Council of Fashion Designers of America Annual Report 2015 The mission

Diane von of the Council of Furstenberg and Steven Kolb Fashion Designers Letter from the Chairman, Diane von Furstenberg, of America ıs to and the President and Chief Executive Officer, Steven Kolb strengthen the ashion is about family. The Council of Fashion Designers of America has become the perfect embodiment of that statement. In over five decades, we have cultivated a sense of community among leading American designers, where kinship supersedes competition and the ultimate goal is impact of American to strengthen the impact of American fashion in the global economy—which is also the mission statement of the CFDA. This year marked a major milestone for the CFDA. With the addition of 40 new designers to our membership, we broke through the 500 barrier. The continued growth is not fashion in the just a testament to the immense fashion talent in America, but also a worldwide recognition that the CFDA is a top organization devoted to helping its designer constituency at every stage of their careers. In 2015, we expanded this community to further propel the mission. Each CFDA department—Strategic Partnerships Group, Philanthropy, Education & Professional global economy. FDevelopment, Editorial & Communications among them—was tasked to assemble special committees composed of executives from all fields. These don’t have to be CFDA Members. The goal is to bring a wider perspective and a new level of expertise to the conversation, which is especially useful as the CFDA grows with several new initiatives. In 2015, these included the integration of the Fashion Calendar into the CFDA, the launch of eyewear, jewelry, and manufacturing showcases, and the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s, which galvanized the industry’s top talent to strengthen American menswear. It was a big success, and, just as importantly, brought this family even closer.

1 2 Membership in the Council of Fashion Designers of America is open to Americans who are designing in the United States or abroad, or international designers whose businesses are based in the United States. Applicants must meet certain criteria and submit a visual presentation of their work, accompanied by a detailed Membership written application and letters of recommendation. The Admissions Committee meets annually to review candidates’ applications before making recommendations to the CFDA’s Board of Directors. An affırmative vote by the Board is required for the acceptance of each new Member.

3 4 Membership The New Members Meet the New Forty

Front Row (from left): Ashley Jung, Paige Dellavalle, Scosha Woolridge, Ted Kim, Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur Back Row (from left): John Brevard, Michael Saiger, Raquel Allegra, Siki Im, Sally LaPointe, Francesca Amfitheatrof, Louise Camuto, Tanya Taylor, Elizabeth Fortunato, Paul Andrew, Sara Beltran, Misha Nonoo, Brett Heyman, Leigh Batnick Plessner, Rony Vardi, Gigi Burris, Jeff Press, Daniel Corrigan, Ryan Lobo, Nellie Partow, Ramon Martin, Brooke Garber Neidich, Jake Sargent, David Hart, Marina Polo, Britt Cosgrove, and Kristine Johannes

5 6 Membership The New Members

Ana Khouri the creative culture of Brooklyn and is directly with clients and stylists on featuring her signature color blocking, with Press’s creative direction, grown and with internships at Oscar de la Ana Khouri designed and made in Williamsburg. made-to-order couture pieces before exposed zippers, and geometric seams. throughout the U.S. with collection Renta and Lanvin. Assoulin debuted her Ana Khouri made art from early childhood. The duo pays particular attention to beginning to wholesale her creations in sales increasing exponentially. collection—which blends the romantically The Brazilian native studied sculpture minimalist detailing and hand-set stones 2013. The Florida native favors alligator Elizabeth Fortunato fantastical and reliably practical with in São Paulo. With degrees from the that are small in scale but high in quality. skin, and is also known for intricate Lizzie Fortunato Jewels Nellie Partow sculpted ease and bold lines—for resort Gemological Institute of America and feather and couture handwork. Duke University alum Elizabeth Nellie Partow 2014. She won the CFDA Swarovski Central Saint Martins, she launched her Guido Campello “Lizzie” Fortunato worked at Paul Nellie Partow’s refined, minimalist Award for Womenswear in 2015. line in 2002. Based in New York City Cosabella Shayne Oliver Wilmot Communications for a year ready-to-wear can be traced to her since 2012, she focuses on limited-edition The family-owned Italian lingerie Hood by Air before launching her namesake accessories mother’s assured sense of self and style, Ted Kim pieces that look to Alexander Calder, company Cosabella is in its second Hood by Air is the convergence of label. Today, Fortunato still makes which define Partow in both her careers RVN Richard Serra, and Louise Bourgeois. generation, with Guido Campello and his an ensemble of artists that, under the every sample by hand and is involved as a competitive champion boxer and Parsons alum Ted Kim worked at Donna A Khouri tenet: bringing fine jewelry into sister Silvia leading the firm. After serving creative direction of Shayne Oliver, in design, production, and branding. fashion designer. The San Francisco State Karan, Michael Kors, and Anne Klein before the twenty-first century for women to wear as Cosabella’s president of branding and operates in fashion, experimental She also authors A Fortune Found, a University and Parsons School of Design launching RVN. The label is based on without the requisite hauteur it once held. innovation, Campello was named CEO in music, image-making, nightlife, and blog chronicling the people, fashion, art, alumna worked at Donna Karan, Calvin the idea of a “ReVolutioN” in contemporary 2014. He directs global strategy for sales performance. Relying on strategies such travels, and moods that inform her work. Klein, and John Varvatos before launching womenswear, and is a lifestyle brand Matt Baldwin distribution, marketing initiatives, and as appropriation and sampling, Hood by her namesake luxury collection in 2011. that epitomizes the cool, edgy style Baldwin product development. He also manages all Air’s work subverts traditional divisions Floriana Gavriel of Manhattan, mainly via jacquard knit Matt Baldwin’s career began at Los exclusive design collaborations, including between original and copy, human & Rachel Mansur Paul Andrew dresses. Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Katy Angeles’s Fashion Institute of Design those with Urban Outfitters and J.Crew. and machine, and art and commerce. Mansur Gavriel Paul Andrew Perry, Miranda Kerr, and Kate Hudson & Manufacturing. In 2003, he founded Floriana Gavriel studied fashion design The British-born footwear and accessories are among those who have worn RVN. the Standard Style store in Kansas David Hart Jake Sargent at the University of the Arts Bremen in designer Paul Andrew cultivated his craft City, Missouri, and launched Baldwin David Hart Jake Sargent Germany, while Rachel Mansur is an with over fifteen years at such houses Denim & Collection in 2009. Cut David Hart studied at the Fashion Jake Sargent took over the creative alumna of RISD. The duo met in Los as Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Alexander and sewn in the U.S., the collection Institute of Technology and received direction of Simon Miller in 2011 Angeles in 2010 and developed their brand McQueen, and Narciso Rodriguez. He consists of mens- and womenswear his BFA in fashion design in 2004. While with Daniel Corrigan. Prior to joining concept for two years before launching launched his own collection for spring with functionality, modern design, and designing for Anna Sui, Tommy Hilfiger, Simon Miller, Sargent oversaw the Mansur Gavriel handbags with its signature 2013, combining impeccable materials and American-made goods at its core. and Ralph Lauren, Hart refined his retail and product-collaboration arm Bucket Bag. The designers won the 2015 handmade craftsmanship with ingenuity skills and cultivated his own aesthetic. of Monocle magazine. In early 2016, CFDA Swarovski Award for Accessory and the latest technologies for fit, comfort,

Floriana In 2009, he launched the David Hart Sargent left Simon Miller to pursue Design, and have since added shoes and and performance. In 2014, Andrew won Gavriel & Co. line of luxury ties, bow ties, and other projects in New York City. new bag silhouettes to the collection. the top CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. and Rachel Mansur pocket squares, followed by his first full menswear collection in 2013. Hart John Brevard Michael Saiger Raquel Allegra produces all of his clothing and fabrics John Brevard Miansai Raquel Allegra in the U.S., Italy, Ireland, and the U.K. John Brevard applies a background in Michael Saiger, who launched his When Raquel Allegra was working in sales architecture and multidisciplinary arts handmade accessories brand with at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills in Sara Beltran to his celestial designs with a focus a single bracelet in 2008, is inspired 2002, clients asked her about the vintage Dezso by Sara Beltran on fine jewelry. Inspired by the principles by childhood memories of beaches and T-shirts she redesigned and wore. This

Inspired by her love for the oceanic of natural order, each piece is symbolic other New England traditions, as well propelled the Berkeley, California, native Ana world, Sara Beltran founded Dezso— of the inseparable relationship of the as Blithewold, his mother’s antique to make one-of-a-kind pieces full-time, Khouri and “desire” in Latin—in 2006. The F.I.T. part to the whole. Brevard, based in shop. Over the past seven years, Miansai including individually hand-dyed and Misha graduate incorporates marine motifs Miami and New York City, manifests evolved into a multicategory label deconstructed cast-off prison tees. Allegra Nonoo and designs into her 18-karat rose-gold, this vision by integrating design, available in 40 U.S. states and 36 countries, expanded her label into a full collection semiprecious-, and precious-stone fashion, architecture, and technology. and in his New York flagship store. with richly textured pieces in silk, linen, Sally LaPointe pieces. Diamonds, emeralds, blue tiger cashmere, and French lace in 2009. Sally LaPointe eye, coral, and black pearl are often cut Kendra Scott Misha Nonoo Attracted to painting and sculpture from or carved into shapes taken from the sea. Kendra Scott Misha Nonoo Kristine Johannes an early age, Sally LaPointe was fascinated Jewelry designer turned brand Bahrain-born and London-raised, Rauwolf with making objects that explored Louise Camuto Brett Heyman visionary and CEO Kendra Scott Misha Nonoo had a multicultural German-born, New York–based Kristine personal experiences and elicited a Camuto Group Edie Parker launched her first collection in 2002 upbringing that gave her a deep Johannes introduced Rauwolf, her line visceral response. With her fellow Rhode Born in Sweden, Louise Camuto moved Brett Heyman launched the Edie Parker with just $500. Today, she continues appreciation for global artistry. With of architectural Plexiglas clutches, in Island School of Design graduate Sarah to New York City to study fine arts and brand of clutches and handbags in to lead the inspiration and design that and sophisticated urbanites in 2012. The pieces are carefully handcrafted Adelson, LaPointe moved to New York interior design. She cofounded Camuto 2010. Inspired by acrylic bags made in process each season. Scott draws mind, she launched the Misha Nonoo in Italy using a range of unique materials City and founded the namesake collection, Group with Vince Camuto, her late America in the 1950s and 1960s, the influence from her travels, passions, collection in 2011. Gwyneth Paltrow, and design elements, including inlaid which juxtaposes luxurious materials for husband, in 2001. In 2011, she was named former Gucci director of public relations and everyday experiences, with a Emma Watson, and Sarah Jessica Parker mirrors, liquid injections, razor-cut modern and minimal silhouettes, in 2010. creative director of the Vince Camuto decided to remake the style for a new continuing emphasis on the three pillars have worn pieces from the line. In March wood, resin, and engraving. Johannes, lifestyle brand. As chief creative officer, generation. The line has since evolved of family, fashion, and philanthropy. 2015, she also debuted her Aldo Rise who honed her craft at Calypso, J.Crew, Scosha Woolridge Camuto now guides it, as well as Camuto to include new silhouettes, shoulder collection of footwear and handbags. and Devi Kroell, introduced Rauwolf Scosha Group’s additional footwear brands. straps, and a variety of materials. Lisa Marie Fernandez Bridal and Rauwolf Bespoke in 2015. Australian-born Scosha Woolridge is Lisa Marie Fernandez Jeff Press inspired by her world travels, and, after Leigh Batnick Virginia Burris After graduating from F.I.T., Lisa Marie Morgenthal Frederics Rosie Assoulin settling in Brooklyn, made her first Scosha Plessner & Rony Vardi GIGI Burris Millinery Fernandez worked as a fashion stylist Jeff Press joined Morgenthal Frederics Rosie Assoulin piece based on her memory of a young Catbird Virginia “Gigi” Burris’s interest in and editor at American Vogue and in 1998, and was named designer of its At age thirteen, Rosie Assoulin began girl in India whose ears had been newly Rony Vardi dreamed up Catbird as an ever- millinery was heightened after studying Elle, among others. She later became eyewear collection in 2006. Utilizing using her grandmother’s sewing machine pierced with a hot-pink braided thread and changing shop of her favorite things in at Parsons Paris, and her frequent visits a successful freelance stylist before the finest materials such as buffalo to experiment with pattern, texture, a single piece of gold. All Scosha pieces are 2004. With design partner Leigh Batnick to the Old World mercerie shops there. launching her namesake swimwear horn, exotic woods, slate, sterling silver, and style. Later, she honed her skills handcrafted using ancient techniques for Plessner, Catbird has since evolved After apprenticing with couture milliner brand in 2009. Fernandez has since beautiful acetates, and titanium, the under mentor and future mother-in- metalsmithing and stone-setting. In 2013 into a fine-jewelry line that embraces Leah Chalfen, Burris started working added activewear, with silhouettes Morgenthal Frederics collection has, law Roxanne Assoulin of Lee Angel, she added fine jewelry to the collection.

7 8 Membership The New Members Membership Member Opportunities

Brooke Garber Neidich lifelong dream to become designers. collection—an optimistic expression of Sidney Garber They launched their jewelry line in 2009, feminine shapes enhanced with tactile Brooke Garber Neidich’s father, and found funding from Lori Greiner and uses of color and print— in 2012. Sidney Garber, was the son of a Mark Cuban via ABC’s hit TV show Shark New Members watchmaker and launched his own Tank. Partnering with Cuban and Greiner, Francesca Amfitheatrof Party Hosted jewelry store in 1946. He instilled a love the team also designed the Women Tiffany & Co. of design, detail, and fine execution in Warriors by Stella Valle jewelry line, Francesca Amfitheatrof joined Tiffany by Reed Krakoff his daughter. In 2008, she inherited and the Stella Valle for Target collection. & Co. as design director in 2013 with the Sidney Garber fine-jewelry business. over 20 years of experience in art, 10.27 The 40 new Members were All proceeds from sales are destined Britt Cosgrove jewelry design, fragrance, furniture, invited to the home of Reed Krakoff, for not-for-profit organizations & Marina Polo and interiors. The trained jeweler, Admissions Chair and Board Member, dedicated to children’s mental health Svilu silversmith, and Central Saint Martins for the CFDA’s New Members Party. and wellness, education, and the arts. Founded in 2012, Svilu seeks to readdress and Royal College of Art graduate This was Krakoff’s second time hosting the fundamentals of a woman’s wardrobe designed jewelry collections for Chanel, the annual event. The new designers had Siki Im via environmentally sustainable and Fendi, and Alice Temperley; jewelry the chance to connect with one another Siki Im socially sensitive staples in silhouettes and accessories for Marni; and jewelry before a private toast with Chairman Born in Cologne, Germany, Siki Im borrowed from the boys. Central Saint and silverware for Asprey & Garrard. Diane von Furstenberg and remarks studied architecture at Oxford and Martins graduate Marina Polo apprenticed from Krakoff, who recalled becoming a worked as an architect before relocating at Lesage, Vera Wang, and Cloak, and Ryan Lobo & Ramon Martin Reed Krakoff and Member nearly two decades ago and to New York and working at Karl worked at Peter Som, while Britt Cosgrove Tome Diane von Furstenberg how much the CFDA has evolved since. Lagerfeld and Helmut Lang. In 2009 began her career in public relations for Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin met in he introduced his own collection, adding Prada and Hogan before enrolling at 1998 while at the University of Technology the extension Den Im line of essential Parsons and working with Peter Som on in Sydney, Australia. Lobo went on utilitarian clothing in 2014. The Senior the Tommy Hilfiger runway collection. to work as a designer, buyer, stylist, Concept adjunct professor at Parsons journalist, and brand consultant in was named a winner for the 2015–2016 Tanya Taylor Australia. Martin developed his design International Woolmark Regional Finals. Tanya Taylor aesthetic with spells at Alberta Ferretti, “The goal of CFDA Committees is to Raised in Toronto, Tanya Taylor grew Jean Paul Gaultier, J.Mendel, and Derek Paige Dellavalle & Ashley Jung up surrounded by three generations Lam. The duo launched Tome in New York bring a wider perspective and a new Stella Valle of fiercely ambitious women whose in 2011 with a succinct ethos: clean-cut, The sisters Paige Dellavalle and creative approach to fashion served as essential dressing with female artists level of expertise to the CFDA.” Ashley Jung both attended the United an inspiration. The Parsons alumna serving as seasonal muses that influence States Military Academy and served as spent three years designing at Elizabeth wardrobe staples such as the white shirt, —Lisa Smilor, Executive VicePresident, CFDA U.S. Army Officers before following their and James and launched her own the trench coat, and the camisole dress.

