Council of Fashion Designers of America

The Council of Fashion Designers of America ( CFDA ) is a non-profit - professional association of US fashion designers.

The New York City- based organization was founded in 1962 by Eleanor Lambert for the purpose of promoting fashion in the United States. The CFDA presidents in the past have included Norman Norell , Oscar de la Renta , Bill Blass and Perry Ellis . Since 2006, Diane von Fürstenberg has been chairwoman of the association's board of directors , which includes 26 American fashion designers. The CFDA currently has around 400 members, all of whom are designers of women's or men's fashion, jewelry or accessories and must be either US citizens or foreigners with US-based fashion companies.

CFDA Fashion Awards

Since 1981, the association has awarded several prizes at the CFDA Fashion Awards in Lincoln Center in New York , mainly to American fashion designers, but also to international fashion designers for special achievements in the world of fashion. Due to the high reputation that enjoy the awards in the fashion industry, the gala is also known as "the Oscars of Fashion" ( Oscar -Verleihung of fashion called). Similar to the Oscars, the nominees in the individual categories are announced at the CFDA Fashion Awards a few months before the actual ceremony , from which the chosen one on the evening of the award ceremony (sometimes the prizes are also awarded to several people) is chosen . The awards usually take place in June of each year.

The forerunners of the CFDA Awards were the so-called Coty Awards (Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards), which were launched by the perfume manufacturer Coty, Inc. under the direction of Eleanor Lambert in 1942 and from 1943 to 1984 exclusively to American personalities from the fashion industry were awarded. The first winners in 1943 included Hattie Carnegie , Lilly Daché and Norman Norell; to recent in 1984 Donna Karan , Perry Ellis and Jhane Barnes. Another highly respected fashion award ceremony in the USA was the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award , which was awarded as early as 1938, was also given to international personalities of the fashion world and fashion icons and was discontinued in 1995.

The CFDA Awards have been presented in the following categories since the late 1980s (there were no fixed categories until the mid-1980s):

• The womenswear designer of the year , the menswear designer of the year (menswear) and the accessory designer of the year ( accessories ) are the main prizes. They are only given to designers who work and are headquartered in the United States.
• The Swarovski Award for Womenswear (women's fashion), the Swarovski Award for Menswear (men's fashion) and the Swarovski Award for Accessory Design (accessories) are awards for up-and-coming talents; again, these are only given to designers who work and have their headquarters in the United States. The young talent award was given from 1986 to 2000 and 2002 under the name Perry Ellis Award in memory of the designer Perry Ellis who died in 1986 . In 2001 and from 2003 to 2006 it was presented under the name Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award . Since 2007 the price has been called the Swarovski Award . Initially a single price, since 1993 there has usually been a price each for the categories womenswear (see W in table; German women’s fashion ) and menswear (see M; German men’s fashion ) and since 1995 also for the accessory design category (see A; German accessories design ). In 2017 the three categories were again combined into one price.
• The Eugenia Sheppard Award has been presented since 1987 in recognition of the American fashion journalist Eugenia Sheppard (1900–1984) for exceptional achievements by journalists and artists whose influence has changed the world of fashion.
• The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award (from 1985 to 2006: Lifetime Achievement Award ) is the award for life's work. In recognition of the contribution made by the American fashion designer Geoffrey Beene (1927–2004) to the development of the American fashion world, the award was named after him from 2007. Past winners include Marlene Dietrich , Giorgio Armani , Nancy Reagan , Oscar de la Renta , Martha Graham , Ralph Lauren , Gianni Versace , Geoffrey Beene (1997), Hubert de Givenchy , Yves Saint Laurent , Valentino Garavani , Karl Lagerfeld , Anna Wintour , Donna Karan and, since 2007, Carolina Herrera , Anna Sui , Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs .
• The International Award is given to internationally active designers. The category was officially used for the first time in 1992 (winner: Gianni Versace), although non-American awardees had previously been recognized by the CFDA. In 2019 the prize was renamed the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti International Award after the Italian fashion designer Valentino and his business partner Giammetti signed a sponsorship deal.
• The Eleanor Lambert Award (since 2002), in recognition of Eleanor Lambert , is an award for unique contributions to the fashion world and / or contributions that deserve recognition from the fashion industry but do not fall into any of the other categories.
• The Board of Directors' Special Tribute has been intended as a special honor for exceptional contributions to the fashion world since 2003. Past winners include Oleg Cassini , Tom Ford , Norma Kamali, Bono , Michael Bloomberg , Michelle Obama and Alexander McQueen (posthumously).
• The Fashion Icon Award has been presented since 2002 (not given in 2004 and between 2006 and 2009) to people whose personal style has a strong influence on the fashion world. So far, Nicole Kidman , Kate Moss , Iman Abdulmajid , Lady Gaga , Johnny Depp and Rihanna have been honored.

