Council of Fashion Designers of America

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a non-profit trade group for American fashion designers founded in 1962.^[1]

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

Contents 1 Awards 1.1 Past winners[1] 2 References 3 External links

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	Perry Ellis Emerging Talent Award for Ready-to-Wear[3]	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 Owens	Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme
2001	Tom Ford	John Varvatos	Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli for Bruce (womenswear) and William Reid (menswear)	Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga
2000	Oscar de la Renta	Helmut Lang	Miguel Adrover (womenswear) and John Varvatos (menswear)	Jean-Paul Gaultier

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.

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