Biannual Membership Meetings Member Showcases 10.26, 1.17 + 11.20 In the fall of 2015, 4.30 + 10.27 The CFDA’s biannual Membership CFDA’s headquarters transformed into meetings are an opportunity for the CFDA to share a showroom on three occasions. On plans for upcoming initiatives and objectives, October 26, the CFDA hosted its second as well as a valuable time for Members to interact Jewelry Showcase featuring the work Anne Keating and network. Members convened at the CFDA of seventeen Members’ jewelry brands. and Tony headquarters at 65 Bleecker Street in New York City On November 17, seven specialty studios Spring twice in 2015. In April, the plans for the inaugural New and product-development ateliers— York Fashion Week: Men’s were announced, and an all grant recipients of the Fashion

overview was given of new professional-development Manufacturing Initiative—participated Marc Alary, opportunities and strategic partners that Members at an Open House at the CFDA. Billy Reid, and could take advantage of. It also featured a presentation On November 20, the CFDA became Italo Zucchelli on marketing and business development by Jamie the home of the inaugural Eyewear Gutfreund, chief marketing officer at Deep Focus. Showcase, with nine Members’ brands In October, the newly inducted Members attended exhibiting their latest sunglass designs. Designers on Instagram: an exclusive New Member Orientation with the CFDA staff, followed by the general Membership Meeting, Member Committees #Fashion Launches at Bloomingdale’s at which the latest Member benefits were discussed, In 2015 the CFDA formed committees 4.8 Designers Amy Smilovic, Billy Reid, Charlotte Ronson, Christian as well as the upcoming 2016 New York Fashion Week in different fields as a way to bring Siriano, Gilles Mendel, Gerard Yosca, and Italo Zucchelli were among dates and updates from the Jewelry and Eyewear together CFDA Members who are experts those celebrating the launch of CFDA’s tenth book, Designers on Instagram: committees. It concluded with a presentation by in various arenas. These groups include: #FASHION, at Bloomingdale’s on 59th Street. CFDA/Bloomingdale’s-branded Karen Robinovitz, chief creative officer at Digital Brand the CFDA Philanthropy, Innovation, selfie sticks were a popular accessory, and guests posed for selfies with friends. Architects, on building a holistic brand, working with Eyewear, Education, Communications, The book, published by Abrams, features more than 250 Instagram photos influencers, and utilizing Instagram and Snapchat. and Jewelry committees. handpicked by the designers themselves.

9 10 Membership In Memoriam Membership Current Roster

500+ Members as of 12/31/15 Amsale Aberra Kevin Carrigan Andrew Fezza Sharon Khazzam Barbara Linda Platt Maria Snyder Board of Reem Acra Liliana Casabal Cheryl Finnegan Ana Khouri McReynolds Tom Platt Todd Snyder Directors Alexa Adams Edmundo Castillo Eileen Fisher Barry David Meister Alexandre Plokhov Mimi So Diane von Kieselstein-Cord Jonathan Meizler Furstenberg, Adolfo Kristy Caylor Jennifer Fisher Marina Polo Peter Som Board Chairman Eugenia Kim Andreas Melbostad Babi Ahluwalia Jean-Michel Dana Foley Laura Poretzky Kate Spade Michael Kors, Sachin Ahluwalia Cazabat Tom Ford Ted Kim Gilles Mendel Zac Posen Gunnar Spaulding Vice Chairman Waris Ahluwalia Salvatore Cesarani Elizabeth Adam Kimmel Gene Meyer Whitney Pozgay Peter Speliopoulos Marcus Steven Alan Richard Chai Fortunato Calvin Klein Jennifer Meyer Jeff Press Michael Spirito Wainwright, Vice Chairman Marc Alary Julie Chaiken Istvan Francer Michael Kors B Michael Virginie Promeyrat Simon Spurr Vera Wang, Simon Alcantara Greg Chait Isaac Franco Monica Rich Carlos Miele James Purcell Laurie Stark Kosann General Secretary Fred Allard Amy Chan R. Scott French Stefan Miljanic Jessie Randall Richard Stark Fiona Kotur Marin Mimi So, Linda Allard Natalie Chanin Shane Gabier Derrick Miller David Rees Cynthia Steffe Treasurer Grant Krajecki Raquel Allegra Kip Chapelle James Galanos Nicole Miller Tracy Reese Shelly Steffee Tory Burch Reed Krakoff Joseph Altuzarra Georgina Brooke Garber Malia Mills William Reid Sue Stemp Georgina Chapman Neidich Michel Rebecca Minkoff Chapman Francesca Kramer-Metraux Robin Renzi Scott Sternberg Amfitheatrof Ron Chereskin Flora Gavriel James Mischka Philip Crangi Regina Kravitz Mary Ann Restivo Robert Stock Wenlan Chia Judy Geib Prabal Gurung Carolina Amato Richard Mishaan Brian Reyes Steven Stolman Arnold Scaasi Susie Cho Nancy Geist Devi Kroell Paul Andrew Isaac Mizrahi Stan Herman Nikki Kule Judith Ripka Jay Strongwater Arnold Scaasi, a founding CFDA Member Ron Anderson Dao-Yi Chow Robert Geller Lauren Moffatt Lazaro Hernandez Christopher Kunz Patrick Robinson Jill Stuart Miho Aoki David Chu Geri Gerard Bibhu Mohapatra Tommy Hilfiger and favorite of Ladies who Lunch and Nicholas Kunz Loree Rodkin Anna Sui Greg Armas Eva Chun Chow Gai Gherardi Sean Monahan Carole Hochman First Ladies, from Mamie Eisenhower Blake Kuwahara David Rodriguez Koi Suwannagate Nak Armstrong Doo-Ri Chung Tess Giberson Claude Morais Marc Jacobs to Laura Bush, died in August.Born Steven Lagos Eddie Rodriguez Daiki Suzuki Rosie Assoulin Peter Cohen Flora Gill Paul Morelli Norma Kamali Derek Lam Narciso Rodriguez Albertus Arnold Isaacs in Montreal—he deliberately Brian Atwood Kenneth Cole Justin Giunta Robert Lee Morris Swanepoel Reed Krakoff Richard Robert Rodriguez reversed his name to sound Italian— Lisa Axelson Liz Collins Adriano Miranda Morrison Elie Tahari Derek Lam Goldschmied Lambertson Jackie Rogers Scaasi was known for impeccably tailored Lubov Azria Michael Colovos Rebecca Moses Robert Tagliapietra Ralph Lauren Gary Graham Adrienne Landau Pamella Roland suits and glamorous eveningwear, as Max Azria Nicole Colovos Kate Mulleavy Johnny Talbot Deborah Lloyd Nicholas Graham Liz Lange Charlotte Ronson Yigal Azrouël Sean Combs Laura Mulleavy Vivienne Tam Jenna Lyons well as for his exuberant personality. In Rogan Gregory Sally Lapointe Lela Rose Rachel Comey Jack McCollough Vince Camuto Mark Badgley Ralph Lauren Sandra Muller Kara Ross Rebecca Taylor 1968, Barbra Streisand wore his sheer Henry Grethel Matt Baldwin Martin Cooper Matt Murphy Tanya Taylor Ashley Olsen In January, the fashion world mourned the loss of Vince Camuto. The widely overblouse and pants ensemble to Ulrich Grimm Eunice Lee Ippolita Rostagno Michael Ball Tim Coppens Blake Mycoskie Yeohlee Teng Tracy Reese Joy Gryson Jussara Lee Christian Roth respected business leader and shoe designer had cofounded Nine West Inc. collect her Academy Award for Funny Linda Balti Anna Corinna Gela Nash-Taylor Sophie Theallet Kara Ross Sellinger George Gublo Larry Leight Cynthia Rowley before launching his own brand. Through the Camuto Group, he held the Jessica Girl. Scaasi introduced the CFDA to Jeffrey Banks Josie Natori Olivier Theyskens Italo Zucchelli Maria Cornejo Prabal Gurung Nanette Lepore Rachel Roy Simpson Collection master license and partnered with Tory Burch to launch Ernest Trova, who created the trophy Leigh Bantivoglio LeAnn Nealz Gordon Thompson III Esteban Cortazar Scott Hahn Michael Leva Sonja Rubin Jhane Barnes Charlotte Neuville Monika Tilley Emeritus her footwear, playing an instrumental role in the creation of Burch’s Reva flat. for the CFDA Fashion Awards. He was Britt Cosgrove Jeff Halmos Natalie Levy Ralph Rucci John Bartlett Irene Neuwirth Zang Toi Board The New York native was an avid believer in philanthropy, helping such charities honored by the CFDA for Creative Francisco Costa Douglas Hannant Monique Lhuillier Kelly Ryan Victoria Bartlett David Neville Isabel Toledo Linda Allard as Ronald McDonald House, St. Jude’s Hospital, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Excellence in 1987, and with a Lifetime Victor Costa Cathy Hardwick Andrea Lieberman Ernest Sabine Gaby Basora Rozae Nichols Rafe Totengco Jeffrey Banks Society, and the Domestic Abuse Awareness Foundation. Achievement Award a decade later. Jeffrey Costello Karen Harman Phillip Lim Jamie Sadock Dennis Basso Roland Nivelais John Truex Leigh Bantivoglio Christian Cota Dean Harris Johan Lindeberg Michael Saiger Michael Bastian Vanessa Noel Trina Turk John Bartlett Erica Courtney David Hart Marcella Cynthia Sakai Leigh Batnick Lindeberg Misha Nonoo Mish Tworkowski Dana Buchman Steven Cox Johnson Hartig Selima Salaun Plessner Adam Lippes Maggie Norris Patricia Underwood David Chu Keren Craig Sylvia Heisel Justin Salguero Shane Baum Deborah Lloyd Paige Novick Kay Unger Kenneth Cole Philip Crangi Joan Helpern Lisa Salzer Bradley Bayou Ryan Lobo Juan Carlos Obando Carmen Marc Valvo Francisco Costa Angela Stan Herman Angel Sanchez Veronica Elizabeth Locke Kerry O’Brien Rony Valvo Philip Crangi Miele Beard Cummings Lazaro Hernandez Jake Sargent Dana Lorenz Michelle Ochs Nicholas Varney Louis Dell’Olio Veronica Emily Current Carolina Herrera Behnaz Sarafpour Nili Lotan Shayne Oliver John Varvatos Marc Ecko Swanson Beard Carly Cushnie Brett Heyman Janis Savitt Pamela Love Ashley Olsen Cynthia Vincent Carolina Herrera Erin Beatty Sandy Dalal Tommy Hilfiger Arnold Scaasi Tina Lutz Mary-Kate Olsen Adrienne Vittadini Marc Jacobs Susan Beischel Robert Danes Carole Hochman Jordan Schlanger Jenna Lyons Sigrid Olsen Clare Vivier Alexander Julian Sara Beltran Mark Davis Mara Hoffman Lorraine Schwartz Sarah Lytvinenko Luca Orlandi Diane von Donna Karan Stacey Bendet Ruthie Davis Swaim Hutson Kendra Scott Victor Lytvinenko Maxwell Osborne Furstenberg Calvin Klein Richard Bengtsson Donald Deal Siki Im Ricky Serbin Bob Mackie Max Osterweis Patricia Richard Magda Berliner Louis Dell’Olio Sang A Im-Propp Ronaldus Shamask von Musulin Lambertson Jeff Mahshie Ariel Ovadia Coomi Bhasin Paige Dellavalle Alejandro Ingelmo Arielle Shapiro Marcus Wainwright Mary McFadden Catherine Shimon Ovadia Alexandre Birman Pamela Dennis Marc Jacobs George Sharp Tom Walko Nicole Miller Malandrino Rick Owens Alexis Bittar Lyn Devon Henry Jacobson Danielle Sherman Alexander Wang Robert Lee Morris Colette Malouf Thakoon Panichgul Kenneth Kathryn Dianos Eric Javits, Jr. Marcia Sherrill Vera Wang Patrick Robinson Bonavitacola Isaac Manevitz Monica Paolini Rachel Dooley Lisa Jenks Sam Shipley Cathy Waterman Narciso Sully Bonnelly Melissa Joy Gregory Parkinson Keanan Duffty Kristine Johannes Manning Tadashi Shoji Heidi Weisel Rodriguez Eddie Borgo Raan Parton Randolph Duke Betsey Johnson Rachel Mansur Kari Sigerson Stuart Weitzman Selima Salaun Monica Botkier Shea Parton Stephen Dweck Ulla Johnson Robert Marc Daniel Silberman Trish Wescoat Kate Spade Mary Ann Restivo Carlos Falchi Marc Bouwer Marc Ecko Nellie Partow Daniel Silver Pound Cynthia Steffe Alexander Julian Mary Jane John Brevard Marcia Patmos Libby Edelman Ashley Jung Marcasiano Howard Silver Carla Westcott Yeohlee Teng Fashion was in the DNA of Mary Ann Carlos Falchi, the Brazilian accessories designer best known for exotic Barry Bricken John Patrick Sam Edelman Gemma Kahng Lana Marks Jonathan Simkhai John Whitledge Monika Tilley Restivo, who died in January. Her handbags, died in March after a four-decade career. Falchi started making Thom Browne Edward Pavlick Mark Eisen Norma Kamali Paul Marlow Tabitha Simmons Edward Wilkerson Isabel Toledo father worked as a fashion designer; her unconventional clothing and bags for himself, and then musician friends, Dana Buchman Monique Péan Meritt Elliott Jen Kao Deborah Marquit Michael Simon Brian Wolk Patricia Andrew Buckler Gabriela Perezutti Underwood mother was a naturally elegant woman such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Elvis Presley, and Mick Jagger. Lola Ehrlich Donna Karan Raymon Martin George Simonton Gary Wolkowitz Sophie Buhai Patty Perreira John Varvatos whose style was influenced by 1930s His designs, including the Buffalo Satchel, were highly influential, and he Karen Erickson Kasper Jana Matheson Paul Sinclaire Scosha Woolridge Tory Burch Lisa Perry Gerard Yosca movie stars. The F.I.T. graduate built created runway accessories for Donna Karan, Vera Wang, and Ralph Rucci. Patrik Ervell Ken Kaufman Lisa Mayock Christian Siriano Jason Wu Ben Burkman James Perse David Yurman a reputation as a creative designer of George Esquivel Jenni Kayne Anthony Sofia Sizzi Araks Yeramyan Doug Burkman Thomas Melillo Christopher Peters Steve Fabrikant Shaun Kearney Pamela Gerard Yosca contemporary sportswear, with women Virginia Burris Jessica McClintock Thuy Pham Skaist-Levy Carlos Falchi Liya Kebede David Yurman such as Gloria Steinem, Candice Bergen, Stephen Burrows Jack McCollough Robin Piccone Michael Smaldone Pina Ferlisi Anthony Keegan Gabriella Zanzani and Matilda Cuomo wearing her designs. Anthony Camargo Mary McFadden Mary Ping Amy Smilovic Lisa Marie Rod Keenan Katrin Zimmermann In 2002, she began to focus on designer Guido Campello Fernandez Kimberly Maria Pinto Michelle Smith Rachel Zoe Pat Kerr McDonald Carlos Campos Luis Fernandez Ashley Pittman Danielle Snyder Italo Zucchelli accessories for women who wanted to Naeem Khan Mark McNairy look elegant and also have fun. Louise Camuto Erin Fetherston Jill Platner Jodie Snyder Eva Zuckerman

11 12 CFDA Education builds upon the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s mission to strengthen the impact of American fashion in the global economy through Education impactful programming intended to support the designer’s lifecycle, beginning wıth aspirational, student, and postgraduate, to emergıng, and established- Member phases.

