Council of Fashion Designers of America#CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Council of Fashion Designers of America

| logo = Council of Fashion Designers of America logo.svg

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| abbreviation = CFDA

| formation = {{start date and age|1962}}

| founder = Eleanor Lambert

| type = Trade association

| status = Nonprofit organization

| purpose = To strengthen the impact of American fashion in the global economy

| location = Manhattan, New York City

| fields = Fashion

| membership = 484{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/cfda.f.mrhenry.be/2019/05/Membership-Roster-2019_as-of-May-17.pdf |title=Current CFDA Membership Roster |author= |date=May 2019 |website=CDFA |publisher=Council of Fashion Designers of America |access-date=10 June 2019}}

| membership_year = 2019

| leader_title = Chairman

| leader_name = Thom Browne

| leader_title2 = CEO

| leader_name2 = Steven Kolb

| leader_title3 = President

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| website = {{URL|https://cfda.com/}}

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert,{{cite web |last1=Nemy |first1=Enid |title=Eleanor Lambert, Empress of Fashion, Dies at 100 |url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/08/nyregion/eleanor-lambert-empress-of-fashion-dies-at-100.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 December 2019 |date=8 October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508150250/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/08/nyregion/eleanor-lambert-empress-of-fashion-dies-at-100.html| archive-date=8 May 2023}} and headquartered in Manhattan, is a not-for-profit trade association comprising a membership of over 450 American fashion and accessory designers. The organization promotes American designers' participation 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 postgraduate schools. The CFDA also provides funding and business opportunities for working designers. Through the CFDA Foundation, the organization engages in various charitable activities.

History

The first president of the CFDA was Sydney Wragge{{Cite web|url=http://cfda.com/about/history|title=History|last=CFDA|website=CFDA|access-date=2016-03-08}} (1962–1965). Steven Kolb has been the CEO since 2006. As of January 2023, Thom Browne is the group's chairman; he follows Tom Ford, who served as chairman for three years. Additionally, Diane von Furstenberg served as chairman for 13 years from 2006 until

2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2019/03/tom-ford-head-cfda-new-chairman|title=Tom Ford to Head CFDA as New Chairman|website=Complex|language=en|access-date=2019-12-02}}

These people founded the CFDA in 1962:{{Columns-list|colwidth=35em|

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CFDA Fashion Awards

The CFDA Fashion Awards were founded in 1980 with the first awards given in 1981. They honor and showcase excellence in fashion design.{{Cite web |title=Everyone Who Took Home a Trophy at the 2019 CFDA Awards |url=https://www.instyle.com/awards-events/red-carpet/cfda-awards/2019-cfda-award-winners |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=InStyle.com |language=en |quote=CFDA Awards. It all started back in 1980, and now, almost 40 years later, the show is still going strong.}} The CFDA Fashion Awards were created by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. They have been sometimes referred to as "the Oscars of fashion".{{cite web |date=2013-06-04 |title=The CFDA Fashion Awards: The 'Oscars of fashion' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/04/living/gallery/cfda-fashion-awards/ |work=CNN}}thedailybeast.com [http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2009/06/15/the-oscars-of-fashion.html CFDA awards, the Oscars of fashion] 2009/06/15 Prior to the establishment of the CFDA Awards, the Coty Awards fulfilled a similar role until they ended in 1985, with the final Coty Awards bestowed in September 1984.{{Cite book |last1=Blanco F |first1=José |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDkVCwAAQBAJ |title=Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe (4 volumes): American Fashion from Head to Toe |last2=Doering |first2=Mary D. |last3=Hunt-Hurst |first3=Patricia |last4=Vaughan Lee |first4=Heather |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2015 |isbn=9781610693103 |pages=96}}{{Cite web |last=Stangenes |first=Sharon |date=1985 |title=Requiem For Coty Awards: An Era Ends |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-06-19-8502090048-story.html |access-date=2020-03-28 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}} In 1997, the CFDA Fashion Awards began including emerging designers.{{Cite web |date=1996-02-06 |title=Fashion Council Reaches a Crossroads |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1996/02/06/024767.html?pageNumber=20 |access-date=2020-03-31 |website=The New York Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=1997-12-09 |title=Designers' Council Opens Door a Bit |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1997/12/09/511595.html?pageNumber=44 |access-date=2020-03-31 |website=The New York Times |page=14 |language=en}}

Nominations are submitted by the Fashion Guild, a group of over 1,500 CFDA members including fashion editors, retailers, and stylists.{{cite web |title=2008 Annual Report |url=http://cfda.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2008-annual-report.pdf |access-date=2015-07-17 |work=Cfda.org}} Award winners are determined by vote and announced at an annual black tie event held in Manhattan. Award winners receive a trophy made by the New York firm Society Awards.{{cite web |date=2014-12-31 |title=On The Up And Up | PPAI Publications |url=http://pubs.ppai.org/2014/12/on-the-up-and-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721110525/http://pubs.ppai.org/2014/12/on-the-up-and-up/ |archive-date=2015-07-21 |access-date=2015-07-17 |publisher=Pubs.ppai.org}}

For the 2022 and 2023 editions, Amazon Fashion sponsored the event.{{Cite web |last=Lockwood |first=Lisa |date=2022-06-07 |title=The 2022 CFDA Awards to Be Sponsored by Amazon Fashion |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/2022-cfda-awards-sponsor-amazon-fashion-1235196622/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA |url=https://cfda.com/news/the-winners-of-the-2023-cfda-fashion-awards-presented-by-amazon-fashion |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

= 1980s =

The CFDA Awards have been given out since 1981.{{Cite magazine |last1=Samaha |first1=Barry |date=2020-09-14 |title=All the Winners of the 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a34011997/cfda-fashion-awards-winners-2020/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}} The 1981 awards were given out at the first annual CFDA awards ceremony on January 14, 1982 at a dinner in the New York Public Library.{{cite web |last1=Iredale |first1=Jessica |title=The CFDA Awards: Another Kind of Fashion Show |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/the-cfda-awards-another-kind-of-fashion-show-6253805/ |website=WWD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113212857/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/the-cfda-awards-another-kind-of-fashion-show-6253805/ |archive-date=13 November 2024 |date=10 September 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Hyde |first1=Nina |author1-link=Nina Hyde |title=untitled |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/1982/01/03/005dc99a-9767-4b5c-ab3a-5863f76373e9/ |newspaper=Washington Post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113213304/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/1982/01/03/005dc99a-9767-4b5c-ab3a-5863f76373e9/ |archive-date=13 November 2024 |access-date=14 November 2024 |date=2 January 1982}} The winners had been announced two months before the ceremony which was originally scheduled for a television extravaganza in the fall of 1981. CFDA president Bill Blass had set off controversy when he announced that all of the nominees will be named winners to avoid televising designers as they lose awards. In response, nominee Geoffrey Beene rejected the award and said, "The industry needs a major award for its merit, not its emotion."{{cite web |title=The Eighties Big Money, Big Spending and Big Names: The Eighties Is the Decade.. |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1194624-1712703/ |website=WWD |access-date=15 November 2024 |date=13 June 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115090346/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1194624-1712703/ |archive-date=15 November 2024}}

