The winner will be selected by a jury including Amiri, KidSuper’s Colm Dillane, A-Cold-Wall’s Samuel Ross, the Designer Salehe Bembury, Vogue’s global contributing fashion editor at large Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, GQ’s global editorial director Will Welch, GQ China’s editorial director Rocco Liu, Puma creative director and designer June Ambrose, stylist Law Roach, and the stylist Lucia Liu. Expect an announcement later this month. The finalists are: 

Abdel El Tayeb, a Franco-Sudanese designer who most recently collaborated with Bottega Veneta on a series of blankets for the launch of Air Afrique.

Dorian Rahimzadeh, an Iranian designer based in Canada who creates genderless streetwear out of deadstock materials.

Ekwerike Chkwuma, a Nigerian designer whose contemporary “fashion-art” Label Wuman draws inspiration from the female form.

Grace Ling, a Singaporean designer based in New York who debuted on calendar at New York Fashion Week just last month.

Keith Herron, who founded his New York-based label Advisry in 2014 with the goal of fostering an interdisciplinary community.

Lukhanyo Mdingi, whose eponymous label is based in South Africa and has earned recognition for its collaborations with artisans and made him one of three winners of the Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the 2021 edition of the LVMH Prize.

Li Gong, a Chinese designer whose label 8ON8 has seen him emerge as one of China’s most promising talents by having earned him a post on Vogue Business’s 100 Innovators list.

Maxwell Osborne, the former Public School and DKNY designer who most recently launched the New York-based label anOnlyChild.

Luke Zhou, a Chinese designer whose work revolves around deconstruction.