Nathalie Dufour founded ANDAM in 1989 under the auspices of Pierre Bergé, its president ever, and immediately received the support of the Delegation to the visual arts French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and DEFI, the development Committee and promotional clothing.

In 2009, to celebrate the 20th ANDAM anniversary, the association co-publish a novel collection called Modernes (English: Moderns), a rare and detailed document showing the great phenomena of the style of the past twenty years based on the work of the winners of the ANDAM.

[1] If the contest ANDAM has long been devoted to European residents in France, its openness to international applications authorized since 2005, enabling it to compete with the best prices for international fashion as those awarded by the CFDA, the Fashion Fringe or the New Gen...

In 2012, the ANDAM Award reached the sum of € 230 000 and opens the second edition of the First Series, with the € 60 000, L'Express Styles.

[1] Thought of as a club patrons investors ANDAM allows major international fashion companies to invest in a credit search for young talents and also to ensure the renewal and future of their creative forces.