Under the new CFDA president Perry Ellis, the 1984 CFDA awards in January 1985 had a broadened set of awards that included awards for MTV, Nike billboards, and Details magazine.{{cite news |last1=Tribune |first1=Chicago |title=Requiem for COTY Awards: An Era Ends |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/06/19/requiem-for-coty-awards-an-era-ends/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 June 1985}} According to Donna Karan, who headed the awards committee, "We wanted these awards to go beyond designers. It`s all about creativity and the whole scope of fashion." After the Coty Awards were discontinued 1985, the CFDA Awards were seen as the top honors in the fashion industry with the wider variety of awards making the event more interesting and modern.{{cite news |last1=Hyde |first1=Nina |author1-link=Nina Hyde |title=Slacking It to Them |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/01/20/slacking-it-to-them/fa168f79-c69d-4912-9b65-e72f717af93b/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=19 January 1986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115182819/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/01/20/slacking-it-to-them/fa168f79-c69d-4912-9b65-e72f717af93b/ |archive-date=15 November 2024}} James Galanos received the first CFDA "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 1984,{{cite news |title=Awards Gala Gets the Fashion Family Together |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/01/16/awards-gala-gets-the-fashion-family-together/ |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=16 January 1985}} which the CFDA named after Geoffrey Beene.{{cite web |title=Geoffrey Beene |url=https://asufidmmuseum.asu.edu/learn/articles/geoffrey-beene |website=asufidmmuseum.asu.edu |access-date=15 November 2024}} At the 1984 awards, Bill Blass presented the "Eugenia Sheppard fashion award" to Earl Blackwell and said it would be given annually "for outstanding contribution to fashion journalism."{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Bernadine |author1-link=Bernadine Morris |title=A Toast to American Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/15/style/a-toast-to-american-fashion.html |work=New York Times |access-date=16 November 2024 |date=15 January 1985 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524165721/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/15/style/a-toast-to-american-fashion.html |archive-date=24 May 2015}} However, Women's Wear Daily later reported that Etta Froio, editor of Women's Wear Daily and W, won the first "Eugenia Sheppard award" in 1986.{{cite web |title=Froio in New Role at W, WWD |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1085100-1811426/ |website=WWD |access-date=15 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115235913/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1085100-1811426/ |archive-date=15 November 2024 |date=16 June 1999 |url-status=live |quote=In 1986, the Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded her the first Eugenia Sheppard Award for Journalism.}}

The CFDA Awards were staged at the New York Public Library until they moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 1986 awards in January 1987. The CFDA's first "Perry Ellis Award" for new fashion talent was given to David Cameron in 1986, the award was named after the former council president who died that year.{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Gross (journalist) |title=Notes on Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/11/style/notes-on-fashion.html |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=11 November 1986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107085923/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/11/style/notes-on-fashion.html |archive-date=7 November 2013}}{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Bernadine |author1-link=Bernadine Morris |title=For Fashion, A Glittering Night of Honors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/13/style/for-fashion-a-glittering-night-of-honors.html |work=New York Times |access-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524210747/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/13/style/for-fashion-a-glittering-night-of-honors.html |archive-date=24 May 2015 |date=13 January 1987 |url-status=live}}

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|+CFDA Fashion Award winners

!Year

!Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

!Womenswear Designer

!Menswear Designer

!Accessory Designer

!Emerging Talent Award

!International Award

!Notes

1981

|none

|Geoffrey Beene; Perry Ellis; Calvin Klein (tie)

|Jhane Barnes; Ralph Lauren; Alexander Julian (tie)

|Barry Kieselstein-Cord (jewelry); Alex Mate and Lee Brooks (costume jewelry); Nancy Knox (men's shoes) (special awards for each)

|none

|Yves Saint Laurent (worldwide influence/International Fashion Award)

|[https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/la-reconnaissance-dune-carriere "1982 Career Recognition"]. {{ill|Yves Saint Laurent Museum of Paris|fr|Musée Yves Saint Laurent de Paris}}

1982

|none

|Norma Kamali

|Perry Ellis

|none

|none

|Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé (outstanding designer outside the U.S.)

|{{cite news |last1=Duka |first1=John |title=Notes on Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/11/style/notes-on-fashion.html |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=11 January 1983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524141134/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/11/style/notes-on-fashion.html |archive-date=24 May 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Hanauer |first1=Joan |title=Fashion Winners |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/01/07/FASHION-WINNERS/7496410763600/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=UPI |date=7 January 1983}}

1983

|none

|Calvin Klein

|Perry Ellis

|Patricia Underwood (hats)

| none

|Issey Miyake; Giorgio Armani

|{{cite news |last1=Duka |first1=John |title=Notes on Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/21/style/notes-on-fashion.html |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=21 February 1984 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524155255/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/21/style/notes-on-fashion.html |archive-date=24 May 2015}}

1984

|James Galanos

|none

|none

|none

|Stephen Sprouse (best new designer)

|none

|{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Rajat |date=13 October 2017 |title=Fashion Flashback: Stephen Sprouse |url=https://cfda.com/news/fashion-flashback-stephen-sprouse |access-date=16 November 2024|website=cfda.com}}

1985

|Katharine Hepburn; Alexander Liberman

|colspan=2| Donna Karan (outstanding designer of the year); Geoffrey Beene; Liz Claiborne; Norma Kamali (outstanding video presentations)

|Robert Lee Morris (jewelry); Ray-Ban (sunglasses)

|none

|none

|{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Bernadine |author1-link=Bernadine Morris |title=Designers' Salute Leads Off With Hepburn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/21/style/designers-salute-leads-off-with-hepburn.html |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=21 January 1986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524192018/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/21/style/designers-salute-leads-off-with-hepburn.html |archive-date=24 May 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Hyde |first1=Nina |author1-link=Nina Hyde |title=You've Either Got (And You Know Kate's Got) Style |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/01/19/youve-either-got-and-you-know-kates-got-style/2d61cb24-16ba-43e5-964a-851a73892207/ |access-date=16 November 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=18 January 1986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113212151/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/01/19/youve-either-got-and-you-know-kates-got-style/2d61cb24-16ba-43e5-964a-851a73892207/ |archive-date=13 November 2024}}

1986

|Bill Blass; Marlene Dietrich

|colspan=2|Geoffrey Beene (outstanding American designer of the year); Donna Karan ("impact on the total look of fashion"); Ralph Lauren (retailer of the year)

|none

|David Cameron

|Christian Lacroix for Patou

|{{cite web |title=Timeline |url=https://geoffreybeenefoundation.com/timeline/ |website=Geoffrey Beene Foundation |access-date=16 November 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Tribune |first1=Chicago |title=Design Stars Crowned Amid Peasant Courses |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/01/18/design-stars-crowned-amid-peasant-courses/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=18 January 1987}}