13 14 Education Educational Initiatives Fashion Overview Educational Initiatives Through its Educational Initiatives, the CFDA has provided a generation of enduring support to Education the future of fashion via the merit-based and prestigious CFDA Scholarship Program. Students competitively develop portfolio-based submissions reviewed by an esteemed CFDA Member–based selection committee. Creative briefing is designed to prompt exploration of individual design identity Committee combined with relevant industry parameters across a variety of design specializations, as well as sustainable fashion and social entrepreneurship. Post-graduation, the CFDA’s support continues The mission of the inaugural CFDA Fashion Education Committee is to with design fellowships framed to support the transition between education and industry. In addition provide an iterative, external canvas to financial awards, these unique, carefully curated, postgraduate opportunities provide access to and sounding board for strategic mentorship, immersive industry exposure, and iterative, creative research opportunities. planning of the CFDA’s Educational Initiatives. Through shared opinion and dialogue, the intention is to shape, define, and build value within the fashion-education ecosystem. Members are invited to engage as Men of the Cloth Screening advisors, acting as catalysts to support On the eve of the CFDA Fashion Education Summit, faculty were invited navigation of current and planned to attend a special New York premiere screening of Vicki Vasilopoulos’ CFDA opportunity spaces charged documentary Men of the Cloth,which chronicles the heritage of Italian tailoring with the goal to identify key needs and and the lives of three master tailors, at City Cinemas Village East in New York. 2015 Fashion CFDA PechaKucha challenges from the vantage point of Fashion INNOVATION varied stakeholders. Fashion California Education College of Summit the Arts, 2015 Fashion Tina Lutz INTEGRITY Education Joe Medved Education PASSION Parsons School Committee Michael Inspiring of DesigN, Leadership Steven Alan Smaldone Kent State Sarah Broach for Design & University Sam Shipley Social Change CFDA Scholarship Legacy Summit Sandy Dalal Lisa Smilor EXPERIENCE Moderator, 1.9 The fourth-annual 2015 Fashion Pratt Institute, Shelley Fox Simon Spurr In 1986, the CFDA established an endowed scholarship at Parsons School Julie Gilhart the School of Education Summit, held at the Fashion Sara Kozlowski of Design in memory of Perry Ellis, Member and former President of the the Art Institute Derek Lam Andaz 5th Avenue, invited faculty of Consultant of Chicago CFDA. In 1996, the CFDA Scholarship Program was created to award annual nineteen participating Educational Inka Apter CREATIVITY merit-based scholarship grants to students in their junior year in a four-year, EILEEN FISHER Fashion Institute Initiatives schools to gather for a day Katie of Technology, full-time college-level fashion design program. The Clara Hancox Scholarship Deguzman University of meaningful information exchange & Michael of Cincinnati Fund was added in 2007 to support the next generation of menswear Miller Shelley Fox, with a shared vision to support REPUTATION designers in honor of Clara Hancox, who reported for the Daily News Record K/LLER Academy of Simon Ungless, successful academic journeys and COLLECTION (DNR) from 1944 to 1993. Each year, the CFDA selects one aspiring menswear and Sarah Broach Art University, postgraduate routes to success. (2014 CFDA/Lexus Virginia design student among the applicants within its existing Scholarship Program Eco-Fashion Joe Program curation was inspired by the Commonwealth to receive the award. In 2014, an Excellence in Technical Design Award was Medved, Challenge University CoFounder/ CFDA’s Design Manifesto, “design it. winners) added, celebrating three-dimensional design acumen. President, RESPECT Tara St James Rhode Island Joe’s Black protect it.,” first released in 2012, STUDY NY Book School of Design, the same year as the Summit’s launch. (2014 CFDA/Lexus Stephens College Eco-Fashion During the afternoon session, Chwallenge IDEAS the thirteen principles of the runner-up) Drexel University, Columbia CFDA Design Manifesto were the College Chicago INSPIRATION impetus for a series of PechaKucha- TWO SCHOOLS CONFIDENCE style presentations where faculty OF FASHION Massachusetts College of “The impact of the CFDA’s legacy of enduring collaborated in showcasing school Moderator, Art and Design, Sarah Broach Marist College commonalities alongside stories of PR & Fashion support to fashion education is substantial— Consultant ORIGINALITY their respective student communities. Miami Shelley Fox International PARSONS school University of awarding 238 merit-based scholarships and of design Art and Design, Donna Karan Syracuse Professor University $1.56 million dollars. Equal to the program’s financial Tara St James, Inka Apter, of Fashion Julie Gilhart, Katie Deguzman, and Michael Miller & Director, TALENT MFA Fashion Connecting value, through its competitive selection process, Design & Society Talent to Simon Industry CFDA Design Scholars earn the hallmarks Ungless Joe Medved ACADEMY OF COFounder/ ART UNIVERSITY President, of recognition, honor, and prestige. Their talented Executive Joe’s Black Book Director, School vision is our fashion system’s future.” of Fashion —Sara Kozlowski

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2015 CFDA The following Scholarship schools Selection were invited Committee to participate Cfda in the CFDA Greg Armas Scholarship Michael Colovos Program in 2015 Luis Fernandez Academy of Scholarship Tess Giberson Art University Karen Harman San Francisco, Sara Kozlowski California Program Zac Posen California Behnaz College of Since its inception in 1996, the CFDA Sarafpour the Arts San Francisco, Scholarship Program has awarded 238 Lisa Smilor California merit-based scholarships totaling nearly $10,000 AWARD Columbia $1.6 million in support. As the cost of WINNERS College Young Chicago higher education continues to rise, Shin Hong Chicago, Illinois the financial impact of the program’s Savannah Drexel legacy is substantial. In March, CFDA College of Art University and Design, Georgia Philadelphia, Scholarship Committee Members Jennifer Lee Pennsylvania reviewed 92 portfolios, resulting in a Parsons School of Design, New York Fashion total of $160,000 in awarded funds. Institute of Jennifer Lee Pitzy Villagomez Ortega Tongxu Shan Pitzy Technology Equal to the program’s financial Villagomez New York, Ortega New York value, through competitive selection, Academy of Art CFDA Design Scholars earn the University, Kent State hallmarks of recognition, honor, and California University Young Shin Hong was Kent, Ohio prestige. Invitation-based participation selected to receive is highly competitive, with entrants the Clara Hancox Massachusetts Scholarship Award College of representing the best of undergraduate for Menswear Design Art and Design talent from the country’s top design Boston, $5,000 AWARD Massachusetts colleges and universities. CFDA Design WINNERS Miami Scholars are creative ambassadors who Minsu Kim International Parsons School University of demonstrate an exemplary caliber of of Design, Art and Design talent, potential, and professionalism. New York Miami, Florida An estimated 1,370 students of Anh Phuong Parsons Thy Do School participating Educational Initiatives Academy of Art of Design schools developed portfolio-based University, New York, california New York submissions in 2015 for the CFDA, Tongxu Shan Geoffrey Beene, Teen Vogue/Target, and Pratt Institute, Philadelphia New York. University Liz Claiborne scholarship awards. Only Philadelphia, Tongxu Shan was Pennsylvania thirteen CFDA Design Scholars and two also selected to receive the Excellence Pratt Institute honorable mentions were identified. in Technical Design brooklyn, Sunghee Yoon Young Shin Hong Each student sketchbook, written Award of $5,000. New York statement, and portfolio received HONORABLE Rhode Island MENTIONS School of Design careful evaluation, followed by Providence, thorough deliberation, a process taken Jennifer Vinh Rhode Island Fashion Institute very seriously by each dedicated CFDA of Technology, Savannah Scholarship Committee Member. New York College of Sunghee Yoon Art and Design Parsons School Savannah and of Design , Atlanta, Georgia New York The School CFDA Scholarship of the Art > Institute Awards of up to of Chicago $50,000 in total per Chicago, Illinois year are discretionary, as determined by the Syracuse CFDA Scholarship University Committee. In March Syracuse, 2015, the Scholarship New York Committee reviewed 48 portfolios in University of Cincinnati the categories of Cincinnati, Ohio womenswear, mens- wear, childrenswear, Virginia and accessories, Commonwealth awarding seven University scholarships and two Richmond,Vi rginia honorable mentions. Jennifer Vinh Minsu Kim Anh Phuong Thy Do

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Cfda/TeenVogue Scholarship in Partnership withTarget Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award

The CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship in CFDA/Teen CFDA/Teen The Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award was established in Claiborne’s design ethos, “fit the way you live,” and to dress Vogue Vogue Partnership with Target is an exclusive Scholarship Target 2009 by the CFDA and the late Art Ortenberg, Liz Claiborne’s women of the twenty-first century. The award identifies one opportunity for full-time sophomore students in Partnership Fashion husband and business partner. The scholarship commemorates womenswear-design student who, given the current culture and with Target Scholar, majoring in fashion design. Applicants are Selection $25,000 her remarkable career and celebrates the important contribution world in which today’s woman lives, best addresses her lifestyle challenged to create a visionary Target Guest Committee Sanglim Lee Liz Claiborne made to sportswear, redefining the way American and needs. In 2014, an additional Excellence in Technical Design Designer capsule collection marrying their 3.1 PHILLIP LIM Savannah women dressed. Participants are challenged to translate her Award of $5,000 was established. The School of the Art Institute PHILLIP LIM College of own aesthetic with the design DNA of a CFDA Art and Design, innovative approaches to design, merchandising, and business of Chicago’s Noa Loewald Hu is the 2015 winner of the Liz Claiborne selected CFDA Member in the categories of SARA Georgia to contemporary fashion. A teaching curriculum specifically Design Scholarship Award. Noa attended the CFDA Fashion Awards KOZLOWSKI, womenswear, menswear, and accessories. LISA SMILOR CFDA/Teen developed for the program gives students the chance to reinterpret in June, where the prestigious award of $25,000 was announced. Vogue Sanglim Lee of Savannah College of Art PUBLIC Target and Design earned the distinction of 2015 SCHOOL Finalists, LIZ CLAIBORNE DAO-YI CHOW, $12,500 each DESIGN Target Fashion Scholar and has been awarded MAXWELL SCHOLARSHIP OSBORNE Arthur a $25,000 Scholarship for her safari-inspired Morriset AWARD, $25,000 streetwear collection based on menswear TEEN VOGUE Parsons Noa Loewald Hu ESTHER School The School of the designer Mark McNairy’s brand. ADAMS ACHARA, of Design, Art Institute of (FORMERLY OF) New York Chicago, Illinois As Target Fashion Scholar, Sanglim traveled AMY ASTLEY, LIZ CLAIBORNE ANDREW BEVAN Austin to New York to attend Teen Vogue University as Nelson EXCELLENCE IN a guest of Teen Vogue; met CFDA and Selection TARGET Savannah TECHNICAL DESIGN GIGI GUERRA, College of SCHOLARSHIP Committee Members Phillip Lim and NORIA MORALES Art and Design, AWARD, $5,000 Georgia Isabella Spataro Public School’s Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Pratt Institute, Osborne; attended the CFDA Fashion Awards New York in June, where her award was announced; and LIZ CLAIBORNE HONORABLE visited Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis. MENTION Jessica Ferreira Savannah College clockwise from Top Left: Phillip Lim; of Art and Design, Franky Tran and Sanglim Lee; designs by sanglim lee. Georgia Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Selection Committee Lisa Axelson Jennifer Fisher Sara Kozlowski Van Lupu Jeff Mahshie Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award Rebecca Minkoff Peter Som

In 2007, a generous $2.5 million endowment GEOFFREY Noa Loewald Hu BEENE DESIGN from the Geoffrey Beene Foundation SCHOLAR expanded the CFDA Scholarship Program, & GEOFFREY BEENE increasing the CFDA’s scholarship grants, and EXCELLENCE funding the establishment of the merit-based IN TECHNICAL DESIGN AWARD, Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award. $30,000 The Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Heather Rhee Award celebrates the extraordinary work of The School the American fashion designer known for his of the Art Institute instinctive, three-dimensional design approach. of Chicago, The competitive award embraces Geoffrey Illinois CFDA + Barneys New York HSFI Fashion Immersion Beene’s architectural, whimsical, and often Geoffrey experimental design aesthetic. Applicants are Beene The CFDA and Barneys New York teamed up to inspire more cutting, 3-D printing, screen-printing, and beading Design prompted to fully explore material, shape, Scholarship than 30 students from the High School of Fashion Industries details. Being able to see all of these different embellishment and form. Each year, one Geoffrey Beene Award (HSFI). The full-day fashion immersion began in the Garment techniques inspired me for my future designs and how Heather Rhee Selection Design Scholar is selected to receive a $25,000 Committee District with visits to FMI grant recipients New York Embroidery to go about them.”—Yankarla Gonzalez, HSFI student scholarship to defray full-time tuition costs and Doo-Ri Chung Studio, Werkstatt, and In Style USA. Students gained insights The inquisitive HSFI students compared notes senior-year educational expenses. In addition, a Keren Craig about unique career pathways in creative technical design over a pizza lunch, with Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Sara $5,000 Scholarship is awarded for Excellence in Kozlowski and production, and explored digital technologies such as 3-D Pinkberry frozen yogurt, hosted by the Garment District Technical Design. These competitive awards are Jussara Lee printing and laser cutting. The day continued with a tour of the Alliance. Barneys New York COO and senior executive based solely on merit and judged by a panel of Russel CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} and a visit to jewelry designer vice president Daniella Vitale welcomed the group leading industry experts. Heather Rhee, the 2015 Nardozza Gerard Yosca’s studio. to the retailer’s headquarters and moderated the fashion Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar and Geoffrey Mary Ping “At New York Embroidery we learned about all the techniques panel discussion “Inspiring Stories: Routes to Success.” Beene Excellence in Technical Design Award Lisa Smilor used to add details to garments. Workers with many years of The executive panelists shared stories of their professional winner attended the CFDA Fashion Awards in experience added beautiful, delicate detail to high-end garments journeys, illuminating diverse and dynamic leadership June, where her achievement was announced. with the use of old and new machines, creating embroidery, laser roles in retail, brands, public relations, and operations.

19 20 Education CFDA+ CFDA+ 2015 Gabriel Castro, Marist College, Parsons Pratt Institute, Savannah University Design Graduates Xuzhi Chen, Poughkeepsie School BROOKLYN College of for the Creative Emma Chopova Audrey Maysek of Design, Katya Reily Art and Design, Arts Epsom, Academy of New York Savannah UNITED KINGDOM Art University, Drexel Massachusetts Leonid Batekhin, Rhode Island and Atlanta Shreyaa Mavani San Francisco University, College of Jon Max Goh, School of Design, Aliza Guttman, Livia Bolung, Philadelphia Art and Design, Ka Chi Ethan Hon, Providence Kristen Marie University Juan Chen, Sherry Shih-Hui Boston Bo Kyung Byun, Ju Young Julia Han, Harvey, of Cincinnati, Yijia Jiang, Chang Morgan Hill, Teslin Doud, Colin Locascio, Sayaka Matsushita, Cincinnati Overview CFDA+ Max Kuei Feng Lu, Gloria Im Paul Wu Caroline Huth JC Munoz, Fashion Lucy Jones, Demi Mummaw Institute Northumbria Tamara Krantzberg, Royal University of Tam Nguyen, of Technology, University, Leeoh Wonho Lee, College of Art, Shenkar CFDA+ is a virtual talent lab and mark of distinction. The CFDA+ platform unites the circles of CFDA Jingci Wang College of Westminster, New York UNITED KINGDOM Blair Moore, UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM Membership and Educational Initiatives communities, striving to strengthen the transition between Central Zhaojie Victoria Barwood, Emanuel Nunez, Tugcan Dokmen Engineering and Design, Hannah Cook, Saint Martins, Chelsea Chen, Auste Dudzeviciute, Yeung Ka Wai (Janet), Roberta Einer, education and industry. Because of the challenges graduates often face as they embark on their professional UNITED KINGDOM Chanwong Kang, Amie Edwards, Kwok Yan Israel Gili Peleg Joanna Fisher, journeys, and in service to the 500-plus CFDA Members who need a streamlined approach to navigating Sam Adair, Han Lin, Lydia Higgins, Michael Yip Katy Lees, a talent pool of thousands of graduates each year, CFDA+ was established. A rigorous three-phase selection Pierre Campo, Fernando Webb Bethan Schad Robert Newman process identifies top-tier talent, across various specializations, from a global community of invited colleges.

Overview postgraduate CFDA Postgraduate programs support the transition of the graduating designer, Leonid Batekhin bridging education to industry within a global landscape.

Meet Kenneth Cole Hannah Cook the Footwear +Accessory Eileen Innovation Award For the 2015–2016 academic year, Fisher Kenneth Cole Productions and the CFDA announced the Kenneth Cole Social Footwear + Accessory Innovation Award, pledged with a $1million Innovator five-year program commitment. Dedicated to men’s and women’s Trio accessories design (footwear and CFDA+ 2015 The CFDA Eileen Fisher Social Innovator Award provides immersive access handbags), this unique postgraduate to specialized knowledge, skills, resources, and mentorship to three selected opportunity encourages focus on Talent Book post graduates through year-long rotational placements at Eileen Fisher. design specialization and interest in Meet the The CFDA+ 2015 Design Talent Book, In August the CFDA and Eileen Fisher announced that Teslin Doud, community-based social initiatives. an interactive PDF editorial-profile Carmen Gama, and Lucy Jones, all graduates of Parsons School of Design, Senior-year design students of invited CFDA+ showcase created especially for CFDA were the recipients of the first Eileen Fisher Social Innovator Award. schools are challenged to develop a 2015 Design Members, introduced the graduates. “When announcing this award, we knew it would attract top design talent,” portfolio-based collection. In addition “There is so much diverse talent said Eileen Fisher. “What we didn’t expect was the extraordinary vision and raw to striving for design excellence, the Graduates graduating each year, yet it has been a talent these three graduates possess. We are thrilled to have them build upon our collection’s concept is to be supported by a challenge as an employer to connect with sustainability initiative, and hopefully inspire other up-and-coming designers fully envisioned brand story encompassing The CFDA+ 2015 Design Graduates are a dynamic cohort of 54 designers from fashion graduates through the general and brands to shape the impact of design sustainability with a fresh perspective.” a social or community-based component. 21 countries representing graduates of sixteen leading U.S. and international career-service channels at different Each winner receives a stipend of $50,000 and works collaboratively Each winner that best demonstrates design programs who truly are fashion’s future. They exemplify diverse talent schools. CFDA+ is exactly what I have with Eileen Fisher’s team, utilizing her design principles to solve specific creative strength and professional with unique perspectives and creative acumen in womenswear, menswear, been looking for and is much needed by sustainability design challenges. During the inaugural 2015 residency, potential in the areas of accessory design, childrenswear, accessories, jewelry, textiles, and knitwear. Cumulatively they are the industry.” —Ted Kim, founder, RVN the trio of Eileen Fisher innovators researched and produced strategic design brand storytelling, and civic engagement a community of global citizens with vision, potential, and talent—tomorrow’s “I am incredibly proud and solutions under the Green Eileen initiative in support of Vision2020 goals. will be awarded the distinction of fashion-design thinkers, influencers, creators, and leaders who believe in the humbled to become part of CFDA+! becoming a Kenneth Cole Footwear power of design and imagination, and display bold visions for the future. I am thrilled and truly grateful for this + Accessory Innovation Fellow, and The CFDA+ 2015 Selection Committee included CFDA Members Greg Armas, CFDA initiative, which gives young will receive a twelve-month, full-time Siki Im, Marcia Patmos, Michael Smaldone, and Sam Shipley. talent the opportunity to gain exposure postgraduate placement with Kenneth to and visibility from industry leaders.” Cole Productions. During the year-long —Leonid Batekhin, CFDA+ 2015 design “The CFDA applauds Fisher’s leadership placement, the winning designers will graduate, Parsons School of Design rotate through various areas of the “The CFDA+ program is fantastic, role in supporting the education of designers Kenneth Cole Productions design team. as it is a really useful device for the who are interested in sustainability In addition, the placement will explore fashion industry, and also for educators and providing the three winners with vast the power of design to create value in CFDA+ and Eyes onTalents to see the high standard of work being society through empowered awareness, The CFDA collaborated with Eyes on Talents to showcase the CFDA+ 2015 produced in such a wide range of fashion knowledge, inspiration, and guidance.” and will culminate with an applied Design Graduates. Through the generous support of Eyes on Talents cofounder courses worldwide.” —Andrew Groves, —Lisa Smilor project-based learning opportunity Floriane de Saint Pierre, the innovative platform offered a specific section course leader, BA (Hons), fashion design, in the Kenneth Cole Foundation’s for CFDA+ 2015 Design Graduates, providing unique yet global visibility. University of Westminster Corporate Citizenship division.

