Council of Fashion Designers of America

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Council of Fashion Designers of America
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Council of Fashion Designers of America
The CFDA is based out of the Bayard–Condict Building in Lower Manhattan
AbbreviationCFDA
Formation1962; 59 years ago (1962)
FounderEleanor Lambert
TypeTrade association
Legal statusNonprofit organization
PurposeTo strengthen the impact of American fashion in the global economy
Location
FieldsFashion
Membership (2019)
484[1]
Chairman
Tom Ford
CEO & President
Steven Kolb
Websitecfda.com

The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert,[2] is a not-for-profit trade association of over 450 American fashion and accessory designers. The organization promotes American designers in the global economy.

In addition to hosting the annual CFDA Fashion Awards, the organization develops future American design talent through scholarships and resources in high schools, colleges, and post-graduate schools. The CFDA also provides funding and business opportunities for working designers. Through the CFDA Foundation, the organization supports charitable causes.

History[]

The first president of the CFDA was Sydney Wragge[3] (from 1962 until 1965). Steven Kolb is the CEO and president since 2006. As of June 2019, Tom Ford is the group's chairman; he follows Diane von Furstenberg who served as chairman for 13 years.[4]

The following people were founding members of the CFDA, from 1962:

CFDA Fashion Awards[]

The CFDA Fashion Awards was founded in 1980 with the first awards in 1981 and honors excellence in fashion design.[8] It has been called "the Oscars of fashion".[9][10] Prior to the establishment of the CFDA Awards, the Coty Awards filled a similar role until they ended in 1985, with the final Coty Awards given in September 1984.[11][12] In 1997, the CFDA Awards made a decision in order to open its doors to younger, upcoming designers.[13][14]

Nominations are submitted by the Fashion Guild, a group of over 1,500 CFDA members, fashion editors, retailers, and stylists.[15] Award winners are voted on and announced at an annual black tie event held at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Award winners receive a trophy made by the New York firm Society Awards.[16]

