Julien David scoops prestigious Andam Fashion Award

Julien David has followed in the footsteps of Giles Deacon, Gareth Pugh and last year's winner Anthony Vaccarello by scooping France's prestigious Andam Fashion Award.

A 24-member jury made up of experts including Vogue Paris editor in chief Emmanuelle Alt and Humberto Leon, co-founder of Opening Ceremony, revealed their choice July 5.

Frenchman David studied at Parsons in New York and has worked for Narciso Rodriguez and Ralph Lauren. His eponymous line is known for its cool yet elegant urban aesthetic.

The creative beat out designers from destinations including Russia, Canada and Germany to come out on top and take the €230,000 prize.

Meanwhile, the First Collections Award, worth €60,000 and reserved for French-based labels that are younger than three years old, went to knit brand Pièce d'Anarchive, founded by sisters Priscilla and Deborah Royer and their friend Virginie Muys. They also gain the use of the La Suite space in French department store Galeries Lafayette as a showroom to develop the brand.

For this year, Andam is teaming up with online boutique thecorner.com, with the site set to have online exclusivity of all six nominees' Fall/Winter 2012 collections. Joining winner David on the site will be Cédric Charlier, Vika Gazinskaya, Calla Haynes, Thomas Tait and Nicolas Andreas Taralis.