{"id":21956,"date":"2018-06-13T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2018-06-13T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T12:55:12","slug":"doublet-by-masayuki-ino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/doublet-by-masayuki-ino\/","title":{"rendered":"Doublet by Masayuki Ino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Masayuki Ino<\/strong> of Japanese streetwear label Doublet (@__doublet__<\/a>)\u00a0was announced winner<\/a><\/strong> of the LVMH Grand Prize, receiving approximately \u20ac300,000 and a years worth of mentoring from the highly reputable LVMH team.<\/p>\n

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The LVMH Grand Prize was founded in 2014, as a means of providing young designers with high potential, with funding, mentorship, and essentially, a push towards success.<\/p>\n

Judged by acclaimed designers including, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, J.W. Anderson, Humberto Leon, Carol Lim, <\/em>and Clare Waight Keller<\/em>. LVMH winners from previous years include Thomas Tait, Marques\u2019Almeida, Grace Wales Bonner, <\/strong><\/em>and Marine Serre<\/strong><\/em>. Back in 2015 Virgil Abloh was actually a finalist.<\/p>\n

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Doublet<\/strong> was up against designers of A-COLD-WALL*, BOTTER, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, Eckhaus Latta, Kwaidan Editions, Ludovic de Saint Sernin<\/strong><\/em>, and Matthew Adams Dolan<\/strong><\/em>; and while the last finalist, Rokh<\/strong>, won the runner-up Special Prize, receiving one year\u2019s mentorship with LVMH and a grant of \u20ac150,000, Doublet<\/strong> stole the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Never heard of Doublet?<\/strong> Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/h6>\n

Masayuki Ino founded Japanese streetwear brand Doublet in 2012. Ino began his career in footwear, working as the shoe and accessory design chief for Mihara Yasuhiro<\/strong>. He later began creating ready-to-wear with the help of artist Takashi Murakami<\/strong>, who consequently joined as Doublet\u2019s pattern-maker.<\/p>\n