CFDA Fashion Award winners
Year Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award Womenswear Award Menswear Award Emerging Talent Award
for Ready-to-Wear 		International Award Notes
1981 Fernando Sanchez Jhane Barnes [17]
1982
1983
1984 James Galanos
1985 Katharine Hepburn
1986 Bill Blass
1987 Giorgio Armani Ronaldus Shamask Marc Jacobs
1988 Richard Avedon; Nancy Reagan Bill Robinson
1989 Oscar de la Renta Isaac Mizrahi Joseph Abboud [18]
1990 Martha Graham Donna Karan Joseph Abboud Christian Francis Roth
1991 Ralph Lauren Isaac Mizrahi Roger Forsythe Karl Lagerfeld
( Germany) for Chanel
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 Shew York Daryl Kerrigan for Daryl K ( womenswear)
1997 Geoffrey Beene Marc Jacobs John Bartlett John Galliano
( Great Britain) for Dior 		[14]
1999 Yves Saint Laurent Michael Kors Calvin Klein Yohji Yamamoto
( Japan)
2000 Valentino Oscar de la Renta Helmut Lang Miguel Adrover (womenswear) and
John Varvatos (menswear) 		Jean-Paul Gaultier
( France)
2001 Calvin Klein Tom Ford John Varvatos and
for (womenswear) and
William Reid (menswear) 		Nicolas Ghesquiere
( France) for Balenciaga
2002 Karl Lagerfeld Narciso Rodriguez Marc Jacobs Rick Owens Hedi Slimane
( France)
for Dior Homme
2003 Anna Wintour Narciso Rodriguez Michael Kors Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough
for Proenza Schouler 		Alexander McQueen
( Great Britain)
2004 Donna Karan Carolina Herrera Sean Combs
for Sean John 		Zac Posen Miuccia Prada
( Italy)
2005 Diane von Fürstenberg Vera Wang John Varvatos Derek Lam (womenswear) and
Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak (menswear) 		Alber Elbaz
( Israel)
for Lanvin
2006 Stan Herman Francisco Costa
for Calvin Klein 		Thom Browne Doo-Ri Chung (womenswear)
and , ,
, &
for Trovata (menswear) 		Olivier Theyskens
( Belgium)
for Rochas
2007 Robert Lee Morris Oscar de la Renta, and Lazaro Hernandez &
Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler 		Ralph Lauren Phillip Lim (womenswear)
and & for Rag & Bone 		Pierre Cardin
( France)
2008 Carolina Herrera Francisco Costa
for Calvin Klein 		Tom Ford Kate and Laura Mulleavy Rodarte (w); Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (m); (a) Dries van Noten
( Belgium)
2009 Anna Sui Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection Alexander Wang (womenswear); Tim Hamilton (menswear); for Subversive Jewelry (accessories) Marc Jacobs
( United States)
for Louis Vuitton
2010 Michael Kors Marc Jacobs and for rag & bone Jason Wu (womenswear); Richard Chai (menswear); Alexander Wang (accessories) Christopher Bailey
( Great Britain) for Burberry
2011 Marc Jacobs Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler Michael Bastian Prabal Gurung (womenswear); Robert Geller (menswear); (accessories) Phoebe Philo
( Great Britain) for Céline
2012 Tommy Hilfiger Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row Billy Reid Joseph Altuzarra (womenswear); Phillip Lim (menswear); Tabitha Simmons (accessories) Rei Kawakubo
( Japan) for Comme des Garçons
2013 Vera Wang Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler Thom Browne Juan Carlos Obando (womenswear); and for Public School (menswear); Marc Alary (accessories) Riccardo Tisci
( Italy) for Givenchy
2014 Tom Ford Joseph Altuzarra and for Public School Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters for Creatures of the Wind (womenswear); Tim Coppens (menswear); Irene Neuwirth (accessories) Raf Simons
( Belgium) for Dior
2015 Betsey Johnson Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row Tom Ford (womenswear); Shayne Oliver for Hood by Air (menswear); and for Mansur Gavriel (accessories) Maria Grazia Chiuri and
( Italy) for Valentino 		[19]
2016 Norma Kamali Marc Jacobs Thom Browne Brandon Maxwell (womenswear); Alex Orley, Matthew Orley, and Samantha Orley (menswear); Paul Andrew (accessories) Alessandro Michele
( Italy) for Gucci 		[20]
2017 Rick Owens Raf Simons for Calvin Klein Raf Simons for Calvin Klein Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia for Monse Demna Gvasalia
( Georgia) for Vetements and Balenciaga 		[21]
2018 Narciso Rodriguez Raf Simons for Calvin Klein Supreme Sander Lak for Donatella Versace
( Italy) 		[22]
2019 Bob Mackie Brandon Maxwell Rick Owens Sarah Burton, for Alexander McQueen [23][24]
2020 Gabriela Hearst Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss for Valentino (women's design)
Kim Jones for Dior (men's design) 		[25]

Collaborations[]

In 2010 the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists Monique Péan, Patrik Ervell, and Sophie Theallet teamed up with Gap Inc.[26] In 2012 and 2013 the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners and runners-up each created capsule collections with J. Crew.

In celebration of the organization's 50th Anniversary, Target and Neiman Marcus partnered with 24 CFDA members to create a special holiday collection that was available at both retailers. Additionally, the CFDA has partnered with Kohl's on designer collaborations such as Derek Lam for Kohl's and most recently, Catherine Malandrino for Kohl's.

On October 3, 2013 the CFDA and Google+ launched an innovative shopping tool, titled "Shoppable Hangouts", where users had the ability to shop Hangouts on Air (HOA). The CFDA kicked off the product launch with CFDA President Diane von Fürstenberg. Rachel Zoe, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of rag & bone, and Rebecca Minkoff also participated in the Shoppable Hangout experience.

Programs[]

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund[]

The CFDA and Vogue Magazine have created an endowment for the stated purpose of funding significant financial awards to one or more designers and provide business mentoring. Award recipients are selected by a committee of industry experts.

The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Selection Committee annually selects three emerging fashion designers, who receive:

  1. Business mentoring from an established team of fashion industry professionals, in areas such as business planning, marketing, sourcing, production, exporting etc.
  2. To encourage and enable the recipients to pursue his/her own independent design plan (one winner at $300,000 and two runners-up at $100,000 each).

Notable past finalists include:

CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} program[]

The CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} is a business development program designed to support the next generation of fashion designers in New York City. The program provides a creative professional environment with the mission of helping to grow and sustain the businesses of the 10 participating brands over the course of the two-year program. By offering low-cost design studio space, business mentoring, educational seminars, and networking opportunities, the program provides a way for participants to reach their full potential and become an integral part of the New York Fashion community. In 2010, the program partnered with New York University's Stern School of Business to create a Masters Workshop that pairs their top MBA Students with the designers to work on business development projects.