Winner (selection)

year	Womenswear Award (women's fashion)	Menswear Award (menswear)	Accessories Award (Accessories)	Swarovski Awards (Young Talent Awards )	Life's work	International Award
2019	Brandon Maxwell	Rick Owens	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row	Emily Adams Bode for BODE New York	Bob Mackie	Sarah Burton ( Great Britain) for Alexander McQueen
2018	Raf Simons for Calvin Klein	Supreme	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row	Sander Lak for Sies Marjan	Narciso Rodriguez	Donatella Versace ( Italy) for Versace
2017	Raf Simons for Calvin Klein	Raf Simons for Calvin Klein	Stuart Vevers for Coach, Inc.	Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia for Monse	Rick Owens	Demna Gvasalia ( Georgia) for Vetements and Balenciaga
2016	Marc Jacobs	Thom Browne	Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel	Brandon Maxwell (W), Alex, Matthew and Samantha Orley for Orley (M), Paul Andrew (A)	Norma Kamali	Alessandro Michele ( Italy) for Gucci
2015	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row	Tom Ford	Tabitha Simmons	Rosie Assoulin (W), Shayne Oliver for Hood by Air (M), Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel (A)	Betsey Johnson	Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli ( Italy) for Valentino
2014	Joseph Altuzarra	Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row	Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters for Creatures of the Wind (W), Tim Coppens (M), Irene Neuwirth (A)	Tom Ford	Raf Simons ( Belgium) for Dior
2013	Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler	Thom Browne	Phillip Lim	Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty for SUNO (W), Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School (M), Pamela Love (A)	Vera Wang	Riccardo Tisci ( Italy) for Givenchy
2012	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row	Billie Reid	Reid Krakoff	Joseph Altuzarra (W), Phillip Lim (M), Tabitha Simmons (A)	Tommy Hilfiger	Rei Kawakubo ( Japan) for Comme des Garçons
2011	Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler	Michael Bastian	Alexander Wang	Prabal Gurung (W), Robert Geller (M), Robert Geller (A)	Marc Jacobs	Phoebe Philo ( United Kingdom) for Celine
2010	Marc Jacobs	Marcus Wainwright and David Neville for Rag & Bone	Alexis Bittar	Jason Wu (W), Richard Chai (M), Alexander Wang (A)	Michael Kors	Christopher Bailey ( United Kingdom) for Burberry
2009	Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte	Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders , Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection	Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler	Alexander Wang (W), Tim Hamilton (M), Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry (A)	Anna Sui	Marc Jacobs ( United States) for Louis Vuitton
2008	Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein Collection	Tom Ford	Tory Burch	Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte (W), Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (M), Philip Crangi (A)	Carolina Herrera	Dries Van Noten ( Belgium)
2007	Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler	Ralph Lauren	Derek Lam	Phillip Lim (W), David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone (M), Jessie Randall for Loeffler Randall (A)	Robert Lee Morris	Pierre Cardin ( Italy)
2006	Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein Collection	Thom Browne	Tom Binns	Doo-Ri Chung (W), Jeff Halmos, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley and John Whitledge for Trovata (M), Devi Kroell (A)	Stan Herman	Olivier Theyskens ( Belgium) for Rochas
2005	Vera Wang	John Varvatos	-	Derek Lam (W), Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak (M), Nak Armstrong and Anthony Camargo for Anthony Nak (A)	Diane von Furstenberg	Alber Elbaz ( Israel) for Lanvin
