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.
The organization sponsors the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, scholarships, and professional development programs, as well as awards for fashion design.
Awards
The CFDA's annual awards honor excellence in fashion design. Nominations are submitted by CFDA members and by select fashion publications, retailers, and stylists. Award winners are voted on and announced at the annual CFDA Fashion Awards gala event.
Past winners
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 | Perry Ellis Emerging Talent Award for Ready-to-Wear[1] |
International Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 for Rochas |
| 2005 | Vera Wang | John Varvatos | Derek Lam (womenswear) and Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak (menswear) |
Alber Elbaz for Lanvin |
| 2004 | Carolina Herrera | Sean Combs for Sean John |
Zac Posen | Miuccia Prada |
| 2003 | Narciso Rodriguez | Michael Kors | Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler |
Alexander McQueen |
| 2002 | Narciso Rodriguez | Marc Jacobs | Rick Ownens | Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme |
| 2001 | Tom Ford | John Varvatos | Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli for Bruce (womenswear) and William Reid (menswear) |
Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme |
| 2000 | Oscar de la Renta | Helmut Lang | Miguel Adrover (womenswear) and John Varvatos (menswear) |
Jean-Paul Gaultier |
Notes
- ^ 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.