Successful alumni of the Incubator program include Prabal Gurung and the 2013 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School.

The 4.0 class (2016-2018) of the {FASHION INCUBATOR} includes Alexandra Alvarez of Alix, Aurora James of Brother Vellies, Charles Youssef, Daniel DuGoff of Ddugoff, Tim Joo and Dan Joo of Haerfest, Jason Alkire and Julie Alkire of Haus Alkire, Ji Oh, Katie deGuzman and Michael Miller of K/ller Collection, Thaddeus O’Neil, and Molly Yestadt of Yestadt Millinery.[33]

Fashion Manufacturing Initiative[]

The Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI) is an investment fund to help revitalize New York City's garment industry. The program offers matching financial grants to New York City's fashion manufacturing production facilities.

In March 2018, the CFDA and NYCA announced that the following seven production facilities would receive a combined total of $480,000 in the fifth round of FMI grants: Atelier Amelia, Sunrise Studio, In Style USA, Mudo Fashion, New York Embroidery Studio, Season Wash, and Werkstatt.[34]

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer[]

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer® (FTBC), a charitable initiative of the CFDA/CFDA Foundation, seeks to raise public awareness and funds for the breast cancer cause.

The Fashion Targets Breast Cancer name and symbol were created by Ralph Lauren and subsequently entrusted to the CFDA Foundation. FTBC was first presented in the U.S. in the spring of 1994 during New York Fashion Week, and was formally launched in September 1994 at a special White House reception hosted by then-First Lady Hillary Clinton. During this initial campaign, 400,000 FTBC shirts were sold, raising $2 million to benefit the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Health at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center.[35] This center was chosen as beneficiary at Ralph Lauren's request, in memory of his friend Nina Hyde, the former fashion editor of The Washington Post, who died of breast cancer in 1990.

Since 2011, the Council has led an annual campaign to promote the initiative and partners with well known fashion icons. In 2017, Fabletics partnered with Fashion Targets Breast Cancer to produce an activewear collection. A portion of all sales for the collection would be donated to target breast cancer screening and treatment.[36][37]

To date, nearly $50 million has been granted to breast cancer charities worldwide from FTBC campaigns.[38] CFDA Members have designed special FTBC branded or inspired merchandise, which was either sold or auctioned over the course of the campaign.

CFDA Scholarship Program[]

The Scholarship Program was created to award annual merit-based scholarship grants to students who study in a four-year, full-time college level design program. It has awarded $1,399,250 to students.[39] The Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award, the Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award, and the CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship Award in partnership with Target selected scholars from one of the CFDA's 20 participating design schools and donated $25,000 towards tuition and educational expenses. The awards are based solely on merit and judged by a panel of industry experts.

Publications[]

The CFDA has published the following books, listed in order by publish date:

  • American Fashion Home
  • American Travel
  • Scheips, Charlie (2007). American Fashion. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Assouline Publishing. ISBN 978-2759401611.
  • Hastreiter, Kim; Beene, Geoffrey (2008). Geoffrey Beene: An American Fashion Rebel. Assouline Publishing. ISBN 9782759402663.
  • Pratts Price, Candy; Glasscock, Jessica; Tavee, Art (2008). American Fashion Accessories. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Assouline Publishing. ISBN 9782759402861.
  • Marsh, Lisa; Stewart, Martha (2009). American Fashion Cookbook. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Assouline Publisher. ISBN 9782759404056.
  • Bryan, Robert E. (2009). American Fashion Menswear. Assouline Publishing. ISBN 9782759404094.
  • Suqi, Rima A. (2010). American Fashion Designers at Home. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Assouline Publishing. ISBN 9782759404711.
  • Mears, Patricia (2012). IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419702310.
  • Von Furstenberg, Diane; Alba, Jessica (2014). The Pursuit of Style: Advice and Musings from America's Top Fashion Designers. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419706219.
  • Systrom, Kevin; Kolb, Steven (2015). Designers on Instagram: #fashion. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419715587.
  • Moore, Booth (2018). American Runway: 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row. Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419726484.

See also[]

References[]

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