21 22 The CFDA’s Professional Development programming provides Members with relevant, practical information and resources that can be put to use in operating their businesses more effectıvely, while also helping them to gain valuable insights Professional and develop strategies for growth. Created exclusively for CFDA Members Development and {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers, the meaningful professional development workshops, seminars, and dıscussions are presented by engaging industry experts, influencers, and thought leaders.

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Overview Cfda Conversations In 2014, the CFDA launched CFDA Conversations, providing an agile forum for Members to engage with and learn from experts via all avenues of the industry. CFDA Conversations topics are curated across a wide spectrum of specializations, including branding and marketing, consumer experiences, digital strategies, global sourcing, organizational culture, best practices, talent acquisition, and more. Visit CFDA.com for CFDA Conversation recaps and more details.

The Art of Hiring Creating Outcast Agency 1.21The 24Seven hosted a panel discussion, “The Art of Hiring,” which was moderated by Lisa Marie Ringus, executive vice president of business Your Space: Storytelling in Katie Rodgers, Sophie Macks, development at 24Seven, and included a panel of senior-level human- Karen Robinovitz, resources professionals from 24Seven, Theory, Helmut Lang, Reed Brandıng the Digital Age Pari Ehsan, Krakoff, and Urban Outfitters. Topics included industry salaries and pay and Jamie Beck scales, talent search, and overseas hiring and its legal implications. Through 6.25 Jenny Dearing, TJ Snyder, and Angela D’Arcy of the OutCast Agency hosted a CFDA Conversation and Architecture discussed storytelling in the digital age. Digital Media Series 3.25 The renowned architect Koray Topics included new audience behaviors, Duman spoke to CFDA Members new platforms, and new rules of the with Karen Robinovitz, about creating unique and engaging changing media and content landscape. Eric retail spaces. Duman addressed the Digital Brand Architects Puestow, Lisa importance of intriguing customers Smilor, and Joe through a thoughtful interplay of Instagram: The nuance, the art, the path to a standout feed Medved form and function to evoke a brand’s 7.07 Karen Robinovitz, cofounder of Digital Brand Architects, kicked off her four-part message. He also emphasized how series with “Instagram: The Nuance, the Art, the Path to a Standout Feed,” sharing brands can use architecture to their tips and tricks for a successful Instagram that’s suited to each brand’s DNA. advantage as a force of empowerment and experimentation with customers. Taking Your Snapchat: It’s not a trend. It’s not going away. And it’s getting real. 7.29 Snapchat’s Libby Conover joined Robinovitz for the Online Business second series session “The Snapchat Chat.” The Holistic Brand: The cross-department to the Next Level conversations that have to start happening (more) 6.23 After first conducting an 8.17 Robinovitz spoke with CFDA Members about creating a in-depth CFDA Member survey, holistic brand through departmental interconnectivity by using Entering Arvato Bertelsmann hosted a workshop communication paths and reworking their media operations. about e-commerce and omni-channel the European strategies, with a focus on incorporating The Influencer: It’s a buzz word that gets tossed around responsive-design apps, the cloud, freely—but it takes strategy and a budget to do well mobile shops, and other elements 8.26 Robinovitz concluded her four-part digital series by emphasizing Market that can be implemented now. The that social media is here to stay, with guests Sophie Macks of 1.15 “Entering the European conversation closed with a Q & A @beyondthemag, Pari Ehsan of @paridust, Jamie Beck of @annstreetstudio, Market” was hosted by Rene spotlighting special guests Stephanie and Katie Rodgers of @paperfashion to participate in a roundtable Schilder, the founder of Focus on Horbaczewski, StyleHaul’s president and with CFDA Members about how to approach an influencer. VAT, and Colleen Collins, the COO CEO, and John Elkaim, Olapic’s CMO. of Alexander Wang. They discussed Speakers from Arvato included the tactical logistics of crossing Andrea Mahon, vice president of business Exceptional Talent borders, including how to minimize development and client solutions, costs and maximize sales, supply- Arvato North America; Dominik Dittrich, and the Bottom Line chain creation, and transportation executive vice president, supply chain “Take a look at the bigger picture. Be and storage of goods in Europe. management for e-commerce, Arvato conscious of your grid—create consistencies 6.30 Joe Medved, founder of Joe’s Blackbook, and his colleague Eric North America and Brazil; Laurence Jaillet, Puestow hosted a roundtable discussion with CFDA Members that defined fashion development director, Arvato in your design aesthetic and brand DNA” best practices for identifying talent at all levels, centering on three main North America; Armand Farsi, director –Karen Robinovitz categories: defining exceptional talent, competing for the best talent, and of e-commerce center, Arvato AG; Frank integrating the recruitment of top-level talent into a company’s culture. Zimmerman, CEO, Arvato Systems.

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PARTICIPATING ORLEY Jeffry Aronsson Cindy Edelstein Miki Higasa Lisa Metcalfe Jan-Hendrik DESIGNERS 3.0 Alex Orley, ARONSSON GROUP JEWELER’S KALEIDOSCOPE SKAIST TAYLOR Schlottmann 2014—2016 Matthew Orley, Renee Barletta RESOURCE BUREAU Michael Isaacman Christine Park DEREK LAM A PEACE TREATY and Samantha KCD Joseph Ferrara MACK WELDON COnsultant Matthew Singer orley Overview BUSINESS-DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES Dana Arbib Michael Bastian FERRARA Eric Jennings Roopal Patel M. SINGER MANUFACTURING CONSULTING DEZSO BY Lead Michael Bastian SAKS FIFTH AVENUE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE Pivotal to the CFDA’s commitment to supporting and sustaining the success of American designers SARA BELTRAN Underwriter Ari Bloom Ed Ferrell Susan Joy Andrew Pollard Shelly Socol CAMUTO GROUP ONE ROCKWELL in a global economic landscape are its visionary business-development initiatives. Each program Sara Beltran Target A2B VENTURES Stylist & Creative CONSULTANT ISA TAPIA Malcolm Carfrae Ramya Giangola Consultant David Rees Susan Sokol is a robust ecosystem enriched by unparalleled engagement and support opportunities. Leading industry Isa Tapia Underwriters RALPH LAUREN GOGOLUXE Tracy Kennard TEN THOUSAND SUSAN SOKOL CONSULTING experts provide exponential mentorship, advisement, and resources to selected participants. KAELEN W Hotels Shira Carmi Ulrich Grimm KENNARD & THINGS Kaelen Haworth Worldwide LAUNCH COLLECTIVE CALVIN KLEIN DAUGHTERS Shan Reddy Beryl Solomon . . CONSULTANT KARA M A C Cosmetics Marshall Cheek Esteban Gomez Cindy Krupp REDLINE CONSULTING Sarah Law Newmark Knight CONSULTANT CONSULTANT KRUPP GROUP Karen Robinovitz April Uchitel SPRING KATIE ERMILIO Frank Elizabeth Chung Douglas Hand Kit Li-Perry DIGITAL BRAND Katie Ermilio CONSULTANT HAND BALDACHIN & CONSULTANT ARCHITECTS Gary Wassner BUSINESS LUCIO CASTRO AMBURGEY LLP Aslaug Paul Rogers HILLDUN MENTORS Paul Donaher CORPORATION Lucio Castro LAIRD AND PARTNERS Jayne Harkness Magnusdottir INDUSTRY GROUP Steven Alan MISHA NONOO J.H.G. AND PARTNERS TINKER TAILOR Erica Russo Denise STEVEN ALAN Trish Donelly Williamson Misha Nonoo URBAN OUTFITTERS Kevin Harter Jennie McCormick BLOOMINGDALE’S Kyle Andrew BLOOMINGDALE’S RAG & BONE WILLIAMSON PR NOMIA CONSULTANT & SHOWROOM Yara Flinn

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(from Left to Right) Matthew Orley, Samantha Orley, Leases and Misha Nonoo, Yara Flinn, Kaelen Haworth, Sarah Law, Rental Agreements Sara Beltran, and Katie Ermilio. (Center) Karen Harvey. 10.09 As the designers embarked on their last term in the program, A PEACE Douglas Hand and David Schumeister, TREATY of Hand Baldachin & Amburgey, and ORLEY misha real estate entrepreneur Robin Zendell NONOO led a conversation to discuss steps a designer should take when looking for a retail or work space, and how 2014 –2016 to navigate the real estate landscape. Designers Product Karen Harvey Storytelling Workshop DEZSO BY NOMIA SARA BELTRAN Collaborations 4.01–4.02 Karen Harvey hosted a two-day storytelling workshop in which designers were given the opportunity to learn how to speak about their brand and Licensing and business strategy to create culture and drive change. 8.12 Target, the lead underwriter of the {FASHION INCUBATOR} program, hosted a workshop to discuss one of the many areas they know best: product collaborations and licensing. Noria Morales, Cary Leitzes (Leitzes & Co.), Foundations Series Wendy Santana (Oxford Industries), Business mentors Christine Park and Shan Reddy hosted a four-part series KATIE and Douglas Hand spoke about the to discuss the fundamentals of running a small business. Each month, ERMILIO KARA collaborative design process, the a new topic was covered, such as sales, cohosted by April Uchitel (Spring); advantages and disadvantages of these operations and production, cohosted by Lisa Metcalf (Pam & Gela); human relationships, and the highly sought- resources, cohosted by Kristy Hurt; and finance. after evergreen relationships between CFDA {Fashion Incubator} designers and licensors.

The CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR}, which was launched year program. By offering low-cost design-studio space, Finding Real Estate Space in 2010, is a business-development program designed to business mentoring, educational seminars, and networking 11.09 CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers met with Matthew Mandell, senior support the next generation of fashion designers in New York opportunities, the {FASHION INCUBATOR} provides a portfolio manager at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, to discuss tactical techniques City. The mission is to help grow and sustain the businesses way for participants to reach their full potential and become to help find their next studio space. Mandell also conducted an interactive of the ten participating brands over the course of the two- an integral part of the New York Fashion Community. Q & A regarding building leases and up-and-coming fashion neighborhoods.

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“Building a Successful Target Business Online” Accessories Sara Sarah Beltran Law and “Creative Matthew Orley, Reed Krakoff, Showcase Alex Orley, and & Photography” Samantha Orley 2.10–2.11 To kick off New York 4.16 Shelly Socol, business mentor Fashion Week: Women’s in February, and cofounder of One Rockwell, Target sponsored an Accessories hosted a two-part workshop for the 1.0, An Evening with Reed Krakoff Showcase for the 1.0, 2.0, and 2.0, and 3.0 {FASHION INCUBATOR} 4.21 CFDA Member Reed Krakoff visited the CFDA {FASHION 3.0 {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers to discuss areas of digital INCUBATOR} designers in their studios and viewed their most recent accessories designers. Target toasted media, including creative, UX, content collections. At the conclusion, Krakoff reminisced about his 20 years in the participating designers in their development, photography, SEM, the industry, which began when he was a student at Parsons, followed new gallery space in Chelsea with and leveraging assets to help brands by his work for legends Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, his taking a cocktail reception, followed by accelerate their performance online. the helm at Coach, and the launching of his namesake collection. a full-day showcase featuring the fall/winter 2015 collections of Dezso by Sara Beltran, Isa Tapia, A Peace Treaty, Grey Ant, Sang A, Emanuela Duca, Kara, and Gemma Redux.

Misha Nonoo and Thom Browne Market Day 2.19 On the last day of New York Fashion Week: Women’s, the CFDA invited the industry at large to the {FASHION INCUBATOR} to view the fall/winter 2015 collections of each designer. The First Lady of New York, Chirlane

Coleen McCray, also had the opportunity to Katie Lucio Sherin Ermilio Castro view the collections of the ten brands. and and Chirlane Chirlane McCray McCray Saks Executive Gigi Guerra, Noria Morales, StoreTour and Susan Joy 7.17 Eric Jennings and Colleen Sherin invited the 3.0 {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers to visit Saks Fifth Avenue for a store tour. John Cruz, Saks’s general manager, welcomed the designers with a light breakfast, An Evening with Thom Browne followed by a tour of the various 5.27 CFDA Member Thom Browne visited the {FASHION INCUBATOR} departments. They heard about what designers in their studios to see their collections and speak one-on-one Roopal the Saks customer is looking for and with each of them about business. Afterward, designers from the 1.0 and 2.0 Patel got a sneak peek of Saks Fifth Avenue’s classes joined the group to hear Browne speak about his start in the industry and Sara store renovations and expansions. as a stylist, and the importance for designers to stay true to their vision. Beltran

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A Peace Treaty, A Peace Treaty, Bogota Chicago Designer Dana Arbib of A Peace Treaty Dana Arbib of A Peace Treaty traveled to Colombia, where she met created a limited-edition silk robe Wet Deck with local artisans to learn more about inspired by Chicago architecture their traditional craft techniques, such for the W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore as hand-embroidery and working on property. W Hotels hosted a Collection the desk loom. These approaches were brunch in Chicago during the 7.18 Designers Sara Beltran of Dezso, reflected in the brand’s spring/summer Lollapalooza festival to celebrate Misha Nonoo, and Isa Tapia designed 2016 collection, titled Bachue. the collaboration. a limited-edition collection for W’s South Beach property that was inspired by a group trip to Vieques, Puerto Rico. To highlight this, the designer

Isa Tapia, showcased looks from their resort 2015 Misha Nonoo, collections at a runway show at the W and Sara Beltran South Beach during Miami Swim Week.

San Francisco Showcase 11.04 CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers Alex Orley, Matthew Orley, and Samantha Kaelen, Lucio Castro, Orley of Orley ; Dana Arbib of A Peace Treaty; Katie Ermilio; Lucio Southern United South by South west, Castro; and Misha Nonoo visited San Francisco for the W Hotel States Road Trip Austin Kara, Beijing Showcase in November. During Kaelen Haworth spent a week driving To coincide with the start of Sarah Law visited Beijing, where an evening cocktail reception and across the southern United States, from South by Southwest, Lucio Castro she worked her way through presentation featuring models in New Orleans to Mississippi, Austin, hosted a breakfast at the W Hotel the vast city in search of floral their spring/summer 2016 collections, Marfa, and Dallas. Haworth had the Austin to launch his limited- inspiration. Visiting the Summer the designers had the opportunity to opportunity to experience the best of edition T-shirt, which featured Palace and Yuyuantan Park to see meet with local retailers, influencers, the south, including dining on barbecue, hand-sketched drawings of bats the cherry blossoms were some of and members of the media. Each visiting the Oak Alley Plantation, and and bagels, two iconic symbols of the highlights, as was a day spent designer created his or her own shop shopping for handmade cowboy boots. Austin and New York. exploring the Great Wall of China. in shop to display their collections. Lucio Castro Katie Ermilio

31 32 Professional Development CFDA+Lexus

Overview CFDA+LEXUS FASHION* INITIATIVE 2015–2017 FASHION* INITIATIVE Finalists The CFDA+LEXUS FASHION* INITIATIVE is a new business-development program designed to inspire thought leadership, facilitate the implementation of innovative business practices, and create meaningful change in American fashion, elevating the level and percentage of sustainability in apparel-, jewelry-, and accessory-design businesses.

Row 1: Prabal Gurung, Wing Yin Yau, Ramon Martin and Ryan Lobo Row 2: Nicholas Kunz and Christopher In October 2015, building on the success today. A key goal of the CFDA + Lexus business strategies, and consumer literacies. Kunz of the CFDA/Lexus Eco-Fashion Fashion* Initiative is to enact measurable At the conclusion of the program, Challenge (2010–2014), the Council of change with maximum positive impact. the three brands which that most Fashion Designers of America and Lexus Designers are exposed to a variety of significantly evolved their companies’ Row 3: announced the new CFDA+LEXUS strategical frameworks and literacies sharing ethos to a higher standard of sustainability Erin Isakov, FASHION* INITIATIVE. in the intention to problem solve through and social responsibility will be awarded a Michael Ten brands have been selected to new materials, processes, and systems. Grand Prize of $150,000 and two Runner- Miller, and Katie participate in a seventeen month virtual Through the support of volunteering expert Up prizes of $50,000 each. The initiative Deguzman residency program, engaging in a series mentors, each participant is encouraged to additionally aims to instill the professional of workshops, field visits, and mentorship examine all aspects of their business model cohort with a heightened sense of opportunities. The program approaches and define actionable strategies for change, community, empowerment, and purpose sustainability with a holistic focus on such as responsible sourcing methods, by enacting the program’s principles the environmental, social, and financial ethical manufacturing, supply-chain to change design through inspiration, challenges faced by the fashion system transparency, material innovation, scalable innovation, and imagination.

