On Tuesday night in Paris, a front row of Pharrell Williams, designers Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy, and Delphine Arnault, chief executive of Christian Dior, gave a standing ovation to a slightly dazed-looking young Mexican, an unknown ceramicist called Andrés Anza.
The sight of some of the most influential names in fashion applauding a craftsperson was an apt finale to the award ceremony of this year’s Loewe Foundation craft prize.
