Check out the 2021 nominees of the CFDA Fashion Awards
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has announced the 2021 nominees and honorees for this year's CDFA Fashion Awards. Along with several major fashion events that were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony will return to in-person festivities on 10th November 2021 at the Pool + Grill located in the Seagram Building on Park Avenue in New York City.
The 2021 list of nominees is evidently more diverse compared to last year's shortlist that failed to truly diversify their nominees with only six BIPOC designers among 30 other nominees. The 2020 CFDA awards honored what seemed to be previously nominated designers and past winners from years prior, such as CFDA Chairman Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to name a few.
This year's CFDA Fashion Awards ceremony consists of a number of BIPOC designers such as Christopher John Rogers, who recently made his Met Gala debut on September 14, being one of the few Black designers to be nominated for the American Womenswear Designer of the Year category with the most recent nominee being Virgil Abloh in 2018. Telfar Clemens who designed the It bag of the generation has also been nominated in the Menswear Designer of the Year category along with Jerry Lorenzo of Fear of God. Among the five nominees for Emerging Desinger of the Year three of which are Black designers namely Jameel Mohammed of Khiry, Edvin Thompson of Theophilio, and Kenneth Nicholson.
See all the nominees and honorees down below.
American Womenswear Designer of the Year: Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Christopher John Rogers, Gabriela Hearst, Marc Jacobs and Peter Do.
American Menswear Designer of the Year: Emily Adams Bode for Bode, Jerry Lorenzo for Fear of God, Mike Amiri for Amiri, Telfar Clemens for Telfar and Thom Browne.
American Accessories Designer of the Year: Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, Aurora James for Brother Vellies, Gabriela Hearst, Stuart Vevers for Coach and Telfar Clemens for Telfar.
American Emerging Designer of the Year: Edvin Thompson for Theophilio, Eli Russell Linnetz for ERL, Jameel Mohammed for Khiry, Kenneth Nicholson and Maisie Schloss for Maisie Wilen.
International Women's Designer of the Year: Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta, Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons for Prada, Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino, and Simon Porte Jacquemus for Jacquemus.
International Men's Designer of the Year: Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta, Dries Van Noten, Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner, Rick Owens and Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton.
Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert: Aurora James for the 15 Percent Pledge.
Environmental Sustainability Award: Patagonia.
Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Nina Garcia.
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Dapper Dan.
Board of Directors' Tribute: Yeohlee Teng.
