Council of Fashion Designers of America

All you want to know about Council of Fashion Designers of America

The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a non-profit trade group for American fashion designers founded in 1962.[1] As of 2006, Diane von Furstenberg is the group's president.

The organization sponsors the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, scholarships, and professional development programs, as well as awards for fashion design.[1]

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Awards

The CFDA's annual awards ceremony, which honors excellence in fashion design, is often called "the Oscars of fashion."[2] Nominations are submitted by CFDA members and by select fashion publications, retailers, and stylists.[1] Award winners are voted on and announced at the annual CFDA Fashion Awards gala event.[1]

Past winners[1]

This is a selected list of winners. Winners in other categories, winners in past years, and nominees can be found at the CFDA Website.

Year Womenswear Award Menswear Award Emerging Talent Award
for Ready-to-Wear[3]		 International Award
2008 Francisco Costa
for Calvin Klein		 Tom Ford Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy (womenswear) and Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (menswear) Dries van Noten
( Belgium)
2007 Oscar de la Renta, and Lazaro Hernandez &
Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler		 Ralph Lauren Phillip Lim (womenswear)
and David Neville & Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone		 Pierre Cardin
( Italy)
2006 Francisco Costa
for Calvin Klein		 Thom Browne Doo-Ri Chung (womenswear)
and Jeff Halmos, Josia Lamberto-Egan,
Sam Shipley, & John Whitledge
for Trovata (menswear)		 Olivier Theyskens
( Belgium)
for Rochas
2005 Vera Wang John Varvatos Derek Lam (womenswear) and
Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak (menswear)		 Alber Elbaz
( Israel)
for Lanvin
2004 Carolina Herrera Sean Combs
for Sean John		 Zac Posen Miuccia Prada
( Italy)
2003 Narciso Rodriguez Michael Kors Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough
for Proenza Schouler		 Alexander McQueen
( Great Britain)
2002 Narciso Rodriguez Marc Jacobs Rick Owens Hedi Slimane
( France)
for Dior Homme
2001 Tom Ford John Varvatos Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli
for Bruce (womenswear) and
William Reid (menswear)		 Nicolas Ghesquiere
( France)
for Balenciaga
2000 Oscar de la Renta Helmut Lang Miguel Adrover (womenswear) and
John Varvatos (menswear)		 Jean-Paul Gaultier
( France)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e CFDA website
  2. ^ Style.com 2006 CFDA coverage
  3. ^ Some years, a single emerging talent award is given for ready-to-wear. Other years, one emerging talent award is given for menswear and another for womenswear.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Fashion_Designers_of_America"

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