1987

|Giorgio Armani

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|Ronaldus Shamask

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|Marc Jacobs

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1988

|Richard Avedon; Nancy Reagan

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|Bill Robinson

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1989

|Oscar de la Renta

|Isaac Mizrahi

|Joseph Abboud

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|{{Cite web |date=January 10, 1989 |title=Amid the Rustle of Finery, Fashion Celebrates Its Own |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/01/10/195489.html?pageNumber=33 |access-date=2020-03-31 |website=The New York Times |page=33 }}

Other awards:

  • 1981: Special awards for Robert Lighton - khaki sportswear; Andrew Fezza - leather for men (or Award for Menswear);{{cite web |title=Andrew Fezza |url=https://cfda.com/members/profile/andrew-fezza |website=cfda.com |access-date=14 November 2024 |series=Members}} and Fernando Sanchez - Excellence in At-Homewear and Lingerie.{{cite web |last1=Monget |first1=Karyn |title=The Colorful Fernando Sanchez |url=https://wwd.com/feature/the-colorful-fernando-sanchez-530775-2001695/ |website=WWD |access-date=14 November 2024 |date=5 July 2006}}
  • 1982 Awards: Outstanding fashion illustrator: Antonia Lopez. Outstanding fashion photographer: Bill Cunningham.
  • 1984 Awards: Astor Place Hair Designers - influence on contemporary hair design in America; Annie Flanders - fresh approach to fashion journalism as editor and publisher of Details magazine; Kitty D`Alessio, president of Chanel - "revitalizing Chanel's image in the U.S.;"{{cite web |last1=Feitelberg |first1=Rosemary |last2=Lockwood |first2=Lisa |title=Kitty D'Alessio, a Former President of Chanel Inc., Dies at 95 |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/kitty-dalessio-former-president-of-chanel-inc-dies-1235583368/ |website=WWD |access-date=16 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240916104314/https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/kitty-dalessio-former-president-of-chanel-inc-dies-1235583368/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |date=15 March 2023}} John Fairchild, chairman of Fairchild Publications - M magazine; Ira Neimark and Dawn Mello - rejuvenating Bergdorf Goodman/leadership in retailing; Peter Moore - Nike billboard advertising campaign; Bruce Weber - fashion advertising photography; Robert W. Pittman, executive vice president of MTV - MTV`s role in modern communications and its influence on fashion/"opening our eyes to a new medium"; and Diana Vreeland, special consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - "unparalleled contribution to the world of fashion as an art."
  • 1985 Awards: Michael Mann, producer of the television series Miami Vice, for its overall style influence. Claudio Segovia and Héctor Orezzoli for bringing Tango Argentino to Broadway. Special tribute and fashion show for designer Rudi Gernreich who died in 1985.
  • 1986 Awards: Dalma Callado, model - personifying the spirit of fashion for 1986; Elsa Klensch, the style editor of Cable News Network - bringing fashion to television; and Elle magazine.

= 1990s =

Reportedly the CFDA's first "International Award" was given to Gianni Versace in 1992 although it was previously reported that Christian Lacroix received the CFDA's first international award in 1986 and that Yves Saint Laurent received a CFDA international award in 1981. Princess Diana attended the awards in January 1995 to present a special award to her friend Elizabeth Tilberis, the British-born Editor-in-Chief of ''Harper's Bazaar.{{cite web |last1=Karimzadeh |first1=Marc |title=#TBT to 1995 When Princess Diana Rocked the CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://cfda.com/news/tbt-to-1995-when-princess-diana-rocked-the-cfda-fashion-awards |website=CFDA.com |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=31 August 2017 |quote=No year in the history of the CFDA Fashion Awards was as anticipated as 1995.}}{{cite news |last1=Bumiller |first1=Elisabeth |author1-link=Elisabeth Bumiller|title=Where Diana Ruled, the Realm of Celebrity Feels Devastation |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/diana/090197diana-react.html |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=1 September 1997}}

In 1997, for the first time, the CFDA did not release all of the award winners before the awards ceremony. The nominees of the "Perry Ellis Awards" were announced at a press conference in November 1997 but the winners were not named until the February 1998 awards ceremony. In 1999, the date of the event was changed from January to June when the awards were televised for the first time, as the 18th Annual American Fashion Awards on E! Entertainment Television, marking the beginning of a five-year partnership with General Motors.

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|+CFDA Fashion Award winners

!Year

!Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

!Womenswear Designer

!Menswear Designer

!Accessory Designer

!Perry Ellis Award for New Talent

!International Award

!Notes

1990

|Martha Graham

|Donna Karan

|Joseph Abboud

|Manolo Blahnik

|Christian Francis Roth

| none

|{{cite news |title=Fashion Council Honors Karan, Other Designers |url=https://www.deseret.com/1991/3/6/18908887/fashion-council-honors-karan-other-designers/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Deseret News |date=6 March 1991 |quote=The Council of Fashion Designers of America has announced its 1990 award winners.}}

1991

|Ralph Lauren

|Isaac Mizrahi

|Roger Forsythe for Perry Ellis

|Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

|Todd Oldham

| none

|{{cite news |last1=Paysour |first1=Doris Dale |title=Designers' Picks |url=https://greensboro.com/designers-picks/article_fd6b04ab-3a7f-582c-82c1-ad1aab1bca03.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Greensboro News and Record |date=7 January 1992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241112163951/https://greensboro.com/designers-picks/article_fd6b04ab-3a7f-582c-82c1-ad1aab1bca03.html |archive-date=12 November 2024 |quote=The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced its 1991 awards for creative endeavor.}}{{cite news |last1=Hochswender |first1=Woody |title=Ruffle Here, Flourish There As Fashion Honors Its Own |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/05/garden/ruffle-here-flourish-there-as-fashion-honors-its-own.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=5 February 1992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503015515/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/05/garden/ruffle-here-flourish-there-as-fashion-honors-its-own.html |archive-date=3 May 2009}}{{cite news |title=Fashion Designers Group Presents Awards to 11 |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/3/8/18972151/fashion-designer-group-presents-awards-to-11-br/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Deseret News |date=8 March 1992}}

1992

|Pauline Trigère

|Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis

|Donna Karan

|Chrome Hearts

|Anna Sui

|Gianni Versace ({{flagcountry|Italy}})

|{{cite news |title=Marc Jacob, Donna Karan Among Those Honored by Fashion Council |url=https://greensboro.com/marc-jacob-donna-karan-among-those-honored-by-fashion-council/article_b8cfdaf9-5f94-553a-8da5-3c8ad0bd7609.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Greensboro News and Record |date=24 November 1992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220054057/https://greensboro.com/marc-jacob-donna-karan-among-those-honored-by-fashion-council/article_b8cfdaf9-5f94-553a-8da5-3c8ad0bd7609.html |archive-date=20 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Bernadine |author1-link=Bernadine Morris |title=Fashion Industry Celebrates Itself at an Awards Ceremony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/03/garden/fashion-industry-celebrates-itself-at-an-awards-ceremony.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=3 February 1993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526082239/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/03/garden/fashion-industry-celebrates-itself-at-an-awards-ceremony.html |archive-date=26 May 2015}}

