LVMH Prize Taps Natalie Portman, Robert Pattinson and Ana de Armas as Presenters

WINNING TRIO: LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has lined up a trio of star presenters for its LVMH Prize ceremony in Paris on Tuesday. 

Dior ambassadors Natalie Portman and Robert Pattinson will be joined by Ana de Armas, one of the faces of Louis Vuitton, at the event due to be held at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. 

Portman will present the grand prize, which comes with a cash endowment of 400,000 euros and mentorship by the French luxury conglomerate’s teams. She will also sit on the jury alongside the group’s star designers, marking the first time an LVMH brand ambassador has been involved in judging the award. 

Pattinson will hand out the runner-up Karl Lagerfeld Prize, which is worth 200,000 euros and also includes one year of advice on topics including sustainable development, communication, copyright and corporate legal aspects, marketing, manufacturing and the financial management of a brand.

De Armas, who appears in Vuitton’s high jewelry campaigns, will present the inaugural Savoir-Faire Prize, which likewise comes with a grant of 200,000 euros and a one-year mentorship.

The eight finalists are Aubero by Julian Louie, U.S.; Duran Lantink, Netherlands; Hodakova by Ellen Hodakova Larsson, Sweden; Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, Belgium; Niccolò Pasqualetti, Italy; Paolo Carzana, U.K.; Pauline Dujancourt, France, and Standing Ground by Michael Stewart, Ireland.

Pharrell Williams, men’s artistic director at Louis Vuitton, and Phoebe Philo, whose London-based fashion house has a minority investment from LVMH, are new on the 2024 judging panel.

The other members of the jury include Jonathan Anderson, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc Jacobs, Kim Jones, Stella McCartney, Nigo and Silvia Venturini Fendi, as well as LVMH executives Delphine Arnault, chairman and chief executive officer of Dior; Sidney Toledano, an adviser to LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, and Jean-Paul Claverie, also an adviser to Bernard Arnault and director of patronage at LVMH.