The prize-giving ceremony of the 13th “Sommet du Luxe et de la creation” organised by the Centre du Luxe et de la Création was held on February 2nd, 2016, in Paris. Aletta & Peter Stas, founders of Frederique Constant, won the Lalique prize, a special prize rewarding excellence (photo: Aletta and Peter Stas, and Jean-Jacques Weber, director of Templus, exclusive distributor of Frédérique Constant in France, with the Lalique prize).
The founding vocation of les “Talents du Luxe et de la Création” is to discover and demonstrate talent for the luxury industry, promote development and celebrate creation.
Le “Centre du Luxe et de la Création” chooses, accompanies and rewards the best designers of the year that are the vital energy behind luxury laboratories and companies. The talents are geared towards all luxury’s areas: fashion, accessories, designs, architecture, gastronomy, hotels, landscape gardens, cosmetics, watches, artisans and perfumes.
Chosen by a jury of professionals from the luxury industry, each candidate is assigned to a category, which represents the values of luxury: audacity, well-being, elegance, harmony, innovation, invention, originality, rarity and seduction to which can be awarded, Talent Management, Lalique prize, the special jury prize and the Golden Talent prize. These are the most prestigious rewards known to those who distinguish themselves by excellence, by their know-how and by the extraordinary character of their approach.
The Talents du Luxe enables the laureates (who automatically become members of the "cercle du luxe") to enrich their professional network, and further enhance their projects by acquiring collaboration.