We first featured Latvian design duo Maurenrol's aka Marite Mastina and Rolands Peterkops back in December and since then they have, as we predicted, been rising rapidly from the East. They were most recently selected for the 24th Hyères Festival and last weekend, came away with a historic win of both the L'Oreal Grand Prize and the 1,2,3 Prize totalling EUR30,000, which also means they will be designing a capsule collection for French high street retailer 1,2,3.

Their collection Private Detective was about concealing hidden messages and was inspired by film noir, gangster and detective stories, which is best conveyed in this accompanying film directed by Kristine Kursiaa.

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Here is another Hyères We Go Vlog courtesy of A Shaded View on Fashion documenting Mastina and Peterkops' reactions to their prize haul.

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