1993

|Judith Leiber and Polly Allen Mellen

|Calvin Klein

|Calvin Klein

| none

|Richard Tyler (womenswear); John Bartlett (menswear)

|Prada (accessories) ({{flagcountry|Italy}})

|{{cite news |last1=Brozan |first1=Nadine |title=Chronicle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/11/style/chronicle-534293.html |access-date=11 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=11 November 1993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526091316/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/11/style/chronicle-534293.html |archive-date=26 May 2015 |quote=to be presented at Lincoln Center on Feb. 7, 1994.}}{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Arthur |title=CFDA Gala's New Focus: 'Solid Majority' |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/cfda-gala-s-new-focus-solid-majority-1151629/ |website=WWD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241111221104/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/cfda-gala-s-new-focus-solid-majority-1151629/#selection-3641.133-3641.178 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |date=13 January 1994 |quote=the International Award for Accessories, to Prada}}{{cite web |title=CFDA Through the WWD Lens |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/gallery/cfda-through-the-wwd-lens-1235313465/cfda-through-the-wwd-lens-29/ |website=WWD |access-date=11 November 2024 |page=25 of 35 |date=8 September 2022 |quote=Prada received the CFDA International Award for her accessories in 1994.}}

1994

|Carrie Donovan, Bernadine Morris, and Nonnie Moore

|Richard Tyler

|none

|Robert Lee Morris (womenswear); Gene Meyer (menswear)

|Victor Alfaro and Cynthia Rowley (tie) (womenswear); Robert Massimo Freda (menswear)

|none

|{{cite web |title=Richard Tyler to Receive Top Honor at CFDA Awards Gala |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1165480-1738331/ |website=WWD |access-date=11 November 2024 |date=16 November 1994 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241111224546/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1165480-1738331/ |archive-date=11 November 2024 }}{{cite web |last1=Iredale |first1=Jessica |title=The CFDA Awards: Whatever Happened To… |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/whatever-happened-to-6253321/ |website=WWD |access-date=11 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241111225449/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/whatever-happened-to-6253321/ |archive-date=11 November 2024 |date=10 September 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Fashion-Designers Council Names Winners of Its '94 Awards |url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/1/13/19153144/fashion-designers-council-names-winners-of-its-94-awards/ |access-date=11 November 2024 |work=Deseret News |agency=New York Times News Service |date=13 January 1995}}

1995

|Hubert de Givenchy

|Ralph Lauren

|Tommy Hilfiger

|Hush Puppies

|Marie-Anne Oudejans for Tocca (womenswear); Richard Tyler and Richard Edwards (by Richard Bengtsson and Edward Pavlick) (tie) (menswear); Kate Spade (accessories)

|Tom Ford for Gucci

|{{cite web |title=CFDA to Give Lauren Top Women's Award |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1137199-1763099/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=14 November 1995 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241111173626/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1137199-1763099/ | archive-date=11 November 2024 |url-status=live}}

1996

|Arnold Scaasi

|Donna Karan

|Ralph Lauren

|Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co

|Daryl Kerrigan for Daryl K (womenswear); Gene Meyer (menswear); Kari Sigerson and Miranda Morrison for Sigerson Morrison (accessories)

|Helmut Lang ({{flagcountry|Austria}})

|{{cite news |title=Designer Clothed in Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/3/2/19298112/designer-clothed-in-lifetime-achievement-award/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=Deseret News |date=2 March 1997 |quote=Arnold Scaasi...is the 1996 recipient of the CFDA's lifetime achievement award.}}

1997

|Geoffrey Beene

|Marc Jacobs

|John Bartlett

|Kate Spade

|Narciso Rodriguez (womenswear); Sandy Dalal (menswear)

|John Galliano

({{flagcountry|Great Britain}}) for Dior

|{{cite web |title=Tam, Jacobs Among CFDA Winners |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1117157/ |website=WWD |date=20 November 1997 |access-date=12 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241112163000/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1117157/ |archive-date=12 November 2024 }}{{cite news |last1=Schiro |first1=Anne-Marie |title=Fashion Honors Its Brightest Stars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/10/style/fashion-honors-its-brightest-stars.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=New York Times |date=10 February 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527081159/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/10/style/fashion-honors-its-brightest-stars.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}

1999

|Yves Saint Laurent

|Michael Kors

|Calvin Klein

|Marc Jacobs

|Josh Patner and Bryan Bradley for Tuleh (womenswear); Matt Nye (menswear); Tony Valentine (accessories)

|Yohji Yamamoto

({{flagcountry|Japan}})

|{{cite news |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Michael |title=Saluting Those Masters of Couture |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-04-cl-43930-story.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=4 June 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112002703/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-04-cl-43930-story.html |archive-date=12 November 2024}}

Other awards:

