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Earlier today CFDA officially announced its nominees and honorees for this year’s CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Amazon Fashion. Keep reading to find out more.
The nominees for American Womenswear Designer of the Year are Catherine Holstein for KHAITE, Christopher John Rogers, Gabriela Hearst, LaQuan Smith, and Peter Do.
The American Menswear Designer of the Year nominees are Emily Bode Aujla for Bode, Jerry Lorenzo for Fear of God, Mike Amiri for Amiri, Thom Browne for Thom Browne New York, and Willy Chavarria.
The American Accessory Designer of the Year nominees is Aurora James for Brother Vellies, Brandon Blackwood, Raul Lopez for LUAR, Stuart Vevers for Coach, and Telfar Clemens for Telfar.
The Board of Trustee’s Award will posthumously be given to Virgil Abloh to honor the late designer’s contribution to global fashion.
This year’s CFDA Icon is Musician & Actor Lenny Kravitz.
This year’s ceremony also will mark the introduction of the Stylist Award and the inaugural recipient is Law Roach.
In honor of the 60th anniversary, CFDA is also adding a one-time Special Anniversary Award to longtime CFDA member and Designer Jeffrey Banks.
“The 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards will celebrate not just honor American fashion’s best and brightest talents, but also the CFDA’s 60th-anniversary milestone,” CFDA CEO Steven Kolb said. “This year’s nominees reflect the renewed excitement around American fashion generated by designers who are redefining the future of our industry. The CFDA thanks Amazon Fashion for its support of the awards.”
The 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Amazon Fashion will take place on Monday, November 7th, at Cipriani South Street at Casa Cipriani in Manhattan.
To mark the CFDA’s 60th anniversary, the awards will be co-hosted by CFDA members Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, Lazaro Hernandez, and Jack McCollough.
Stay tuned to My Own Sense of Fashion as we keep you posted as we get closer to the event. For the full list of this year’s nominees and honorees, you can head over to CFDA’s website.
You can visit our website for all our previous CFDA Fashion Awards coverage.
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