Row 4: Maria Cornjeo Row 5: Marina Polo and Britt Cosgrove, Claire Bergkamp, Lewis Perkins, William Aurora Linda Greer, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, McDonough James, Scott Miller, and Julie Gilhart and Erin and Sara Isakov Beltran

2015—2017 NICHOLAS K 2015—2017 Amber Debera Linda Greer Sara FASHION* Christopher Advisory Valletta Johnson NRDC Kozlowski William McDonough, INITIATIVE Kunz & Board Master Pratt Institute Lisa Smilor CFDA Finalists Nicholas Kunz An Advisory and Muse Jason Kibbey CFDA Scott Hahn Beyond Sustainability: BROTHER PRABAL GURUNG Board of industry Andrea Lim Sustainable Melissa Loomstate VELLIES Prabal Gurung professionals who Lexus Apparel Joy Manning Shan Reddy Aurora James focus on socially Anna Scott Coalition Melissa Joy Redline Designing for Abundance SVILU and environmentally DEZSO BY Britt Cosgrove Carter Julie Gilhart Manning Consulting & responsible Clean by Design fashion Siki Im SARA BELTRAN & Marina Polo practices selected Natalie Chanin 11.11 William McDonough, a globally Sara Beltran consultant C2C and Fashion Positive Symposium recognized designer, thought leader, TOME the finalists, and will Barbara Alabama Chanin Timo Rissanen ERIN SNOW Ryan Lobo provide mentorship Burchfield Kristy Caylor Olivia Wilde Parsons School 11.12–11.13 Finalists attended the Cradle to Cradle two-day symposium held and sustainable-growth pioneer, and the Erin Isakov & Ramon Martin and knowledge Conscious formerly Conscious of Design at the Conrad Hotel in New York’s Financial District. The finalists downloaded preeminent voice for the world-changing K/LLER WWAKE throughout the Commerce of Maiyet Commerce Tyson COLLECTION Wing Yin Yau seventeen-month Burak Lewis Perkins Robert Toussant about the most cutting-edge, sustainable innovations from a number of power of ecologically smart design, Katie DeGuzman ZERO + MARIA journey: Cakmak Fashion Bergmann Bionic Yarn industries. Topics included circular economy and biomimicry. The evening offered guidance and mentorship to & Michael CORNEJO Parsons Positive C2C Responsibility Miller Maria Cornejo School in Fashion concluded with a seated dinner hosted by noted Cradle to Cradle supporters. Fashion* Initiative finalists at NeueHouse. of Design

33 34 Professional Development CFDA+Lexus Professional Development MBA Program

Overview MBA COLLABORATIONS MBA Partnerships have successfully supported CFDA Members and {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers through collaborative, customized project-based consultancies and summer MBA-associate placements. First established in 2011 with New York University’s Stern School of Business, the program has expanded to include additional top business schools and functions to create a symbiotic relationship between business and design.

Summer 2015 MBA

Ramon Martin, Associate Program Ryan Lobo, Erin Isakov, Marina Polo, The CFDA facilitates MBA-student candidate recruitment based on Britt Cosgrove, Katie Deguzman, needs and target areas of focus. Successfully matched MBA students from Michael Miller, participating programs are placed in full-time positions during the summer Wing Yin Yau, Nicholas Kunz, months. These paid summer opportunities are often structured as project- Sara Beltran, Joseph Prabal Gurung, based consultancies. Alice and Olivia, Carolina Herrera, David Yurman, Ferrara, and Maria Kate Spade New York, Public School, and Tory Burch are among the CFDA Heejay Kang, Cornejo Member brands that have participated in the past, and benefited from Emily Cangie, Miriam Martz, Olivia MBA expertise in marketing, retail, merchandising, brand/digital strategy, and James Wilde and Kuerschner Prabal planning and operations, finance, and other areas. Gurung 2015 Participating Brands Alice and Olivia, David Yurman, Tory Burch Engaging with MBATalent 10.23 Joseph Ferrara of Ferrara Manufacturing and a professor at NYU Stern School of Business moderated an / interactive panel discussion highlighting Spring 2015 CFDA NYU the best practices to maximize project and consultancy-based opportunities Stern Collaboration with MBA students and graduates. 11.13 The Spring 2015 CFDA/NYU Stern MBA Program connected top Panelists included alumni of Wharton, Natalie Chanin MBA teams with CFDA Member companies for a three-month live–case Harvard, and Stern who have participated and Maria study course elective led by Professors Joseph Ferrara and Jeffrey Carr. Ten in CFDA MBA programs in the past: Cornejo NYU Stern teams collaborated with CFDA Member organizations to produce Emily Cangie Miriam Martz Chief Operating director of Tyson Toussant in-depth strategic recommendations. Collaboratively, with the support of Officer, Flavor marketing, Vênsett, and Alex Tapia CFDA-appointed industry mentors, each team created customized strategic Paper, NYU Stern Harvard Business MBA alumna School alumna retail, operational, development, and marketing recommendations. James Heejay Kang Kuerschner manager of strategy 2015 Participating Brands President, KULE, and innovation, Finalists CFDA Foundation, Chris Gelinas, K/LLER COLLECTION, Lividini & Co, Loeffler Randall, Harvard Business Macy’s Inc., Wharton Celebrate Rachel Comey Studio, Ralph Lauren, The Run Through, Tory Burch, tommy john School alumnus MBA alumna at LeTurtle Participating MBA Schools 10.28 On the morning of October 28 the CFDA and Lexus unveiled the ten finalists of the inaugural CFDA+Lexus Fashion* Initiative to the media, and hosted a gathering for everyone involved. The kick-off celebration was hosted at Le Turtle and was attended by the ten

Andrea Lim, finalists and members of the Advisory Sara Beltran, Board. The kick-off marked the first time and Prabal Gurung the finalists gathered together as a group.

35 36 The Council of Fashion Designers of America continued to demonstrate its impact within the industry through the expansion of three key initiatives: NewYork Fashion Week, the Fashion Initiatives Calendar, and the Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI). Each initiative significantly contributed to the structure and growth of the fashion sector in New York and beyond.

37 38 Initiatives NYFW: Men’s Thorsun NYFW: Men’s Founding Partners

Public School

Rochambeau Axe John Varvatos

the New York Times Cadillac

Shinola NYFW:

Thom Browne Men’s Ricardo In July, the CFDA launched New York Seco Fashion Week: Men’s, a stand-alone showcase for American men’s fashion at Skylight Clarkson Square. Featuring 44 designer shows and presentations, East Dane Amazon Fashion NYFW: Men’s highlighted the breadth DreamWorks and diversity of American menswear, Animation from sportswear to swimwear, streetwear to suiting; the event The inaugural New York Fashion NYFW: Men’s Fashion included global brands, established Week: Men’s event was made possible Founding GPS Partners Loews designers, and up-and-coming talents by our founding corporate partners, Amazon Regency over the course of its four days. with Amazon’s portfolio of fashion sites Fashion Hotels leading the charge as Presenting Partner. Art20 MyHabit The CFDA could not have executed this Axe Shinola event without tremendous support from Cadillac Skylight Dockers Group our additional partners, each of whom DreamWorks The New created unique activations to host and Animation York Times entertain guests in between shows. East Dane WWD NYFW:Men’s Ambassadors Tyson Beckford, Greg Lauren, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Victor Cruz NYFW: Men’s by the Numbers

Firstk Lastname 44 Designer Shows & Presentations

7,000+ Attendees

2.6 Billion Media Impressions Gabrielle Union and NYFW: Men’s Dwayne Wade Ambassadors 42,000 #NYFWM Social-Media Posts Tyson Beckford 249 Million Out-of-Home Impressions Andy Cohen Darren Criss Victor Cruz Joe Jonas Marcus Samuelsson Steven Kolb, Darren Criss, Joe Jonas, Lewis Hamilton, Colton Haynes, and Victor Cruz Dwayne Wade

39 40 Initiatives FashionWeek Initiatives Fashion Manufacturing Initiative The Fashion Calendar The Fashion Calendar reaches over 800 subscribers and oversees all of New Overview Fashion Manufacturing Initiative York Fashion Week scheduling, including for Women’s, Men’s, Bridal, Resort, and Pre-fall. This year, the CFDA also introduced the Market Week subscription, The CFDA’s Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI) is a capital campaign and investment fund that was which provides users with market-specific access to view related events. launched in partnership with Andrew Rosen and the New York City Economic Development Corporation in 2013. NYFW: Men’s saw the most traffic to the Fashion Calendar. Similarly, the calendar FMI’s aim is to preserve, nurture, and elevate design and manufacturing in New York City through various also oversaw the media and buyers registration, bringing in many more international strategies, to ultimately connect American designers to local resources that can meet their production needs. users. In February and September, for New York Fashion Week: Women’s, the calendar provided an on-the-go, mobile-optimized version of the schedule, allowing users to navigate the shows with greater ease. Through the Fashion Calendar, the CFDA has instituted a more streamlined structure for NYFW. Participating designers are now required to submit an application to be included on the official schedule. Look for an enhanced platform debuting in 2016. Email [email protected] with any inquiries.

NEW YORK Women’s Holiday Men’s S/S 2017 Pre-fall Over $800,000 Awarded FASHION WEEK F/W 2016 March 7–March 18 July 11–July 14 2017 UPCOMING February 11– Resort Women’s November 28– MARKET DATES February 18 May 30–June 10 S/S 2017 December 9 to 2015 FMI Grant Recipients September 18– September 20 A driving component of the overall initiative is the annual FMI Grant Program, with which the CFDA awards financial investments to select New York City fashion production facilities to allow for the acquisition of innovative equipment, advanced technology, worker training, business consulting services, covering relocation costs, and capital improvements to the studio space to better service American designers. This year, an additional six facilities were awarded 3.0 FMI financial grants, totaling $800,000. This brings the FMI participant roster to nineteen New York City facilities and a total of $2 million in investment from the CFDA. Fashion Manufacturing The Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI) is FMI: by the Numbers generously supported by founding partner Andrew Rosen and Theory, and premier underwriters Ralph Lauren and the Coach Foundation, along with sponsors Rue La La, Barneys New York, Rag & Bone, ENK Shows, Google, Precision Custom Coatings, CIT, Bloomingdales, Project Awarded 21 financial grants Gravitas, and NYC Fashion Made. A special thank totaling $2 million to 19 NYC you to our FMI preferred vendors: Alvanon, production facilities NYFW: Brother, Gerber Scientific, Lectra, and Optitex. economic impact 3.0 FMI 1.0 FMI FMI Selection Elevated the level of training Participants Participants Committee NYFW’s annual Bestec Concept Create-a- Steven Kolb and quality of workplace events generate Coyote Leather Marker president & for 754 employees & Suede High chief executive officer of CFDA close to $900 David Wolfson Production & Associates In Style USA Andrew Rosen, million in total president 11 FMI Grant recipients Four Seasons Martin of Theory Manufacturing Greenfield were able to offer brand new economic impact Clothiers Don Baum Ferrara executive Manufacturing New York vice president services to their clients NYFW: Embroidery Women’s Le Studio of global The fashion Anthost Studio operations and as a result of the investment industry is an Vogue too chief supply 2.0 FMI Pleating, chain officer Branding Campaign important segment Participants Stitching, and of Ralph Lauren Each FMI Grant recipient Design Embroidery Victor Luis of NYC’s economy, Incubator Werkstatt chief executive has experienced an average 40% The CFDA worked with the brand-strategy and innovation agency Redscout Dye-namix officer of Coach employing over *All FMI Grant to develop the new visual identity for New York Fashion Week. NYFW aligns Dynotex Marcus increase in output due to advanced recipients Wainwright all facets of the city’s runway shows and presentations—from central locations 180,000 people New York undergo a lengthy cofounder productivity and accuracy to off-site venues and events—under the New York Fashion Week brand. It Embroidery vetting process, of Rag & Bone Studio studio- evaluation unifies and solidifies the global impact of the New York industry. The CFDA Source: Congresswoman visit, and in-person Steven Alan Carolyn B. Maloney, prepared with the Oomaru founder of Seisakusho 2 interview with promoted the campaign through a joint marketing effort with NYC & Co., the assistance of the New York City Economic the Selection Steven Alan City’s marketing and tourism organization, and worked with venue producers, Development Corporation (2015) Rainbow Committee, Matthew Leather along with both Burnett designers, and media firms to place the campaign. Laird & Partners led the Sunrise financial and cofounder campaign shoot, which took place at Amazon’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Studio social audits. of Maker’s Row

41 42 Initiatives Fashion Manufacturing Initiative

FMI Presents Sample Studios & Barneys & Product Development Ateliers Showcase 11.17 For the first time, the CFDA CFDA Unveil hosted an open house at its headquarters to showcase a select Made in New group of the FMI Grant recipients, starting with its Sample Studios York Collection and Product Development Ateliers. The six FMI Participants were Barneys New York, the CFDA, Design Incubator, Dye-namix, New and the New York City Economic York Embroidery Studio, Oomaru Development Corporation (NYCEDC) Seisakusho 2, Rainbow Leather, and teamed up with seven influential Werkstatt. All CFDA Members and fashion brands to release the {FASHION INCUBATOR} designers limited-edition Made in New York were invited to the showcase to collection during New York Fashion network with the studio owners Week: Women’s to support FMI. and review samples of their work. The collection, sold exclusively at The next open house will present Rag & Barneys New York’s flagship stores the FMI Grant recipients that Bone nationwide and online, included specialize in full-service production. participating designers: Altuzarra, Narciso Rodriguez, The Row, Proenza Schouler, R13, Rag & Bone, and Thom Browne. Every piece in the collection was entirely produced Proenza by local New York City–based Schouler manufacturers. The aim was to raise awareness, not only domestically but also internationally, of the capabilities FMI Goes to Los Angeles and knowledge of the city’s fashion- manufacturing industry. Ten percent 10.21 On the heels of a successful of the overall collection proceeds were third year for the FMI in New York, donated to the FMI investment fund. and with the ultimate goal of supporting fashion manufacturing in a national and global economy, the CFDA headed to Los Angeles to explore the landscape of manufacturing in the area and discuss ways to support this important facet of the industry. Andrew The CFDA and Not Just a Label Rosen and Third-annual (NJAL) presented “Introduction to Steven Kolb L.A. Manufacturing” on the morning of Fashion October 21. Over 60 Los Angeles–based Greg Clare designers attended the breakfast, which Production Lauren Vivier was hosted by Laurie Lynn Stark and Richard Stark of Chrome Hearts at the Town Hall brand’s large Hollywood headquarters. The CFDA and NJAL presented Meeting the different ways that they are working to preserve fashion production and 6.4 The CFDA organized its third-annual artisanal techniques, domestically Fashion Production Town Hall Meeting and internationally. Monique at FIT, hosted by Steven Kolb and Andrew Lhuillier, Greg Chait of the Elder Rosen. All New York City production Statesman, Laurie Lynn Stark, and facilities and select designers were invited Josh Willis of Second/Layer shared their to attend the forum to learn more about unique experiences, successes, and the FMI, as well as to share thoughts and the roadblocks they faced in navigating ideas about the future of production in West Coast manufacturing with their the city. This was also an opportunity for businesses. The event wrapped up CFDA’s five FMI preferred vendors to with a lengthy discussion among speak to the audience about the future the designers on hand, as they shared of production processes, resulting from ideas, suggestions, and challenges. the innovative technology and advanced Juan Carlos The CFDA looks forward to announcing equipment that are being developed. Obando the FMI expansion plans in 2016.

43 44 The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was established in 2003 to help emerging American design talent find continued success in the business of fashion.With the money raised, and growing industry support, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion CFDA/Vogue Fund has contributed significant financial rewards and provided business mentoring to the winning Fashion Fund designers. Recipients are selected by a committee of industry experts based on the exceptional talent they have already demonstrated in fashion design and their capacity for future distinction in the industry.

45 46 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

Front Row: Raul Arevalo, Brad Schmidt, Rio Uribe, Aurora James, Scott Studenberg, Becca McCharen, and John Targon Back Row: Jonathan Simkhai, David Hart, Chris Gelinas, Thaddeus O’Neil, and Matt Baldwin

Ryan Roche, Jenna Lyons, and Eva Zuckerman

FiveYears of J. Crew Collaborations 6.2 For its fifth and final year as the title partner of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, J.Crew celebrated five years of collaborations with winners and runners-ups at its Fifth Avenue location. The evening kicked off with a designer conversation for fashion students. CFDA Editorial and Communications Director Marc Karimzadeh moderated the panel, which featured Joseph Altuzarra, Paul Andrew, Dao-Yi Chow, Prabal Gurung, Tabitha Simmons, and Maxwell Osborne. After the talk, customers were able to shop the exclusive collections—designed by Andrew, Eva Fehren’s Eva Zuckerman, and Ryan Roche—at the store.