2004	Carolina Herrera	Sean Combs for Sean John	Reed Krakoff	Zac Posen (W), Eugenia Kim (A)	Donna Karan	Miuccia Prada ( Italy) for Prada
2003	Narciso Rodriguez	Michael Kors	Marc Jacobs	Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler (Ready-to-Wear Award), Brian Atwood (A)	Anna Wintour	Alexander McQueen ( United Kingdom)
2002	Narciso Rodriguez	Marc Jacobs	Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent	Rick Owens (Perry Ellis Award)	Grace Coddington Karl Lagerfeld	Hedi Slimane ( France) for Dior Homme
2001	Tom Ford	John Varvatos	Reed Krakoff	Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli for Bruce (W), William Reid (Billy Reid) (M), Edmundo Castillo (A)	Calvin Klein	Nicolas Ghesquière ( France) for Balenciaga
2000	Oscar de la Renta	Helmut Lang	Richard Lambertson & John Truex	Miguel Adrover (W), John Varvatos (M), Dean Harris (A)	Valentino Garavani	Jean-Paul Gaultier ( France)
1998/ 1999	Michael Kors	Calvin Klein	-	Bryan Bradley & Josh Patner for Tuleh (W), Matt Nye (M), Tony Valentine (A)	Yves Saint Laurent	Yōji Yamamoto ( Japan)
1997	Marc Jacobs	John Bartlett	Kate Spade	Narciso Rodriguez (W), Sandy Dalal (M)	Geoffrey Beene	John Galliano ( France) for Christian Dior
1996	Donna Karan	Ralph Lauren	Elsa Peretti	Daryl Kerrigan for Daryl K. (W), Gene Meyer (M), Miranda Morrison and Keri Sigerson for Sigerson Morrison (A)	Arnold Scaasi	Helmut Lang ( Austria)
1995	Ralph Lauren	Tommy Hilfiger	Hush puppies	Marie-Anne Oudejans (W), Richard Tyler (M), Richard Bengtsson and Edward Pavlick for Richard Edwards (M), Kate Spade (A)	Hubert de Givenchy	Tom Ford ( United States) for Gucci
1994	Richard Tyler	-	Robert Lee Morris (women) Gene Meyer (men)	Cynthia Rowley as well as Victor Alfaro (W) and Robert Freda (M)	Carrie Donovan Nonnie Moore Bernadine Morris	-
1993	Calvin Klein	Calvin Klein		Richard Tyler (W), John Bartlett (M)	Judith Leiber Polly Allen Mellen	Prada (accessories) (Italy)
1992	Marc Jacobs	Donna Karan	Chrome Hearts	Anna Sui	Pauline Trigère	Gianni Versace (Italy)
1991	Isaac Mizrahi	Roger Forsythe	Karl Lagerfeld	Todd Oldham	Ralph Lauren	Karl Lagerfeld (accessories) ( Germany) for Chanel
1990	Donna Karan	Joseph Abboud	Manolo Blahnik	Christian Francis Roth	Martha Graham	-
1989	Isaac Mizrahi	Joseph Abboud	Paloma Picasso	Gordon Henderson	Oscar de la Renta	-
1988	-	Bill Robinson	-	Isaac Mizrahi	Richard Avedon Nancy Reagan	Karl Lagerfeld ( Germany) for Chanel
1987	Calvin Klein (Best American Collection)	Ronaldus Shamask	-	Marc Jacobs	Giorgio Armani Eleanor Lambert	Manolo Blahnik ( Spain)
1986	"Special Awards" u. a. for Geoffrey Beene, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren	-	-	David Cameron	Bill Blass Marlene Dietrich	Christian Lacroix ( France)
1985	"Special Awards" u. a. for Liz Claiborne , Ray-Ban , Miami Vice	-	-	-	Katharine Hepburn Alexander Liberman	-
1984	"Special Awards" u. a. for James Galanos, Bergdorf Goodman	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Prize winners without categories: Calvin Klein, Perry Ellis, Antonio Lopez etc.	-	-	-	-	Issey Miyake ( Japan), Giorgio Armani ( Italy)
1982	Prize winners without categories: Norma Kamali, Perry Ellis, Antonio Lopez etc.	-	-	-	-	Karl Lagerfeld ( Germany)
1981	Prize winners without categories: Jhane Barnes, Calvin Klein, Perry Ellis, Ralph Lauren, Andrew Fezza, Alexander Julian etc.	-	-	-	-	Yves Saint Laurent ( France)

1. ↑ womenswear (see W in table; German women’s fashion ), menswear (see M; German men’s fashion ), accessory design (see A; German accessories design ).

Web links

• www.cfda.com Official website of the CFDA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rag & Bone . Rag & Bone. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 8, 2013.