  • 1990: Eugenia Sheppard Award for fashion journalism - Genevieve Buck, fashion editor of The Chicago Tribune. Special awards went to Emilio Pucci for design and color genius, and Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, for contribution to fashion. Special tribute to Roy Halston Frowick.
  • 1991: Women of the Arts awards went to actress Anjelica Huston, opera singer Jessye Norman, and dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison. Eugenia Sheppard Award - Marylou Luther of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Special awards went to Harley Davidson for bringing motorcycle leather jackets and bike accessories into the mainstream of fashion, and Marvin Traub, former chairman of Bloomingdale's, for retail innovation.
  • 1992: Special awards went to Audrey Hepburn for a Lifetime of Style and her commitment to the children of the world, Steven Meisel for photography, and Patrick O'Connell for the Ribbon Project of Visual AIDS.
  • 1993: Eugenia Sheppard Award - New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham; special award for sneakers shared by Converse, Adidas, Keds, Nike and Reebok; and special award for art direction for Fabien Baron, creative director of Harper's Bazaar. Salute to CFDA founder Eleanor Lambert.
  • 1994: Eugenia Sheppard Award - Patrick McCarthy, executive vice president of Fairchild Publications. Special awards went to Elizabeth Tilberis, editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar, for contribution to the fashion industry/editorial achievement;{{cite web |last1=Gaffney |first1=Adrienne |title=Inside Princess Diana's Love Affair with New York City |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a34656980/princess-diana-nyc-visit-true-story-the-crown/ |website=Town & Country |access-date=14 November 2024 |date=19 September 2024}} Sara Lee Corp. for "The Year of the Wonderbra"; and Kevyn Aucoin for "The Artistry of Makeup". Special tribute to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for her "lifetime of style and grace and influence on American fashion."
  • 1995: Lifetime of Style Award - Lauren Bacall; Eugenia Sheppard Award - Suzy Menkes of International Herald Tribune; The Dom Perignon Award for Humanitarian Leadership - Bill Blass. Special awards went to Isaac Mizrahi and Douglas Keeve for the film Unzipped, for bringing the fashion world into the theater; and Robert Isabell for floral design.{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Karesh |editor1-first=Sara E. |editor2-last=Hurvitz |editor2-first=Mitchell M. |title=Mizrahi, Isaac |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Judaism |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=Z2cCZBDm8F8C|page=335}}|date=2005 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=9780816069828 |page=335}}
  • 1996: Dom Perignon award for Humanitarian Leadership - Kenneth Cole; Eugenia Sheppard award - New York Times fashion critic Amy Spindler; and special award for "furthering fashion as art and culture" - Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's curator Richard Martin and associate curator Harold Koda.{{cite web |title=Karan Wins Top Award at CFDA |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1129975-1769845/ |website=WWD |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=15 November 1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241112162908/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1129975-1769845/ |archive-date=12 November 2024}}
  • 1997: Lifetime of Glamour Award - Elizabeth Taylor; Dom Perignon Award for Humanitarian Leadership - Ralph Lauren; Stiletto Award - Manolo Blahnik; Global Influence on Fashion - Anna Wintour; and Lifetime Tribute Award{{cite news |last1=Norwich |first1=William |author1-link=William Norwich |title=Geoffrey Beene and John Fairchild Speak (Separately) About Their Legendary 15-Year Feud |url=https://observer.com/1998/02/geoffrey-beene-and-john-fairchild-speak-separately-about-their-legendary-15year-feud/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=Observer.com |date=9 February 1998}} (or Lifetime Recognition Award){{cite web |last1=Sheinman |first1=Mort |title=John B. Fairchild Dies at 87 |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/john-b-fairchild-dies-at-87-8235783/ |website=WWD |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=27 February 2015}}{{cite news |title=Fashion publishing legend John B. Fairchild dead at 87 |url=https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2015/mar/01/fashion-publishing-legend-john-b-fairchild-dead-87/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=El Dorado News |agency=Associated Press |date=1 March 2015}} - John Fairchild, retired chairman and editorial director of Fairchild Publications. Special tributes for Princess Diana and Gianni Versace.
  • 1999: Lifetime of Glamour Award - Sophia Loren; Influence on Fashion Award - Cher; Humanitarian Award (posthumous) - Liz Tilberis; Eugenia Sheppard Award - Elsa Klensch of CNN;{{cite web |title=Fashion Awards Hit TV: Broadcast Is Set for E! |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1078988-1817239/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=12 May 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110012716/https://wwd.com/feature/article-1078988-1817239/ |archive-date=10 November 2024}} Timeless Talent Award - Betsey Johnson;{{cite web |title=Betsey Johnson |url=https://cfda.com/members/profile/betsey-johnson |website=CFDA |series=Members |access-date=12 November 2024 |quote=Betsey was presented The Timeless Talent Award, created especially for her}} Window on Fashion Award - Simon Doonan; and award "for putting the spotlight on Hollywood and fashion" - InStyle magazine.{{cite news |last1=Schiro |first1=Anne-Marie |title=Patterns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/25/style/patterns-843407.html |date=25 May 1999 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527105045/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/25/style/patterns-843407.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}

= 2000s =

The CFDA's first "Fashion Icon Award" was given to American socialite C.Z. Guest in 2002.{{cite news |last1=Freeman |first1=Hadley |title=And the winner is ... New York dishes out fashion honours |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/05/clothes.fashion |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=5 June 2002 |quote=The newly created fashion icon award went to Winston Churchill's goddaughter and American socialite CZ Guest}}{{cite web |last1=Malach |first1=Hannah |title=Murder, Betrayal and Best Dressed Lists: How Truman Capote's Muses Lee Radziwill, Babe Paley and More Inspired 'Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans' |url=https://wwd.com/pop-culture/culture-news/truman-capote-feud-swans-lee-radziwill-babe-paley-1236022236/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=11 December 2023 |quote=Guest was the first recipient of the CFDA’s coveted Fashion Icon Award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110004337/https://wwd.com/pop-culture/culture-news/truman-capote-feud-swans-lee-radziwill-babe-paley-1236022236/ |archive-date=10 November 2024}} The award was given to Nicole Kidman in 2003 and to Sarah Jessica Parker in 2004. The CFDA decided to forgo the award in 2005, and instead gave the "Award for Fashion Influence" to Kate Moss. In 2002, the CFDA Fashion Awards also began a 17-year partnership with Swarovski that ended in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Lockwood |first1=Lisa |title=Swarovski, CFDA Part Ways for Fashion Awards |url=https://wwd.com/feature/swarovski-cfda-part-ways-for-fashion-awards-1203065934/ |website=WWD |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=1 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113193656/https://wwd.com/feature/swarovski-cfda-part-ways-for-fashion-awards-1203065934/ |archive-date=13 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Peter Som |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/designers/peter-som/news-story/1d4d5f675e074377efc8e1ae23d0296e |website=Vogue Australia |access-date=13 November 2024 |date=8 February 2010 |quote=In both 2002 and 2005 he was nominated for the CFDA's Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for emerging talent.}} In 2003, the awards for new designer talent, formerly known as the "Perry Ellis Awards", were renamed "Swarovski's Perry Ellis Awards" and included a monetary prize for the first time to reflect the sponsorship.{{cite web |title=Swarovski, Perry Ellis Winners To Receive $20,000 in Prizes |url=https://wwd.com/feature/swarovski-perry-ellis-winners-to-receive-20-000-in-prizes-733585-1902071/ |website=WWD |access-date=13 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113194659/https://wwd.com/feature/swarovski-perry-ellis-winners-to-receive-20-000-in-prizes-733585-1902071/ |archive-date=13 November 2024 |date=22 April 2003 |url-status=live}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+CFDA Fashion Award winners

!Year

!Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

!Womenswear Designer

!Menswear Designer

!Accessory Designer

!Emerging Talent Award

!International Award

!Notes

2000

|Valentino

|Oscar de la Renta

|Helmut Lang

Richard Lambertson & John Truex for Lambertson Truex

|Miguel Adrover (womenswear), John Varvatos (menswear), Dean Harris (accessories)

|Jean-Paul Gaultier

({{flagcountry|France}})

|{{cite news |last1=Lindenauer |first1=Andrew |title=The Best In Fashion Honored |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-best-in-fashion-honored/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=CBS News |date=17 June 2000}}{{cite web |last1=Karimzadeh |first1=Marc |title=Richard Lambertson & John Truex Relaunch Lambertson Truex |url=https://cfda.com/news/richard-lambertson-john-truex-relaunch-lambertson-truex |website=Council of Fashion Designers of America |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=13 December 2018}}