Kate Spade Experıential CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Marketing Challenge Announcement at the Jane Hotel CVFF Finalists 8.5 Kate Spade New York, an and Deborah 7.15 It Started Here is the theme In 2015 the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Selection Committee chose three industry leader in advertising and Lloyd for all CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund branding, asked the CFDA/Vogue winners. Each winner received a cash prize of $300,000. Designers also Deborah alumni, and on this night, it was received business mentoring from an established fashion-industry professional Fashion Fund finalists to distinguish Lloyd and time to herald the 2015 finalists. in areas such as planning, marketing, sourcing, producing, and exploring. themselves with limited resources in a Pamela Carolina Herrera hosted the cocktail world oversaturated with visual images. Love party, calling the Fashion Fund “a The 2015 CHROMAT The CVFF Coach Rag & Bone The designers were asked to imagine Finalists BECCA program is Foundation Reed fantastic program” that has “done a BAJA EAST McCHAREN generously Fossil Krakoff an event—a real-life experience or fantastic job for this new talent.” SCOTT DAVID HART sponsored happening reflective of their brand’s by partner IMG Fashion Sycamore STUDENBERG DAVID HART Partners Joseph Altuzarra of Altuzarra, & JOHN TARGON Uniqlo, J.Crew DNA—to rise above the noise and GYPSY SPORT as well as Theory Prabal Gurung, and David Neville of BALDWIN RIO URIBE kate spade create emotional engagement and buzz underwriters New York Tiffany & Co. Rag & Bone announced the finalists MATT BALDWIN JONATHAN around their brand. Judges included Amazon Lane Bryant Tumi BROTHER VELLIES SIMKHAI Fashion to the crowd, which included Andrew AURORA JAMES JONATHAN M.A.C Westfield Deborah Lloyd, chief creative officer Rosen of Theory; SIMKHAI American Cosmetics World Trade of Kate Spade New York, and past Paul Andrew; CADET Express Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow BRAD SCHMIDT THADDEUS Neiman Center CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund designers & RAUL AREVALO O’NEIL Caleres Marcus Vogue of Public School and DKNY; Kenneth CG THADDEUS Carolina Nordstrom Pamela Love and Rag & Bone’s Marcus Cole; and Jenna Lyons of J.Crew. CHRIS GELINAS O’NEIL Herrera Wainwright and David Neville.

47 48 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Cleo Wade

Solange Knowles Fossil Design Challenge 10.13 One World Trade Center was the setting for this year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Design Challenge cocktail event, hosted by Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenberg. As the Challenge’s Chrissy underwriter, Fossil asked each brand Teigen to create a look for a preassigned and John The Fashion Legend cultural activity, which plays into Fund Moves the brand’s ethos to appeal to the a David culturally curious. Each assigned Hart event reflected a specific cultural Design to Amazon movement—whether it was attending Reese 10.02 Amazon announced that it a ballet at Lincoln Center, walking Witherspoon will feature the new season of The the red carpet at the New York Film Fashion Fund, the original unscripted Festival, or flying out to Nevada for series produced by Condé Nast Burning Man, the designers were Entertainment and Ricki Stern and asked to be “curiously clever” in Annie Sundberg of Break Thru Films. creating a look that their model (and It will stream on Amazon with ten date for this occasion) could wear. 30-minute episodes, and will be timed to the arrival of the finalists’ spring BAJA EAST BROTHER CHROMAT DAVID HART JONATHAN 2016 collections. Amazon Fashion THE NEW YORK VELLIES DIA: BEACON THE BROOKLYN SIMKHAI will also offer a dedicated retail CITY BALLET AUSTIN FALL NIGHT BOOK FESTIVAL THE NEW YORK FALL GALA CITY LIMITS CG GYPSY SPORT FILM FESTIVAL experience featuring the designers. BALDWIN INDIE-MUSIC MODERNISM STAR WARS: THADDEUS THE GUENTER FESTIVAL WEEK THE FORCE O’NEIL SEEGER NY CADET PREVIEW AWAKENS BURNING RESTAURANT THE HAMILTON PREMIERE MAN FESTIVAL OPENING MUSICAL

a Jonathan Simkhai Design

Anna Wintour, Kanye West, . . and Kim a Gypsy MAC Kardashian Sport West Design Design CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in Los Angeles Collaboration 12.14 M.A.C Cosmetics officially 10.20 For the final stage before the 2015 winners were The night before, the Los Angeles leg of the CFDA/Vogue unveiled a new partnership with the announced, the ten finalists brought their collections to the Fashion Fund journey had kicked off with the Instagram CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund to offer one Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood. The show and Challenge. In partnership with Instagram, each finalist was alumni womenswear brand the chance afternoon tea were presented by Amazon Fashion and hosted asked to concept and execute a fifteen-second video that distills to create a capsule color collection by Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Cathy Beaudoin of and communicates their brand DNA with an eye to Los Angeles, as part of a challenge. Juan Carlos Amazon Fashion, and Vogue’s Mark Holgate and Lisa Love. which they posted on the platform. Members of the CFDA/Vogue Obando, Tome, Cushnie Et Ochs, Tanya Reminiscent of a flash mob, the show featured marching- Fashion Fund Selection Committee—Steven Kolb, Jenna Lyons, Taylor, and Chromat were chosen to band drummers, several children, at least one man on a Ken Downing, Reed Krakoff, and Mark Holgate, along with guest create a concept for a six-piece makeup

skateboard, and a number of dogs on the runway, including judges Instagram’s Eva Chen and Vogue’s Sally Singer—gathered Juan Carlos collection that translates their runway Irene Neuwirth’s pooch Teddy. The audience included Reese at Neuehouse to judge the results of the challenge. Following Obando, aesthetic to the world of beauty. Judged Carly Cushnie, Witherspoon, Solange Knowles, Jaime King, Chrissy Teigen, this, CFDA Members Greg Chait, Jennifer Meyer, Irene Michelle Ochs, by a panel including M.A.C creative Becca McCharen, and John Legend, as well as CFDA Members such as Francisco Neuwirth, Clare Vivier, and Sophie Buhai were among those Ramon Martin, director James Gager, the winning label Costa, Rachel Zoe, Rachel Roy, Juan Carlos Obando, Scott celebrating the finalists at a welcome cocktail hosted by Chen, Ryan Lobo, and will receive a $50,000 prize and have its Sternberg, Greg Chait, Jennifer Meyer, and Kate Mulleavy. Singer, Zendaya, and past L.A.-based Fashion Fund finalists. Tanya Taylor concept produced for retail in late 2017.

49 50 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund International CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

Samantha Orley, Matthew Orley, Alex Orley, Ryan Roche, Eva Zuckerman, Jake Sargent, Jennifer Fisher, Alejandro Ingelmo, Tanya Taylor, Ryan Lobo, Brett Heyman, and Gigi Burris Steven Kolb, Jonathan Simkhai, Americans in Paris Aurora James, Diane von Furstenberg, Rio Uribe, 3.6–3.9 + 10.2–10.5 For the eighth Amanda Seyfried, and ninth times, the CFDA/Vogue Riccardo Tisci, Fashion Fund held its Americans in and Anna Wintour Paris showcase at 8 Rue de Valois Zac Posen and Zendaya during Fashion Week. The showroom, Demi Moore generously underwritten by Tumi, Ryan provides past finalists with a global Roche platform as the biannual Paris collections attract press and retailers from around the world. For the first time, the October edition also featured the Parisian Breakfast & Instagrammable First Look at the #AmericansinParis Showroom for Lorde local bloggers, as well as Instagrammers and in town for Paris Fashion Week. Amanda Seyfried

PARTICIPATING PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS: MARCH DESIGNERS: Scott Studenberg, Aurora James, ALEJANDRO INGELMO OCTOBER Imaan Hammam, Jonathan Simkhai, ALEJANDRO INGELMO EDIE PARKER and John Targon and Rio Uribe EDIE PARKER BRETT HEYMAN BRETT HEYMAN EVA FEHREN EVA FEHREN EVA ZUCKERMAN EVA ZUCKERMAN GIGI BURRIS GIGI BURRIS MILLINERY MILLINERY GIGI BURRIS / GIGI BURRIS GREY ANT CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Awards Gala JENNIFER FISHER GRANT KRAJECKI JENNIFER FISHER & NATALIE LEVY ORLEY ORLEY 11.2 The twelfth-annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, ALEX, MATTHEW & ALEX, MATTHEW & SAMANTHA ORLEY culminated with a surprise. For the first time since the fund Joseph Altuzarra, Billy Reid, and Paul Andrew, among others. SAMANTHA ORLEY was created in 2003, the Selection Committee named three In her remarks, CFDA Chairman Diane von Furstenberg RYAN ROCHE RYAN ROCHE RYAN ROCHE RYAN ROCHE equal winners: Aurora James of Brother Vellies, Jonathan thanked her fellow Selection Committee members, and made SIMON MILLER SIMON MILLER Simkhai, and Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport. Each received a special call-out to the Fashion Fund alumni in the room. DANIEL CORRIGAN DANIEL CORRIGAN & JAKE SARGENT & JAKE SARGENT $300,000 and a year of mentoring. “It is always so touching and wonderful when you come back TANYA TAYLOR TANYA TAYLOR The gala dinner, generously supported by Westfield World each year to support the new group,” she said. “We watch you TANYA TAYLOR TANYA TAYLOR Trade Center, took place at Spring Studios, and was attended by continue to grow and we are proud of your success.” Amanda Jake Sargent TOME Gigi Natalie and Daniel Karlie Kloss, Zendaya, Victor Cruz, Ladyfag, Harvey Weinstein, Seyfried introduced keynote speaker Riccardo Tisci, who Burris Levy Corrigan RYAN LOBO & RAMON MARTIN Francisco Costa, and Vera Wang, as well as past winners Jack participated in a conversation with Vogue’s Hamish Bowles.

51 52 The annual event, known as the Oscars of fashion, recognizes the outstanding contributions made to American fashion by individuals from all areas of the industry and related arts, with awards being given for design excellence in womenswear, menswear, and accessories, as well as extraordinary accomplishments CFDA Fashion in journalism, creative vision, and lifetime achievement. Nominations for each award category are submitted by Awards The CFDA Fashion Awards Guild, an invitation-only network composed of top fashion retailers, journalısts, stylists, influencers, and the 500+ Member designers of the CFDA. The nominees, as well as recipients of the honorary awards, are ratified by the CFDA Board of Directors.

53 54 Altuzarra Fashion Awards Alexander Wang

Awards Journal

Marc Jacobs

Hood by Air 6.1 Barnaby Roper, known for his dark and moody pictures, photographed 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards nominees, honorees, and models, such as Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls, for the 2015

Ariel Ovadia, Paul CFDA Awards Journal. Trey Laird of Andrew, Ryan Roche, Laird +Partners served as the creative Eva Zuckerman, Maxwell Osborne, mastermind behind this annual printed Dao-Yi Chow, Alex Orley, Shimon Ovadia, homage to the Awards, which also Rachel Mansur, includes excerpts by Karl Lagerfeld on and Samantha Orley Pharrell, Franca Sozzani on Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Leandra Medine on Instagram, and Jenna Lyons on Millard “Mickey” Drexler. Additionally, for the first time ever, the journals were printed in hardcover and delivered to the attendees before the event in Lexus vehicles.

Shayne Oliver CFDA Fashion Awards Nominee and Honoree Announcement 3.16 Designers, including Vera Wang, Gilles Mendel, Italo Zucchelli, Jennifer Matthew, Samantha, Fisher, Kristy Caylor, Pamela Love, Eva Zuckerman and Alex Orley and Mimi So, gathered at Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center for the announcement of the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards nominees and honorees. Swarovski Nominees Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Award honoree Betsey Johnson jumped on stage and took to the Swarovski crystal-adorned Channel Disruption Theme podium to give an impromptu, unplanned acceptance speech: “I am so sorry, I just 5.11 “Disruption” was the single direction given to the nine 2015 Stan Herman, Jeffrey Banks, Erin Fetherston, Albertus want to say this is the ultimate beyond, CFDA Swarovski Nominees for one-of-a-kind crystallized objets Swanepoel, Tina Lutz, and Bibhu Mohapatra. Other notables Oh-My-F-G moment, and I didn’t think d’art. The designers chose to customize an item they deemed who came to toast the nominees were Natalie Joos, Leandra Medine, I would ever want it because I didn’t disruptive using Swarovksi crystals, of course. Their different takes Claire Distenfeld, Lindsay Ellingson, and Alexandra Agoston. want to be 72.” “You deserve everything,” on the meaning are evident in the array of objects, ranging from a The pieces were now available for bidding through Paddle8, Diane von Furstenberg chimed in. backgammon set to a traffic drum. At an event hosted by Swarovksi with proceeds benefitting Free Arts NYC, a nonprofit organization Johnsons was just one of many awards at the Gramercy Park Hotel, the objects were showcased to a room that provides under-served children and families with a unique that received thunderous applause of over 150 designers, editors, and influencers, including CFDA combination of educational arts and mentoring programs that from the crowd, which included most Members Irene Neuwirth, Rebecca Minkoff, Shane Gabierand help them build the self-confidence and resiliency needed to nominees and honorees, as well as Leandra Christopher Peters of Creatures of the Wind, Yigal Azrouël, realize their fullest potential. Medine, Lily Kwong, and Ruth Finley. Front Row: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Betsey Johnson, Samantha Orley, Eva Zuckerman, Ariel Ovadia, and Shimon Ovadia. Middle Row: Rosie Assoulin, Shayne Oliver, Tim Coppens, Paul Andrew, Matthew Orley, Alex Orley, and Thom Browne. Back Row: Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne 55 56 Fashion Awards

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Marc Jacobs Awards 6.1 The international fashion Nadja Swarovski, community gathered at Alice Tully Ariel Rosie Assoulin, Ovadia, Shayne Oliver, Hall in New York City to celebrate Victor Floriana Gavriel, the best in American design at the Cruz, and and Rachel Mansur Shimon CFDA Fashion Awards, which was Ovadia held in collaboration with Swarovski. Tabitha Diane von The event, which honored the theme Simmons Furstenberg of “Disruption” seen in many of the nominees work, was hosted by James Corden and recognized the outstanding contributions made to American Chrissy fashion by individuals from all areas of Teigen the industry and related arts. Viewers were able to tune into complete Awards coverage, including red carpet and Diane ceremony videos, on CFDA.com. Jennifer Kruger Fisher and and Joan Prabal 2015 CFDA Media Award, Smalls Gurung Fashion Awards in honor of Womenswear Eugenia Sheppard Carolina Instagram Herrera Designers of the Year Founders’ Award Betsey Ashley Olsen Millard “Mickey” Johnson & Mary-Kate Olsen Drexler for The Row The International Kelly Osborne and Menswear Award Nadja Swarovski Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri of the Year and Pierpaolo Shayne Tom Ford Piccioli of Valentino Oliver Accessories The Fashion and Binx Victoria Designer Icon Award Walton Beckham of the Year Pharrell Williams Tabitha Simmons The CFDA would Swarovski Award like to thank for Womenswear the 2015 official Chelsea Rosie Assoulin sponsors Clinton Jemima Swarovski Award of the CFDA Kirke and for Menswear Fashion Awards Rosie Shayne Oliver Swarovski Assoulin for Hood by Air M.A.C Cosmetics Swarovski Award Kevin Systrom for Accessory Lexus and Josh Design Ostrovsky Google Play Rachel Mansur Refinery29 & Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel Veuve Clicquot Geoffrey Maestro Dobel Beene Lifetime Ernst & Young Achievement Award Esteban Cortazar Betsey Johnson and Hanne Franca Sozzani, Gaby Odiele Pierpaolo Piccioli, Mary- Maria Grazia Chiuri, Kate Valeria Golino olsen and Pharrell Anna Ewers, Ashley Williams Alexander Wang, and Olsen and Taraji P. Henson Karlie Kanye Kloss West

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58 The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Foundation is a separate not-for-profit organization that was created to raise funds for charity and industry activities. Specifically, the CFDA Foundation fund-raises annually for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, which supports Philanthropy breast cancer patient care, HIV/AIDS treatment, and disaster relief. Through innovative partnerships with brands, retailers, and CFDA designers, the Foundation is able to leverage fashion and effectively generate awareness and funds for these charitable causes.

