PARIS — “Thank you for this day, thank you for the past three years,” said Marie Adam-Leenaerdt. “This is the first day of the rest of my life.”
On Wednesday evening, the Belgian designer was revealed as the winner of the Grand Prize of the 2026 ANDAM Fashion Awards at a ceremony in the Palais-Royal.
A Brussels-born and raised graduate of La Cambre Mode(s), the designer cut her teeth at Givenchy and Balenciaga before striking out on her own in 2023. She joined the Paris calendar the same year and was an ANDAM finalist in 2024.
“I think I am ready now for the next chapter,” the designer told WWD in an interview. “I’ve been working to refine the language and I understand much more the woman I’m designing for, the kind of singularity she is looking for — something chic, effortless, distinctive.”
Pauline Dujancourt and models.