2001

|Calvin Klein

|Tom Ford

|John Varvatos

|Reed Krakoff for Coach

|Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli for Bruce (womenswear), William Reid (menswear), Edmundo Castillo (accessories)

|Nicolas Ghesquiere

({{flagcountry|France}}) for Balenciaga

|{{cite news |title=Cake attack on top designers at top fashion awards |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=d9a0685f4bbd951a025ae2e2f36141ee |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=newsroom.ap.org |publisher=Associated Press Television News |date=15 Jun 2001}}

2002

|Karl Lagerfeld and Grace Coddington

|Narciso Rodriguez

|Marc Jacobs

|Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent

|Rick Owens

|Hedi Slimane

({{flagcountry|France}}) for Dior Homme

|

2003

|Anna Wintour

|Narciso Rodriguez

|Michael Kors

|Marc Jacobs

|Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler

|Alexander McQueen

({{flagcountry|Great Britain}})

|{{cite web |title=Fast Fashion |url-status=live |url=https://wwd.com/feature/fast-fashion-729544-1905301/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110013230/https://wwd.com/feature/fast-fashion-729544-1905301/ |archive-date=10 November 2024 |date=4 June 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Horyn |first1=Cathryn |title=A Night Proving Designers Can Play Well Together |url-status=live|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/nyregion/a-night-proving-designers-can-play-well-together.html |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=4 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527225502/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/nyregion/a-night-proving-designers-can-play-well-together.html |archive-date=27 May 2015}}

2004

|Donna Karan

|Carolina Herrera

|Sean Combs for Sean John

|Reed Krakoff for Coach

|Zac Posen (ready-to-wear), Eugenia Kim (accessories)

|Miuccia Prada

({{flagcountry|Italy}})

|{{cite news |title=The CFDA Awards: Designers on Display |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/11/the-cfda-awards-designers-on-display/9c28cffc-28ec-44b8-8a31-434ead3efc6a/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=11 June 2004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110024025/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/11/the-cfda-awards-designers-on-display/9c28cffc-28ec-44b8-8a31-434ead3efc6a/ |archive-date=10 November 2024}}{{cite news |title='Sex and City' star sets fashion standard |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/jun/08/sex_and_city/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=LJWorld.com |agency=The Associated Press |date=8 June 2004}}

2005

|Diane von Fürstenberg

|Vera Wang

|John Varvatos

|Marc Jacobs

|Derek Lam (womenswear), Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak (menswear), Anthony Camargo and Nak Armstrong for Anthony Nak (accessories)

|Alber Elbaz

({{flagcountry|Israel}}) for Lanvin

|{{cite web |last1=Lockwood |first1=Lisa |title=CFDA Picks 2005 Award Nominees |url=https://wwd.com/feature/cfda-picks-2005-award-nominees-578833-1958175/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=30 March 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110034433/https://wwd.com/feature/cfda-picks-2005-award-nominees-578833-1958175/ |archive-date=10 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=The CFDA Winners 2005 |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-cfda-winners-2005 |website=British Vogue |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=7 June 2005}}

2006

|Stan Herman

|Francisco Costa

for Calvin Klein

|Thom Browne

|Tom Binns

|Doo-Ri Chung (womenswear) and Jeff Halmos, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley, & John Whitledge for Trovata (menswear), Devi Kroell (accessories)

|Olivier Theyskens

({{flagcountry|Belgium}}) for Rochas

|{{cite web |title=Celebs Honor Fashion At CFDAs - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celebs-honor-fashion-at-cfdas/ |website=CBS News |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=6 June 2006}}{{cite web |last1=Lockwood |first1=Lisa |title=CFDA Reveals Nominees |url=https://wwd.com/feature/cfda-reveals-nominees-540373-1993208/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110041540/https://wwd.com/feature/cfda-reveals-nominees-540373-1993208/ |archive-date=10 November 2024 |date=28 March 2006}}

2007

|Robert Lee Morris

|Oscar de la Renta, and Lazaro Hernandez & Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler

|Ralph Lauren (also awarded the American Fashion Legend Award)

|Derek Lam

|Phillip Lim (womenswear), David Neville & Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone (menswear), Jessie Randall for Loeffler Randall (accessories)

|Pierre Cardin

({{flagcountry|France}})

|{{cite news |last1=Critchell |first1=Samantha |title=At CFDA Awards, a Fashionable Tie |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/2007/06/05/at-cfda-awards-a-fashionable-tie/22fead30-ff88-40e9-8270-a8e3eddd0a3a/ |access-date=10 November 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=5 June 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110042634/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/2007/06/05/at-cfda-awards-a-fashionable-tie/22fead30-ff88-40e9-8270-a8e3eddd0a3a/ |archive-date=10 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=The CFDA Nominees, 2007 |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-cfda-nominees-2007 |website=British Vogue |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=13 March 2007}}{{cite web |title=An Accessories Grudge Match at CFDA Awards |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2007/06/an_accessories_grudge_match_at_cfda_awards.html |website=Intelligencer |access-date=10 November 2024 |date=1 June 2007}}

2008

|Carolina Herrera

|Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein

|Tom Ford

|Tory Burch

|Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte (womenswear); Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (menswear); Philip Crangi (accessories)

|Dries van Noten

({{flagcountry|Belgium}})

|{{cite web |title=Some Enchanted Evening |url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/some-enchanted-evening-1555214/ |website=WWD |access-date=10 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110030900/https://wwd.com/eye/people/some-enchanted-evening-1555214/ |archive-date=10 November 2024 |date=3 June 2008}}

2009

|Anna Sui

|Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte

|Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection

|Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler

|Alexander Wang (womenswear); Tim Hamilton (menswear); Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry (accessories)

|Marc Jacobs

({{flagcountry|United States}}) for Louis Vuitton

|{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2009 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2009 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-16 |title=The 2009 CFDA Awards |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-cfda-winners-2009 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=British Vogue }}

= 2010s =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+CFDA Fashion Award winners

!Year

!Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

!Womenswear Designer

!Menswear Designer

!Accessory Designer

!Emerging Talent Award

!International Award

!Fashion Icon

!Notes

2010

|Michael Kors

|Marc Jacobs

|Marcus Wainwright and David Neville for Rag & Bone

|Alexis Bittar

|Jason Wu (womenswear); Richard Chai (menswear); Alexander Wang (accessories)

|Christopher Bailey

({{flagcountry|Great Britain}}) for Burberry

|Iman

|{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2010 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2010 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

2011

|Marc Jacobs

|Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler

|Michael Bastian

|Alexander Wang

|Prabal Gurung (womenswear); Robert Geller (menswear); Eddie Borgo (accessories)

|Phoebe Philo

({{flagcountry|Great Britain}}) for Céline

|Lady Gaga

|{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2011 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2011 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |last=Lawless |first=Caroline |date=2011-06-16 |title=CDFA Awards 2011 |url=https://fault-magazine.com/2011/06/cdfa-awards-2011/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=FAULT Magazine |language=en-US}}