59 60 Philanthropy Fundraising Philanthropy Fundraising

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Linda Steven Evangelista Kolb, Francisco Costa, and Alexander Gilkes

Raising Funds For: Raising HIV/AIDS Funds For: The CFDA Foundation continues to CFDA and Paddle 8 Art & Fashion Auction support raising funds for HIV/AIDS. Disaster CFDA started fund-raising for For fashion designers, inspiration can come from any place at any time, but more HIV/AIDS with the advent of Seventh often than not, they cite a specific artist or work of art as informing the creative on Sale, which was founded in 1990 in Relief process. Cue the Art x Fashion online auction, a partnership between the CFDA tandem with Vogue magazine. In its first As natural disasters have begun to and Paddle8 that went live in November. The auction featured works of art selected three incarnations (1990 in New York occur more frequently, the CFDA by CFDA Members that inspired their designs and overall creativity.“The worlds City, 1992 in San Francisco, and 1995 in has taken the lead in galvanizing the of art and fashion have always been intertwined, and with this auction we have New York) the initiative raised more industry. Now, the CFDA is embracing the great privilege of witnessing how various artists have influenced some of the than $11 million, which was distributed a more proactive role in fund-raising greatest creative minds of our time,” said Paddle8 cofounder Alexander Gilkes. “Art by the New York City AIDS Fund year-round through initiatives such as x Fashion marks an exceptional opportunity for collectors to acquire works of art CFDA and MyHabit: to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations. MyHabit’s Give with Style campaign. that have had a genuine impact on the vision of these groundbreaking designers.” The 2005 relaunch of Seventh on Sale, available for the first time online Give With Style through eBay, brought in an additional $1.7 million for the cause, which was The CFDA partnered with MyHabit for a second time on Give with Style, a distributed through opportunity campaign that brings together top CFDA Members to offer steep discounts grants and requests for proposal via on designer merchandise. CFDA secured supermodel Linda Evangelista The New York Community Trust. as the face of the campaign. “I was more than happy to lend my support,” Beneficiaries over the years Evangelista said. “The CFDA Foundation has done important work over have included dozens of worthy #Fashionisart with Alice + Olivia the years, and supported many causes that are very dear to me.” organizations, like AIDS Community The online shop featured over 50 CFDA designers’ brands, such Research Initiative of America Domingo Merging fashion with art, the CFDA Zapata and as Alexander Wang, David Yurman, Diane von Furstenberg, Kate Spade, Mara (ACRIA), Alpha Workshops, Stacey launched a collaboration with Stacey Hoffman, Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Ralph Lauren, Reed Krakoff, Tommy amfAR, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Bendet Bendet of Alice + Olivia that will Hilfiger, Tory Burch, and Zero + Maria Cornejo. At least 75 percent of the God’s Love We Deliver, Greenhope help support the CFDA Foundation. purchase price from each sale supported CFDA’s charitable initiatives. Services for Women, Harlem United The three-year partnership has Bendet In 2015, the sale raised over $150,000 for multiple charitable organizations, Community AIDS Center, HIV Law working with three artists to create including Prabal Gurung’s Shikshya Foundation Nepal charity, which Project, and the Latino Commission one-of-a-kind pieces to be auctioned provided aid to the victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal. on AIDS, among many others. off, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the CFDA Foundation. Versions of these items will then be featured in a capsule collection available at Alice + Olivia stores and other retail partners, with 50 percent coming back to support the CFDA Foundation as “I was more than happy to lend my support. The CFDA well. For the first collaboration, which was available on Paddle 8, Bendet Foundation has done important work over the years, and partnered with artist Domingo Zapata. The designer celebrated the launch of supported many causes that are very dear to me.” the collection at Zapata’s home and studio on Gramercy Park, with notable —Linda Evangelista guests such as Kelly Rutherford, Andrew Rosen, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Roy, and Diane von Furstenberg.

61 62 Philanthropy Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Raising FTBC Thanks its Supporters Funds For: Able Made M.Patmos Fashion “People want to look good and feel good, and if you can connect with them through something bold that gets consumers’ Targets attention, they will be open to the story you want to share with them.” M.Patmos Breast —Suzanne McKenzie, Able Made Commando “We are so honored to support Cancer Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. As an intimate-apparel designer, the impact Fashion Targets Breast Cancer of this disease on women’s lives and (FTBC), a charitable initiative of self-image hits very close to home. the CFDA Foundation, marshals the We all know someone who has been Able Made Commando goodwill and services of every element affected by breast cancer.” of the fashion industry—including —Kerry O’Brien, Commando fashion designers in the U.S. and around the world, leading retailers, M.Patmos the world’s most famous models and “Breast cancer touches everyone’s celebrities, and photographers, as well lives, either directly or indirectly, and so as media, advertising, and PR firms— initiatives like Fashion Targets Breast S’well x BCBG to raise national and international Cancer are very important to support.” awareness and funds for the breast —Marcia Patmos, M.Patmos cancer cause. The initiative was FTBC: BY THE NUMBERS started in 1994 by Ralph Lauren, and Pinkberry 21 Years to date has raised $55 million globally. Throughout October, Pinkberry made a With the proceeds from FTBC $55 million dollars raised donation to FTBC for every flavor sold in campaigns worldwide, the CFDA store. Additionally, Pinkberry customers Foundation provides meaningful 7 current grants were able to engage with FTBC by help to all women concerned about making a donation on behalf of a breast or diagnosed with breast cancer by Currently providing navigation, educational, cancer survivor when they checked out. providing access to reliable health information and quality care, and and support services to 3,000 women S’well Bottle x BCBG by supporting the distribution of “Throughout the years, FTBC has innovative information, education, 8 international countries continually worked with leading and outreach via patient navigators, members of the fashion industry, that impacts the broadest and I was thrilled to be able to honor number of women possible. all the remarkable work they do for women and families, and to help raise awareness for a truly important cause.” —Lubov Azria, BCBG Pinkberry What is a Patient Navigator?

Since 2011, the CFDA Foundation has and mortality rates for them are high. cooking dinner for the patient’s family or partnered with the New York Community Patient navigators are trained driving the patient to her appointment. Fashion Targets Breast Cancer International Trust to identify leaders in the field of paraprofessionals who have been found In addition to social support, navigators breast cancer treatment, with a focus to be critical in helping women seek have been critical in educating patients The success of Fashion Targets Breast Fashion Australia FTBC 2015 Olive SHARE REACH OUT Targets Brazil Grants View (Self Help If you are on expanding patient-navigator programs. screenings and, when diagnosed, receive on their diagnosis and helping them Cancer led the CFDA Foundation Breast Hospital for Women interested Canada Celebrate In some communities, low-income, treatment. Navigators serve as the understand the health-care system. By to license the FTBC symbol and Cancer Life Cancer Ralph with Breast in becoming Thanks Its Cyprus Ministry Lauren or Ovarian an FTBC minority, and immigrant women do not liaison between physicians and patients, eradicating barriers to seek screenings and campaign model for use in other International Cancer) partner, Greece New York Center seek routine cancer screenings because helping with every stage of the breast treatment, patient navigators are helping countries. Each respective FTBC Partners for Cancer Southern please reach Ireland Hospital out to of cultural or educational barriers, lack of cancer process. When individuals want to decrease mortality rates in these areas. campaign partners with retailers, Queens Care and Los Angeles Mexico Prevention Patient Marketing health insurance, or access to primary-care to stop treatment in order to better care Fashion Targets Breast Cancer creates a national advertisement with United Maimonides Navigation @CFDA.com Kingdom Medical and Wellness physicians. As a result, several of these for their children, or because they lack currently allocates grants to seven breast the country’s respective top models Center Center women are diagnosed with late-stage transportation, a navigator will intervene cancer patient-care facilities on the East and photographers, and fund-raises cancer by the time they seek treatment, and help find a solution. Sometimes it is and West coasts. —Kristine Keller for a local breast cancer charity.

63 64 The CFDA’s Strategic Partnerships Group (SPG) creates exclusive business opportunities for CFDA Members. Businesses can become part of SPG either as a Corporate Affiliate or by offering exclusive Member benefits. Strategic Corporate Affiliates are businesses who join the CFDA and gain access Partnerships to the Membership by creating meaningful business-drıven benefits Group for CFDA Members. SPG examines where there are gaps between businesses and CFDA Members, and seeks to fill those gaps through the creation of innovatıve and resourceful collaborations and partnerships.

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CFDA’s 2015 Love with eBay Strategic Partnerships The CFDA and eBay have a longstanding Banana Republic x Group partnership to benefit the CFDA AMERICAN EXPRESS Foundation. For 2015, the CFDA chose BANANA REPUBLIC TimoWeiland Collaboration to create a capsule BARBIE/MATTEL Pamela Love CBIZ collection exclusively for eBay. The 9.2 The CFDA and Banana Republic CREDIT SUISSE six-piece holiday collection featured launched a new partnership that COVET FASHION a feather-embellished bracelet and supports emerging designers based DESIGNERS necklace, as well as starburst-studded in America, as well as American & AGENTS earrings, and launched on Giving manufacturing. The collaboration EBAY Pamela Tuesday, with proceeds benefitting Love features one limited-edition womenswear ESTABLISHED Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC). collection with a New York talent for BRANDS FORWARD BY 2015, and a second collection with a ELYSE WALKER Los Angeles–based menswear brand. GOOGLE Timo Weiland, Alan Eckstein, INTEL and Donna Kang of Timo Weiland MILANO UNICA were chosen as the New York label to MYHABIT create a spring 2016 women’s capsule Ken NFL Downing, collection that was designed, cut, and POPSUGAR Rachel Zoe, sewn exclusively in New York. The REFINERY29 and collection was cut and sewn by Sunrise SINGAPORE Steven Kolb Studio, a CFDA FMI grant winner, and FASHION WEEK/ MERCURY M&C was shown as part of Banana Republic’s SMARTWATER New York Fashion Week: Women’s SPRING presentation on September 12. STARBUCKS The Los Angeles–based menswear S’WELL Covet Alan Eckstein, designer will be disclosed in the spring of THE STANDARD Donna Kang, and 2016, and will create a capsule collection Timo Weiland TIDE/PROCTOR exclusively produced in L.A. for fall 2016. & GAMBLE Fashion

6.11 The CFDA launched a partnership Alexa Lily with Covet Fashion, an interactive Chung Aldridge and and mobile experience that allows Piera Tabitha consumers to virtually shop, style, Gelardi Simmons and purchase their favorite items directly from leading brands. Jennifer The CFDA worked with Covet CFDA and Refınery29 Spotlight Series Fisher and Prabal Fashion on monthly CFDA-branded, Gurung in-app styling challenges with As part of the Spotlight Series, CFDA’s Steven Kolb, Neiman Marcus’s Ken CFDA Members prominently Downing, and Refinery29’s Christene Barberich hosted an intimate dinner in featured, based around actual events honor of CFDA member Rachel Zoe at the Los Angeles eatery Terrine. CFDA and initiatives of the CFDA. Members Jennifer Meyer, Greg Chait, Lubov Azria and Clare Viver, along with The CFDA’s partnership marked a singer Lykke Li, Derek Blasberg, Caroline Vreeland, and Grace Gummer, joined new and innovative way for up-and- to show their support for the designer, celebrity stylist, and television personality. coming designers within the CFDA The CFDA, Neiman Marcus, and Refinery29 brought the series to New York Membership to not only be seen City for a second iteration, where the industry honored Tabitha Simmons by consumers across the U.S. but for her innovation and recent CFDA Fashion Award. Attendees included Andrew engage with them in an organic way. Rosen, Alexa Chung, Lily Aldridge, and Tali Lennox.

American Express x CFDA #Helloit’sSpring American Express partnered with Jennifer Fisher during NYFW, providing in Los Angeles card members with a conversation 4.15 The CFDA and the mobile shopping app Spring joined forces Fashionably on Tıme: moderated by CFDA Board Member to host a conversation on mobile commerce and storytelling at the Ace Hotel Prabal Gurung, and a special preview in Downtown Los Angeles. Steven Kolb kicked off the talk by welcoming the CFDA x Google Android of Fisher’s custom NYFW installation West Coast Members in the audience—Jennifer Meyer, Cynthia Vincent, For the collaboration between the CFDA and Google Android, CFDA and collection. American Express also Rachel Roy, John Whitledge, Raan Parton, Gai Gherardi, and Sophie Members Cynthia Rowley and Lisa Salzer created unique watch faces that partnered with Joseph Altuzarra, where Buhai among them—before handing the forum over to Spring’s cofounder, brought an innovative and fashionable spin to Google’s collection of watch the CFDA Member showcased his resort Ara Katz who moderated a panel with Jamie Gutfreund (Deep Focus), faces. Both designs were available to download at the Google Play Store. collection to select card members. Rodger Berman (the Zoe Media Group), and Cassandra Grey (Violet Grey). Rodger Berman, Cassandra Grey, Jamie Gutfreund, and Ara Katz

67 68 Strategic Partnerships Group Diane von Furstenberg

Credit Suisse The CFDA and strategic partner Credit Suisse organized an intimate dinner to commemorate women entrepreneurs in fashion. Lisa Smilor of the CFDA and Pamela Thomas-Graham of Credit Suisse hosted a table of creative and business-savvy women, such as Mimi So, Jennifer Fisher, Karen Smartwater Harvey, and Wen Zhou of Philip Lim. #inspiredby In 2015, Smartwater sponsored coverage for both the fall and spring Singapore Fashion Week NYFW: Women’s seasons. The industry Erin Beatty, Max Osterweis, Veronica Swanson Beard at large utilized the hashtag #inspiredby Diane von Furstenberg and Thakoon Panichgul led the group of and Juan Carlos Obando and Veronica Miele Beard throughout Fashion Week, while Designers international and local designers showing at Singapore Fashion Week (SFW) capturing enthralling imagery that aptly as part of the CFDA’s continued partnership with SFW. Von Furstenberg inspired them from runway shows and & Agents and Panichgul also spoke at the SFW Fashion Talk Series to a room of fellow Celebrating Rising presentations. CFDA.com hosted all The CFDA’s partnership with designers, students, and fashion friends. of the images captured utilizing the Designers & Agents continued this Additionally, under the CFDA’s partnership, 2015 marked the launch of CFDA Talents with hashtag, so that people all around the year with distinguished CFDA Member the Fashion Futures talent development, with three emerging Singapore world could in turn, be inspired, too. booths at D&A in February. Organic designers—Ong Shunmugam, Dzojchen, and Elohim—selected to participate Forward by Elyse Walker by John Patrick, Lola Hats, Melissa Joy in the inaugural program. The three designers traveled to New York as part of Manning, and Skin were among the the program, and the CFDA filled the designers’ itineraries over three days with In November, Juan Carlos Obando, Suno’s Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis, CFDA brands who showerd at D&A. visits to the design studios of Carolina Herrera, Prabal Gurung, Diane von and Veronica Beard’s Veronica Miele Beard and Veronica Swanson Beard CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} Furstenberg, and Thakoon, as well as meetings with Harper’s Bazaar, Hilldun, were the center of attention at Los Angeles’s Lombardi House. The occasion: label Nomia was February’s chosen KCD, Spring, and tours of retailer Kirna Zabete and New York Embroidery a celebratory cocktail to launch the Rising Talent Program, an initiative of designer for the CFDA @ D&A booth. Studio, a CFDA FMI grant recipient. the CFDA and Forward by Elyse Walker, the online shopping destination. The three brands are the first set of designers to participate in the Intel Focus Groups program, which included a two-day workshop in L.A. with Forward fashion The CFDA and Intel continued to director Elyse Walker and co-owners Michael Mente and Mike Karanikolas. demonstrate the inextricable link The program evolves around mentorship and support of hand-selected between technology and fashion in up-and-coming talent, with the three brands also creating an exclusive 2015 by hosting focus groups for capsule collection with the retailer’s buying team for spring/summer 2016. key CFDA designers and Intel The CFDA serves as the U.S. governing engineers and executives. These focus International Woolmark Prize body of the International Woolmark Prize. groups foster an environment of Siki Im It manages the application process, selects and communication and trust, and allow Tanya the finalists, and Steven Kolb serves as a for both fields to inform one another on Taylor judge for the U.S. final competition. CFDA trends, customer needs, and the future. Members Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, and Marcia Patmos of M.Patmos took home the top prize for the 2014/2015 International Woolmark Prize in menswear and womenswear, respectively. The Public School duo’s big win took place during London Collections: Men in February, while Patmos’s prize was awarded in Beijing in March. CFDA & Popsugar The 2015/2016 International Woolmark USA regional finals were held at Milk Studios in New York in July. New CFDA Members Tanya Must Have Box Taylor and Siki Im were named the winners The CFDA and Popsugar collaborated on the first-ever CFDA x Popsugar Must of womenswear and menswear, respectively. Have Box, which sold out in a record time of 48 minutes, with a portion of sales The other eight nominees were Chris Gelinas benefitting the CFDA Foundation. The box included items from CFDA brands of CG, Kaelan Haworth of Kaelen, Nellie Trina Turk, Diane von Furstenberg, Milly, Anna Sui, Maiyet, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Apolis, Partow, and Jordana Warmflash of Novis Nanette Lepore, and Clare V. As a prelude to the launch, CFDA Member Mara Hoffman hosted a for womenswear, and Raul Arevalo and and Mara brunch during Coachella at the Avalon Hotel’s Cabana Club, with fellow CFDA Brad Schmidt of Cadet, David Hart, Lucio Hoffman members Cynthia Vincent, Trina Turk, and Nanette Lepore in attendance. Castro, and Thaddeus O’Neil for menswear.

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Overview CFDA.COM CFDA.com is the premier destination for fashion coverage, from Membership news and runway images to recurring features highlighting the CFDA Members and partners. As the site continues to evolve with a relaunch in 2016, CFDA will keep serving the industry with groundbreaking content and user-friendly features. What follows are examples of past coverage.

