" “I had absolutely no idea waking up this morning that it was going to be one of the most important days of my life,” Wanda Nylon’s Johanna Senyk said Friday night after being handed the 2016 ANDAM prize at a ceremony here on the eve of couture week in Paris. The prize comes with an endowment of 250,000 euros, or $278,740 at current exchange, plus two years of mentoring from Geoffroy de la Bourdonnaye, president and chief executive officer of Chloé. [...] The Accessories Design Prize, worth 40,000 euros, or $44,600, went to Tomasini Paris. The other nominees were Hugo Matha and Amélie Pichard. Emanuel Tomasini, longtime communications direct at footwear giant Giuseppe Zanotti, launched his band last year. The Paris-based label specializes in craft-intensive bags and accessories — ranging from mosaic clutches to straw panamas — hand-sewn by artisans based in Abruzzi, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, but channeling modern French chic. Heidi Klum and Toni Garnn count among fans. [...]"
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