2012

|Tommy Hilfiger

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Billy Reid

|Reed Krakoff

|Joseph Altuzarra (womenswear); Phillip Lim (menswear); Tabitha Simmons (accessories)

|Rei Kawakubo

({{flagcountry|Japan}}) for Comme des Garçons

|Johnny Depp

|{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2012 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2012 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |last=Kathleen Thibodeau |first=Fashion Blogger |date=2012-06-06 |title=Watch the CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://www.masslive.com/fashion/2012/06/watch_the_cfda_fashion_awards.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=masslive |language=en}}

2013

|Vera Wang

|Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler

|Thom Browne

|Phillip Lim

|Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis for Suno (womenswear); Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School (menswear); Pamela Love (accessories)

|Riccardo Tisci

({{flagcountry|Italy}}) for Givenchy

|

|{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2013 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2013 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite magazine |date=2013-06-04 |title=CFDA Awards 2013: The Winners! |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a8987/cfda-awards-2013-winners-list-060413/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |language=en-US}}

2014

|Tom Ford

|Joseph Altuzarra

|Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters for Creatures of the Wind (womenswear); Tim Coppens (menswear); Irene Neuwirth (accessories)

|Raf Simons

({{flagcountry|BEL}}) for Dior

|Rihanna

|{{Cite web |date=2014-03-24 |title=Introducing the 2014 CFDA Fashion Icon of the Year... |url=https://cfda.com/news/introducing-the-2014-cfda-fashion-icon-of-the-year |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |date=2014-03-24 |title=And the 2014 Nominees Are... |url=https://cfda.com/news/and-the-2014-nominees-are |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |title=Watch the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2TVR38PrS87Rj5ExewsR3BQQAd254At |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2014 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2014 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

2015

|Betsey Johnson

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Tom Ford

|Tabitha Simmons

|Rosie Assoulin (womenswear); Shayne Oliver for Hood by Air (menswear); Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel (accessories)

|Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli

({{flagcountry|ITA}}) for Valentino

|Pharrell Williams

|{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2015: Red Carpet |url=http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/celebrity-style/cfda-fashion-awards-2015 |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=Elle |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2015-12-21 |title=Year in Review: The CFDA'S 2015 Award Winners |url=https://cfda.com/news/year-in-review-the-cfdas-2015-award-winners |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |title=2015 CFDA Fashion Awards - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2TVR38PrS_1vz6DYgN7ErtWEsl0pnGx |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2015 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2015 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

2016

|Norma Kamali

|Marc Jacobs

|Thom Browne

|Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel

|Brandon Maxwell (womenswear); Alex Orley, Matthew Orley, and Samantha Orley (menswear); Paul Andrew (accessories)

|Alessandro Michele

({{flagcountry|ITA}}) for Gucci

|Beyoncé

|{{Cite web |last=Yotka |first=Steff |date=June 6, 2016 |title=All the Winners From the 2016 CFDA Awards |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/2016-cfda-fashion-awards-winners |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=Vogue |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2016 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2016 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-17 |title=The 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards Nominees & Honorees |url=https://cfda.com/news/the-2016-cfda-fashion-awards-nominees-honorees |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |title=2016 CFDA Fashion Awards {{!}} Monday, June 6 - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2TVR38PrS_pNi5RKaOREtybdD5EZDkj |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}

2017

|Rick Owens

|Raf Simons for Calvin Klein

|Raf Simons for Calvin Klein

|Stuart Vevers for Coach

|Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia for Monse

|Demna Gvasalia

({{flagcountry|GEO}}) for Vetements and Balenciaga

|Franca Sozzani ( posthumous)

|{{Cite web |last=Yotka |first=Steff |date=June 5, 2017 |title=All the Winners and Honorees From the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cfda-awards-2017-winner-revealed |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=Vogue |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2017 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2017 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |last=Karimzadeh |first=Marc |date=2017-06-06 |title=The 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards Winners! |url=https://cfda.com/news/the-2017-cfda-fashion-awards-winners |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

2018

|Narciso Rodriguez

|Raf Simons for Calvin Klein

|Supreme

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Sander Lak for Sies Marjan

|Donatella Versace

({{flagcountry|ITA}})

|Naomi Cambell

|{{Cite magazine |last=Fisher |first=Lauren Alexis |date=2018-06-05 |title=Supreme, Raf Simons, and Naomi Campbell Win CFDA Awards |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a19456283/cfda-awards-nominees-winners-2018/ |access-date=2020-03-30 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2018 |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2018 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |title=2018 CFDA Fashion Awards - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2TVR38PrS_KPw8QBcLKOeJo3SaEAXm5 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite web |last=Karimzadeh |first=Marc |date=2018-06-04 |title=The 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards Winners! |url=https://cfda.com/news/the-2018-cfda-fashion-awards-winners |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}

2019

|Bob Mackie

|Brandon Maxwell

|Rick Owens

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Emily Adams Bode for Bode

|Sarah Burton

({{flagcountry|Great Britain}}) for Alexander McQueen

|Jennifer Lopez

|{{Cite web |last=Farra |first=Emily |date=June 4, 2019 |title=All the Winners From the 2019 CFDA Awards |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cfda-awards-winners-2019 |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=Vogue |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ilchi |first=Layla |date=2019-06-03 |title=CFDA Fashion Awards 2019 Winners: See the Full List |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/2019-cfda-fashion-awards-winners-full-list-1203137977/ |access-date=2020-03-30 |website=WWD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2019 CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://cfda.com/cfda-fashion-awards/2019 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=cfda.com}}{{Cite web |title=2019 CFDA Fashion Awards - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2TVR38PrS8FHALOtvxFBG-ytU0MWTEd |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.youtube.com}}

= 2020s =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+CFDA Fashion Award winners

!Year

!Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

!Womenswear Designer

!Menswear Designer

!Accessory Designer

!Emerging Talent Award

!International Award

!Fashion Icon

!Notes

2023

|Maria Cornejo

|Catherine Holstein for Khaite

|Willy Chavarria

|Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

|Diotima

|Jonathan Anderson ({{flagcountry|Great Britain}}) for JW Anderson and Loewe

|Serena Williams

|{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Prudence |date=2023-11-07 |title=Anne Hathaway, Serena Williams and Vanessa Hudgens lead stars at CFDA Awards |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/serena-williams-anne-hathaway-vanessa-hudgens-american-oscars-b1118682.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lockwood |first=Lisa |date=2023-11-07 |title=Khaite's Catherine Holstein Wins American Womenswear Designer of the Year at 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/catherine-holstein-khaite-womenswear-designer-2023-cfda-awards-1235916002/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

