British designer Lee Wood, founder of womenswear label L72, has been
crowned the winner of this year’s edition of “Who Is on Next?,” the
emerging talent competition organised by in collaboration with Vogue Italia.
Wood, who has been working alongside Donatella Versace for more than 16
years, launched L72 in January 2015 to give life to his own “personal
aesthetic” and through forms that nod towards the 1950’s he has
reinterpreted the concept of uniforms, evoking an idea of “no- gender”.
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There were eleven finalists across two categories: Blaze, Giuseppe Di
Morabito, L72, Luca Sciascia and Miaoran for ready-to-wear; and Alexander
White, Avanblanc, Bams Moda, Catherine de Medici 1533, Giannico, and Lolita
Lorenzo in the accessories category, all of which presented their
collections to the judging panel during Pitti Uomo last month.
According to AltaRoma, the panel chose Wood for the clothing award for
“the maturity he showed in presenting the collection and his
reinterpretation of the iconic Fifties’ silhouette in a modern and sporty
way.”
Wood was also presented with the special Fashion Valley prize, which
means he will be able to develop a capsule collection with the Prato
textile district that will be presented at an exclusive catwalk show at
January’s edition of AltaRoma.
Giannico’s Nicolò Beretta was awarded the best footwear collection, for
his “exuberance and sense of colour”, while the best bag collection went to
Carol Oyekunle of Lolita Lorenzo.
All the winners will be given the chance to create and sell a special
piece on Italian e-tailer yoox.com.