Winning the Swiss Textiles Award is always at the top of a young designer’s wish list. And these days, when even established houses are hurting, the 100,000 euro prize is sure to come in extra handy. Just ask Alexander Wang, this year’s winner, who beat out a talented field including Erdem, Ohne Titel, Peter Pilotto, Alexis Mabille and Thakoon.

The down-to-the-wire decision by the jury, which included members like Andrew Bolton and Isabel Toledo, was a difficult one, but in the end a jury source revealed that Wang’s cool commercialism had won the day over Peter Pilotto’s intricate artistry, which had the second highest number of votes.

The show wasn’t the event’s sole high point — to mark the award’s 10th anniversary, Swiss Textiles assembled the previous years’ winners, an all-star cast including Raf Simons, Marios Schwab and Haider Ackermann, for a panel discussion that also included the fashion-industry headhunter Mathias Ohrel and the author Dana Thomas. The exchange, about different issues facing emerging designers, was fairly standard issue until Thomas shared a controversial anecdote and managed to irritate Raf Simons.

Holding forth on the topic of compromise, she revealed the identity of an unnamed C.E.O. cited in her book, “Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster,” who dressed up cost-cutting as an artistic statement, saying that “women don’t really want linings.” The culprit? Patrizio Bertelli. Thomas went on to say that, as a company, Prada “has made a lot of compromises” and is in serious trouble today because of it. That clearly rubbed Simons the wrong way. He grabbed a mike and interjected that “I disagree with everything you just said,” adding that he knows a little something about the way Prada and Bertelli work together. Then he told Thomas he’d like “to know your definition of fashion.” Robb Young, the moderator, gracefully changed the subject, but the audience was on red alert for the rest of the discussion.

The evening ended on a happier note, with runway shows by the six finalists and last year’s winner, Rodarte, followed by a late-night after-party in which the grinning Wang was overflowing with excitement — and with good reason. Coming on the heels of his CFDA win last year, he’s one of the few young designers who may not have to worry about cash flow right now.

 11月12日，亚历山大-王(Alexander Wang)在苏黎世接受了崇高的瑞士纺织大奖，奖金是十万欧元。

亚历山大-王

　　瑞士纺织大奖旨在促进瑞士的纺织工业。所以，这笔奖金是让获奖者用来购买瑞士面料的。剩下的钱可以自由支配，只要用在制作服装上就可以。

    其他六名进入决赛的人有Ohne Titel, Thakoon, Alexis Mabille, Erdem和 Peter Pilotto。去年，Rodarte赢得了这个奖项。为王颁奖的Kate Mulleavy说：“去年的投资让我们产生了变化。我们的商业方向固定了，我相信对于亚历山大也会有所改变。”

    去年，王赢得了二十万元的美国时装设计师委员会的时装基金。