The 25th Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography took place recently  and the 2010 selection of young designers was as exceptional as ever.

It’s an event we have always wanted to attend and this year, twenty-two-year-old Belgian designer Alexandra Verschueren won the main prize with her origami-inspired collection. Her entirely handmade clothes were praised by the jury – which included designer Dries van Noten – for their structure and original implementations of the Japanese folding technique.

The public vote went to Tsolmandakh Munkhuu, a Paris-based Mongolian designer.

Of course, Hy̬res is not just for fashion Рhalf of the festival is devoted to photography. See our selection after the following catwalk shots.

A round-up of our fashion picks:

Alexandra Verschueren (Grand Prize winner, 2010)

Tsolmandakh Munkhuu (Public Vote winner, 2010)

Marite Mastina & Roland Peterkops (Grand Prize winner, 2009)

Isabel Mastache Martinez

Nada Van Dalen

A selection of our photography favourites:

Yvonne Lacet

Matthieu Lavanchy

Yann Gross

Dhruv Malhotra

For more images see A Shaded View on Fashion