BOGGIO CASERO Srl / LAN. LUIGI COLOMBO / LAN. RAFANELLI SPA / LANIFICIO BRESCHI SRL / LANIFICIO DI VAIANO SRL / LANIFICIO FRATELLI BACCI SPA / LANIFICIO LUIGI RICCERI / LANIFICIO ROSENSTEIN & CO SRL / LANIFICIO SUBALPINO SRL / LANIFICIO TOP WOOL Srl / LANIFICIO TUCHFABRIK MOESSMER / LINTON TWEEDS / MALLALIEU'S OF DELPH LIMITED / MANIFATTURA VIAGGI / MARIOBOSELLI YARNS & JERSEY SPA / MILIOR / NUOVATESS srl - Linea MAGA JERSEY / PIACENZA FRATELLI SPA / PONTETORTO SPA / RATTI SPA / SCHOELLER TEXTIL / SHOWA CO LTD / STIB 19 SPA / TEIJIN FIBERS Limited Japan Fashion Textiles Dpt / TESSITURA MONTI / TESTA SPA / TEXAPEL S.P.A. / TIARE SRL / TISSAVEL INTERNATIONAL SAS / TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. / YOUNGPOONG FILLTEX CO / ZIBETTI E ORSINI SRL

Winners selection

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Awards (Sept. 18th, 2009)

The suspense is over. The four winning fabrics have been chosen and the companies who produced them revealed :
• The Grand Jury Prize 2009 is awarded to the Italian weaver, Ratti
• The Handle Prize is awarded to the Japanese Showa
• The Innovation Prize is awarded to the Japanese Iwanaka
• As to The Imagination Prize, it is awarded to the Swiss Jakob Schlaepfer

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(From left to right) Iwanaka, Showa, Ratti & Jakob Schlaepfer.

Grand Jury Prize: Company Ratti
Like a chance motion between transparency and opacity, between silk and wool, this double jacquard blows a new gust of wind into rigidity. It is an ode to the light found in shade and defies weaving constraints with virtuoso ingenuity and poetry.

Handle Prize: Company Showa
Playing on tactile and visual surprises, this 100% wool indigo inscribes denim into an intensely contemporary universe with a handle marked by a malleable materiality, its springy suppleness and its plays on colour, where neatness is perturbed, for suitings with a radiant future.

Innovation Prize: Company Iwanaka
Inspired by velvet techniques, this 3D weave captures air between its two fine layers of voile for a strangely puffy and springy handle, a surface with heavy undulations and a diaphanous lightness, a volume, pleats, splittings and indentations with uncharted behaviour.

Imagination Prize: Company Jakob Schlaepfer
An alliance of technique and madness? A showpiece? A city? An alloy of spongy volume and weightlessness, foam cubes capped with gilt imitation leather, precisely and preciously glued to tulle, make the body's motions resonate at the very summit of exceptionalness.

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