Mary-Kate olsen Kendall Jenner, Diane von Furstenberg, Nicole Miller’s CFDA x NFL Design Pharrell Williams Kim Kardashian West and Ashley Olsen and Karlie Kloss and Kanye West and Kanye West What Is the Role of the Fashion ShowToday? @CFDA’s 2015 Top-Performing Instagram Posts In either case, the message is Hernandez showed in December. Meanwhile, It was a year to remember for the many moments. CFDA.com gathered the top five Diane von Furstenberg backstage with muddled, and many say that this is Jeremy Scott has been making looks from firsts, from the launch of NYFW: Men’s performing Instagram posts to showcase Kendall Jenner and Karlie Kloss celebrating hurting business more than helping it. the Moschino runway immediately available to the three CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund some of the highlights. It’s no surprise her spring summer collection. Check out To that end, the CFDA has decided in the Italian brand’s stores after the show. winners announcement. Throughout that Kim and Kanye, at the CFDA Fashion our best of @CFDA on Instagram in 2015. to retain Boston Consulting Group And Rebecca Minkoff announced that her the year, Instagram chronicled our best Awards, came in first, closely followed by —Emilie Fife (BCG) to conduct an extensive study show at New York Fashion Week: Women’s to define the future of fashion shows. in February will feature spring clothes that The study will take an in-depth look are in season and available for purchase. at the fashion show today, with the aim The Boston Consulting Group of fixing what many industry experts study is expected to explore a possible consider a broken system that confuses move to more intimate presentations consumers—from collections that are to trade, and larger production shows hyped on social media months before the that are aimed at consumers and more TechTal ks 12.15 That question is at the top of most clothes actually hit retail to deliveries that closely aligned with retail deliveries. industry minds. Is it, as it traditionally aren’t in season (something that Donna “Designers, retailers, and editors have been Rebecca Minkoff is no neophyte in R.M.: I started brainstorming on the was, a way for designers to show clothes Karan has been vocal about for years). questioning the relevance of Fashion Week in the tech arena. The CFDA designer vision for this season with my brother to retailers and editors who plan their Different designers have tried different its current format for some time,” said Steven invites customers into her brand and life Uri Minkoff, who is our CEO. It was our buys and editorial spreads months ahead? ways to address the issue. Tom Ford’s Kolb, President and CEO of the CFDA. “Out through innovative digital reveals, such goal to showcase never-before-seen retail Or has it, in the age of social media and early collections for his namesake brand of this industry need came our decision to as launching looks on Snapchat before technology that merges the online and the show spectacle, become a form of came with a strict embargo on coverage, hire Boston Consulting Group to create an they hit the runway. A vocal voice in the physical shopping experience through entertainment measured by instant as did the pre-fall collection that Proenza in-depth analysis and road map for the future industry, Minkoff recently expressed my viewpoint to specifically cater to “likes” over actual business results? Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro of fashion shows.”—Marc Karimzadeh why women need to be at the forefront my customer. My customers are able of the technology revolution, and how to experience the most advanced and she will help create those opportunities, cutting-edge technology at the forefront in a Business of Fashion op-ed. In true of retail innovation in a space that brings innovative fashion, Minkoff was also one my downtown romantic aesthetic to life. of the first designers to pioneer the “see The technology has been incredibly now, buy now” approach during Fashion successful for us, as we are able to engage Fashion and Diversity Week, a format that has been the talk of the our customer in a way that she identifies Rebecca industry since the CFDA launched its with and collect invaluable date along Minkoff Diversity in the Fashion Industry was the topic was held in 2007. study with the Boston Consulting Group the way. Female millennials are our the topic of an inspiring discussion Joining her on the panel were Prabal on the future of New York Fashion Week. customers. They are digital natives and when she’s turning to her device. Last year hosted by the CFDA and led by Bethann Gurung; Anita Bitton, casting director at CFDA.com sat down with Minkoff, and it’s have grown up online, so technology is we more than doubled our mobile search Hardison.“It has been something that Establishment New York; Hans Dorsinville, clear that there is no code she can’t crack. innate for them. By using our in-store marketing to ensure we reach her where concerns me, as I grew up in the industry,” partner and executive vice president technology, our customer is directly she’s spending time. Hardison, a pioneer of diversity in of Laird + Partners; W Magazine’s style CFDA.com: When did you first become telling us what she wants every time fashion, told a crowd that included André director, Edward Enninful; and Elle fashion interested in technology? she walks in the door. We’ve seen a 3 to CFDA.com: In what ways do your Leon Talley, Public School’s Dao-Yi director Samira Nasr. A takeaway was 4 percentage increase in ready-to-wear customers engage with you and your Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Carlos how different people have different Rebecca Minkoff: Technology has always sales since opening our connected brand via technology, and how has that Campos, Michael Bastian, Roopal takes on diversity, which can range from fascinated me. Early on, I saw the power stores this past year. About 75 percent of changed since your brand first launched? Patel, and Carly Cushnie. The fashion models and designers to age and size. in it while creating my brand from the consumers engage with the wear it with industry has struggled a great deal with “Race is an issue that is not just in ground up, and recognized how I was able feature in connected dressing rooms, R.M.: These days we get a lot of feedback diversity,” the former model added. “If fashion,” Gurung said. “We need to to use technology to speak to my customer and 25 percent are then asking for the on Instagram—our customers are very television can be diversified, so can we.” address that immediately. As a designer, directly. Through technology, I am able to item to be brought to their fitting room. vocal, and always have something to share Hardison pointed to the late 1980s I want to work with the best girls, who are create things that are more than just a want The data has also helped inform with us. When I first launched, things and early 1990s as a moment in fashion the best girls for me. Sometimes, an agent in my customer’s life, but an absolute need marketing decisions. In terms of our were very different in the tech space, but when the ethnic makeup of modeling says ‘If you want this black girl, you have to that she can benefit from in so many ways. marketing mix, the millennial customer I spent an hour every night chatting with Edward Enninful, began to diversify, but that didn’t last long, use this white girl,’ whom I may not like.” is of course using her phone to research consumers on fashion blogs. That was Anita Bitton, and prompting Naomi Campbell and Talley “Diversity, not just in race but also CFDA.com: Tell us about the technology before coming into the store and also really when I realized how important that Bethann to approach her with the plea to champion age and size, is very important to me,” integration in your store. How are while in-store, so we want to be able to direct dialogue is, and at the time it was the Hardison change. The first town-hall meeting on he added. —Marc Karimzadeh customers responding to it now? reach her across all of these moments best way to do it. —Kristine Keller

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Steven Kolb and Donna Karan

Maxwell Osborne and Douglas Donna Karan: Past, Present, and HanD Exciting Future Ahead

Words with (Fashion) Friends: 11.13 Calling Donna Karan a force of Bernhardt, a Watch What Happens Urban Zen, Karan’s “philosophy of nature in every possible way is stating Live moment with Andy Cohen, living,” combines all of her passions, from the obvious. To quote her bestie Barbra and more book signings that Karan humanitarian causes to philanthropy to Douglas Hand Streisand in the foreword to the designer’s probably cares to remember. bringing together artisans from around book My Journey (Ballantine Books), Karan With My Journey, Karan tells the world, and giving back to communities is at once “a designer, philanthropist, the story of her life with refreshing through the Urban Zen Foundation. Its 8.13 Douglas Hand knows the ins and the valid. That view is the brand. You are in no CFDA.com: What areas in fashion and visionary” and “the most scattered, —and inspiring—candor. mission is “to raise awareness and inspire outs of fashion businesses.He provides position as an adviser to question it, and require legal counsel the most? disorganized human being you’ll ever meet.” “I love the reflection, the looking back change in the areas of preservation of legal counsel for many designers and supporting it is important. I cannot read Streisand, like anyone who has ever had on my life, realizing the passion that I had, cultures, well-being, and education.” Along brands, including Rag & Bone, 3.1 Phillip the tea leaves of consumer actions, wants, D.H.: Intellectual property, corporate, the privilege to spend time with Karan, says the love that I had, and the wonderful the way, she touches on many Donna-isms Lim, Rodarte, Costello Tagliapietra, or desires, but designers can. That’s why compensation and benefits, and real this with nothing but affection—because life I have lived,” Karan told CFDA.com. from finding “the calm in the chaos of life” and Steven Alan, as well as the CFDA they do what they do and I do what I do, estate. Intellectual property is the at her core, Karan is a nurturing soul in “And then there is the appreciation. to a “connection of mind, body, and spirit” and the Fragrance Foundation. which is to help them protect their brand. brand protection and some of the that Jewish-mother way. A few years back, When you get to be a certain age, you to her quest to create a “soulful economy” Raised in Southern California and The one-on-ones with the creative design protection, and the licensing of for example, during an interview on a can’t believe so much has happened.” that “dresses people and addresses them” educated at Vassar and New York director who is also the CEO and the those brands. Corporate is a catch-all Chelsea Piers bench, she artfully wrapped During a career that spanned some and is “about the We, not the Me.” University, Hand launched his career social-media director and everything else for general business, from legal-entity her cashmere scarf around my shoulders, four decades, she famously flunked in Urban Zen is on a growth trajectory. at the global mergers-and-acquisitions can be challenging, but also tremendously structuring to contracts. Compensation sensing that I was woefully underdressed draping at Parsons, spent a decade at Anne Karan recently opened the clothing line firm Sherman & Sterling before rewarding for my lawyers and me and benefits is code for labor and dealing for the chilly winds coming off the Hudson Klein, and launched her own label in 1984. to wholesale, and showed the collection founding Hand Baldachin & Amburgey because you really are adding value. with your employees; and real estate, River. I got to keep the luxury schmatte. Karan’s woman-to-woman ethos and in Paris to international retailers. “The (HBA) with Alan Baladachin and We pride ourselves on the ability to because so many brands have gone to a Karan’s chaos is also her creative system of dressing with seven easy pieces excitement for it has been incredible,” David Amburgey thirteen years ago. communicate with designers effectively direct brick-and-mortar model, and if engine, and without it, there wouldn’t be shifted the fashion needle. Along the way, she said. “ I didn’t expect it to take off the HBA’s focus is on businesses where so that they not only understand what you have 50 stores, you have 50 leases, Donna Karan, the designer who became she picked up many CFDA Awards, and way it has. I like the intimacy of Urban intellectual property is a core asset. we are saying but we also hear what they which all need to be negotiated. a fashion star with her groundbreaking spearheaded Seventh on Sale with Anna Zen. Now that I have more time, I want While his partners concentrate more on are saying to get the business or licensing concept of seven easy pieces in the 1980s. Wintour, galvanizing the American fashion to do more seminars on health care, media and entertainment properties, deal or other transactions accomplished. CFDA.com: What, in your view, is the Much has changed for the New York industry in the fight against HIV/AIDS. education, and culture. I want to re-create Hand focuses on fashion and lifestyle- biggest cautionary fashion tale? native in recent months. In late June, it “Reliving all of it again has been a the community. I want to do what I branded products. As Hand put it, “Being CFDA.com: How crucial is it for a emerged that she was leaving the brand wonderful experience,” Karan said. have done in Haiti. I want to visit more around so many creatives is extremely designer to have legal guidance? D.H.: The startup that hasn’t done its due that bears her name, and that the Donna “But at the same time, I am thinking, countries. There were so many artisans all captivating for a practitioner.” diligence and protected its brand name. Karan Collection—a pillar of New York ‘Oh, my god, what am I going to do next?’” over the world I haven’t touched upon.” He is a member of the CFDA’s D.H.: It is extraordinarily important There is nothing more upsetting to the Fashion Week for over three decades— For a designer of Karan’s magnitude Karan reopened the Urban Zen Soulful {FASHION INCUBATOR} Advisory because the foundation for a fashion momentum of a brand, or more costly, was making way for the younger and drive, it’s a valid question, one Economy Marketplace at 711 Greenwich Board. Earlier this summer, Hand (a.k.a. company is that the brand—and therefore than to have to change your name or go DKNY, now designed by Public School’s that people seem to be asking her a Street, in New York, which sells her @HandoftheLaw) talked to CFDA.com its trademark and, to a lesser degree, its out and buy someone else’s trademark. Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne. lot these days. Anyone who knows collection and work by artisans from around about practicing law in fashion, the design elements—is protected. Starting Karan admitted that it would probably Donna knows that this wasn’t the the world, with a celebration with Parsons important things an aspiring designer a business without protecting those CFDA.com: Finally, whose suit take a year for her “to digest the whole finale. Far from it: There will be enough School of Design for the holiday season. should know, and his own sartorial style. from a legal standpoint is potentially are you wearing today? thing,” but she isn’t using her newfound material for a second and third book. “To me, being a designer means to work like building on sand. Some of the worst extra time to take a breather. She spent the “This was absolutely not the last with other designers, whether it is Robert CFDA.com: What are the pros and stories in fashion are about brands that D.H.: This is a great summer-weight suit past couple of months on a whirlwind tour chapter, but in a way, that’s what scares Lee Morris or William Morris or artisans cons of working with fashion people? started without doing a trademark search from Phillip Lim. Probably 90 percent of my to promote her book, and just last week, me,” she admitted. “It was so easy to whose artwork inspires me,” she said. and without canvassing the globe to see wardrobe is made up of clients. One of the Streisand threw a shindig for her friend at write the book, and now I am looking “I have so much work to do with Urban Zen. Douglas Hand: One of the challenges— if their brand and name are uniquely perks of being an HBA associate is getting Eric Buterbaugh Florals in West Hollywood. at it and thinking, What’s next? I will “I am in a whirlwind,” she added. but also opportunities—is to recognize theirs. It can be a very expensive problem invited to their friends-and-family days. This came after speaking engagements be designing Urban Zen, but every day, “Nothing has changed.” And so the a designer’s view of his or her brand as to fix, and sometimes it’s unfixable. —Marc Karimzadeh with the likes of Alina Cho and Sandra something happens. It’s the unexpected.” story continues. —Marc Karimzadeh

73 74 Financial Overview

Total Revenue FY06—fy15

For fiscal year 2015, the Council of $14M Fashion Designers of America and the CFDA Foundation ended with total net assets of $10.5M $36.8M, while revenue increased $1.2M from 2014. Eighty-eight percent of all revenue went to $7M program services that support our Membership and the larger fashion community. $3.5M

FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

Revenue Expenses (Including Depreciation) Statement of Activities Membership Programs $10,339,355.00 Revenue $11,778,152.00 Dues $1,530,114.00 Fundraising Expenses $11,403,651.00 Educational Including Percentage of Percentage of & Professional Special Events $405,584.00 Change in Development $4,227,937.00 Net Assets Revenue Expenses Management before Investment Philanthropy $3,049,322.00 & General $658,712.00 impairment Return, net loss $374,501.00 Special 1% Events, $11,403,651.00 Impairment Membership Fund-raising Net $1,352,598.00 Loss on other Other Dues 3% Other $1,446,444.00 intangible assets From 12% 13% Investment Fashion Management return, Calendar $45,938.00 Special and General Net $171,737.00 Events, net Change in 6% $11,778,152.00 Net Assets $328,563.00 12% Educational Net Assets, and Professional Beginning of Year Development Programs $36,505,525.00 Philanthropy Net Assets, 36% End of Year 26% $36,834,088.00 91%

*Unaudited Financials Please visit cfda.com on June 30, 2016 for release of audited financials.

75 76 Staff

MARK BECKHAM Business Director of Fashion Week SACHA BROWN Senior Manager of Professional Development ANNA CHAE Coordinator of Education & Professional Development Casandra Diggs Chief Financial Officer KELSEY FAIRHURST Graphic Designer EMILIE FIFE Senior Manager of Digital Communications Digital Footprint MARY HACKLEY Accounts Payable Manager 400,000+ Followers 254,000+ Followers NATALIE HESSION Fashion Calendar Manager MARC KARIMZADEH 240,000+ Followers 1.4 Million+ Followers Editorial & Communications Director 429,000+ Followers 5.5 Million+ Views KRISTINE KELLER Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships ERIN KENT Senior Programs Manager LEIGH KING Events & Projects Coordinator Steven Kolb Only on Instagram President and Chief Executive Officer We took to Instagram to highlight our CFDA Members throughout the year with original content. SARA KOzLOWSKI These are a few of our favorite moments we created for the platform. Director of Education & Professional Development JOSEPH MAGLIERI Fashion Calendar Coordinator SOPHIE MARX Director of Events & Projects Audrey Marzan Executive Assistant to CEO & President

1 2 3 4 5 CAL McNEIL Strategic Partnerships Associate 1 Celebrating Women’s History 2 Introducing the newly inducted 4 Covering NYFW through the Month by asking designers like CFDA Members to our followers illustrations of artist Samantha Hahn. JOHN MONKHOUSE Kristy Caylor, Lubov Azria, and by having them submit one image Senior Accounting Manager Carolina Herrera for the one woman that encompasses their brand ethos. 5 Discovering the “one word” in history they look up to the that inspired CFDA Members’ DRIA RAMOS most, and how she inspires them. 3 Peter Som’s Instagram takeover spring 2016 collections. Partner Services Associate of NYC’s annual Pridefest just days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor Adam Roth of marriage equality in New York. Vice President of Strategic Partnerships ASHLEY-BROOKE SANDALL Sr. Manager of Strategic Partnerships Lisa Smilor Executive Vice President LAURA TOOMEY Snapchat and the CFDA’s Live Stories Manager of Education & Professional Development Follow CFDA’s live stories on Snapchat KARYL TRUESDALE during major CFDA Office Manager events, like the CFDA Fashion Awards and Special thanks New York Fashion Week: Men’s, and keep an Special thank-you eye out for the CFDA’s to Billy Farrell Agency, official Snapchat handle Hank Tomashevski, and KCD to launch in 2016. Annual Report STAFF Editorial Director: Marc Karimzadeh Managing Editor: Kristine Keller Articles Editor: Cal McNeil Copy Editor: Diego Hadis Creative Director: Martin Hoops Graphic Designer: Kelsey Fairhurst

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