Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has grown substantially in scope and influence since it was established by Eleanor Lambert.
was established in 2003 to provide financial support and business mentoring to the next generation of American fashion designers. Since its inception 160 designers have received mentoring and a total of more than $6.7 million has been given to them.
The winners receive one-on-one mentoring and expertise from industry leaders. For example, when Christopher John Rogers won, his mentor was Pierre-Yves Roussel, CEO of Tory Burch. When Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss won the prize, his mentor was Laurent Claquin, head of Kering Americas. Telfar got Josh Schulman, the former president and CEO of Coach, as a mentor.
which helps increase the level of diverse student support that we can provide,” he said. He noted that last year 80 percent of its student recipients were from diverse backgrounds. They provide scholarship money, mentorship and professional development. For example, they have a scholarship with Coach where the students not only receive funding for their tuition, but they’re also getting access to the Coach team for mentoring.
For “Early Emerging Designers,” CFDA has a program called Fashion Future Graduate Showcase that lives online. “That’s really a job bank, it’s meant for recruiters, HR, designers, industry…and they can see a portfolio of their work on cfda.com,” said Kolb. The last group is “Emeritus,” which are influential designers where fashion is still a big part of their lives and they’re still connected to it, such as Mary McFadden.
He also tightened the official NYFW schedule to five days and five nights; launched the American Collections Calendar to include all American designers regardless of when and where they are showing, and helped CFDA forge a stronger alliance with IMG.noted that during von Furstenberg’s tenure, the group bought the Fashion Calendar from Ruth Finley in 2015. “Prior to that, Ruth was responsible for scheduling.
He said sometimes the narrative appears to be about who’s not showing and sometimes that appears to represent a weak fashion week. “We really put the focus on the creativity and the strength of the designers showing, and have given license to brands who want to show in Europe or outside the calendar and they’ll still be counted and valued as a CFDA member,” he said.
While some people may question the validity of having a fashion show and whether brand building can be done more effectively over social media, Kolb believes a live fashion show is still important. “The pandemic created a challenge and a need, and we quickly had a solution to it,” said Kolb. “Where we can foresee something and put time and energy and resource to it, we often do, but sometimes it’s as a reaction to something, like Common Thread, 9/11, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and Fashion’s Night Out.
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