Programs

=CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund=

== 2010s Finalists and Winners ==

  • 2014: Paul Andrew (Winner),{{cite web|first1=John|last1=Koblin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/fashion/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-picks-paul-andrews-as-winner.html

|url-access=subscription|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-30|date=2014-11-05|title=CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Picks Paul Andrew as Winner}} Wes Gordon, Edie Parker and Simon Miller

  • 2015: Becca McCharen-Tran of Chromat; Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport (Winner){{Cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/at-the-cfdavogue-fashion-fund-winning-isnt-everything|title=At the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Winning Isn't Everything|date=2015-11-02|website=The Business of Fashion|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-30}}
  • 2017: Chromat:{{Cite web | url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-finalists-2017 | title=Announcing the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists | date=July 17, 2017 }} Becca McCharen-Tran (Runner Up), Telfar Clemens (Winner){{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2017-winner-telfar|title=Telfar Wins the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund 2017|last=Yotka|first=Steff|date=2017|website=Vogue|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}
  • 2018: Kerby Jean-Raymond (Winner){{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2018-finalists|title=Introducing the 10 Finalists of the 2018 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund|last=Yotka|first=Steff|date=2018|website=Vogue|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}{{Cite news|url=https://fashionista.com/2018/11/pyer-moss-cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-winner|title=Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss Wins the 2018 CFDA/'Vogue' Fashion Fund|date=2018|website=Fashionista|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}
  • 2019: Abdul Abasi and Greg Rosborough of Abasi Rosborough; Alejandra Alonso Rojas; Victor Barragan of Barragán; Hillary Taymour of Collina Strada, Danielle Hirsch of Danielle Frankel; Raffaella Hanley of Lou Dallas; Siying Qu and Haoran Li of Private Policy; Reese Cooper; Natalie Ratabesi of Tre by Natalie Ratabesi; and Christopher John Rogers (Winner){{Cite web |title=CFDA |url=https://cfda.com/news/cfda-and-vogue-reveal-the-2019-fashion-fund-finalists |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=cfda.com}}

2023 Return to Old Format

  • 2023: Kim Shui; Kozaburo Akasaka of Kozaburo; Melitta Baumeister (Winner); Sami Miro of Sami Miro Vintage; Fletcher Kasell and Tanner Richie of Tanner Fletcher; Everard Best and Téla D'Amore of Who Decides War; and Henry Zankov of Zankov (Runner Up).

= Tiffany & Co. x CFDA Jewelry Designer Award =

Established in 2024, the CFDA partners with Tiffany & Co. for the stated purpose of recognizing and uplifting outstanding American jewelry designers who are committed to driving inclusivity with the design industry. Awarded recipients are selected by a committee of industry experts.{{Cite web |title=A New Award Aims to Encourage American Jewelry Design |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/fashion/jewelry-designer-award-tiffany-cfda.html |access-date=November 26, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

2020s Finalists

  • 2024: Angie Marei, David Perry, Ian Delucca, Jameel Mohammed, Hi Vu, Maggi Simpkins, Malyia McNaughton, Marvin Linares, Pamela Zamore, Symoné Currie{{Cite web |title=Tiffany & Co., CDFA Announce Design Award Finalists |url=https://nationaljeweler.com/articles/13382-tiffany-co-cdfa-announce-design-award-finalists#:~:text=The%20finalists%20are%20Symon%C3%A9%20Currie,Hi%20Vu,%20and%20Pamela%20Zamore. |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=nationaljeweler.com |language=en}}

=CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} program=

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13440154/cfda-fashion-incubator-2016-2018/|title=This Is the Next Wave of Young American Designers|last=Yotka|first=Steff|date=2016-05-25|website=Vogue|access-date=2016-12-28}}

=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.{{Cite news|url=https://sourcingjournalonline.com/cfda-nycedc-fmi-grant-fund-recipients/|title=CFDA and NYCEDC Present Fifth Round of FMI Grant Fund Recipients|last=Scarano|first=Genevieve|date=2018-03-02|work=Sourcing Journal|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}}

=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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.3blmedia.com/News/Chambord-Announce-Partnership-Iconic-Designer-Betsey-Johnson-and-Fashion-Targets-Breast-Cancer|title=Chambord Announce Partnership with the Iconic Designer Betsey Johnson and Fashion Targets Breast Cancer During October|last=Corporation|first=Brown-Forman|website=www.3blmedia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}

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.{{cite web| url= http://stylecaster.com/kate-hudson-fabletics-breast-cancer-awareness-collection/%7C |title=Kate Hudson Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Collection with Fabletics| author=Eli Flesch| publisher=Stylecaster| access-date=December 10, 2017}}{{cite web| url=http://beta.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-kate-hudson-breast-cancer-fabletics-collection-20170927-story.html%7C| title=Kate Hudson unveils CFDA and Fabletics' Fashion Targets Breast Cancer collection| author=Marcy Medina| date=September 27, 2017| work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=December 10, 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Publications

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

  • American Fashion Home
  • American Travel
  • {{Cite book|title=American Fashion|last=Scheips|first=Charlie|publisher=Assouline Publishing|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2007|isbn=978-2759401611|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OlHmPQAACAAJ}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Hastreiter|first1=Kim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43oMOAAACAAJ|title=Geoffrey Beene: An American Fashion Rebel|last2=Beene|first2=Geoffrey|publisher=Assouline Publishing|year=2008|isbn=9782759402663}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Pratts Price|first1=Candy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqoLOAAACAAJ|title=American Fashion Accessories|last2=Glasscock|first2=Jessica|last3=Tavee|first3=Art|publisher=Assouline Publishing|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2008|isbn=9782759402861}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Lisa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5E1gPgAACAAJ|title=American Fashion Cookbook|last2=Stewart|first2=Martha|publisher=Assouline Publisher|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2009|isbn=9782759404056}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Bryan|first=Robert E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2g6PgAACAAJ|title=American Fashion Menswear|publisher=Assouline Publishing|year=2009|isbn=9782759404094}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Suqi|first=Rima A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2XQSAAACAAJ|title=American Fashion Designers at Home|publisher=Assouline Publishing|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2010|isbn=9782759404711}}
  • {{Cite book|title=IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA|last=Mears|first=Patricia|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2012|isbn=978-1419702310|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1nXXwAACAAJ}}
  • {{Cite book|title=The Pursuit of Style: Advice and Musings from America's Top Fashion Designers|last1=Von Furstenberg|first1=Diane|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2014|isbn=978-1419706219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHFYAwAAQBAJ|first2=Jessica|last2=Alba}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Designers on Instagram: #fashion|last1=Systrom|first1=Kevin|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2015|isbn=978-1419715587|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ps7GBwAAQBAJ|first2=Steven|last2=Kolb}}
  • {{Cite book|title=American Runway: 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row|last=Moore|first=Booth|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|others=Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)|year=2018|isbn=978-1419726484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1r5ADwAAQBAJ}}

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References

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