CFDA+ goes global to include top-ranked international fashion schools

CFDA+ Goes Global. The Council of Fashion Designers of America extends its CFDA+ program. Created in 2013, CFDA+ was formed to recognize the best of the recent graduates from the leading fashion design programs in the United States in order to create a vetted pool of outstanding emerging talent for the Fashion Industry to look … Read more

Raf Simons, Joseph Altuzarra, and Rihanna – the big winners of CFDA Awards 2014

CFDA Awards 2014: the winners. Fulfilling its mission of being to strengthen the influence and success of American Fashion Designers, the Council of Fashion Designers of America paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards. The evening’s Womenswear Designer of the Year honors went to Joseph Altuzarra for Altuzarra, presented … Read more

Altuzarra for Target

Target and Altuzarra announce fall Collaboration. The Altuzarra fashion house is celebrated for embodying a combination of French sophistication and American ease, appealing to refined, independent women. This fall, Altuzarra’s aesthetic arrives at Target. The collection features a mix of iconic Altuzarra silhouettes with designs created specifically for Target. It includes nearly 50 items. “As … Read more

Wearable device innovation from Intel, Opening Ceremony, Barneys, and CFDA

  At this year CES 2014, Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich announced collaborations with luxury retailer Barneys New York, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Opening Ceremony concept store to explore new smart wearable technologies, and to increase dialogue and cooperation between the fashion and technology industries. He also kicked-off the Intel ‘Make … Read more

2013 CFDA Fashion Awards honored the best talent working in fashion industry

2013 CFDA Fashion Awards presented in New York. Proenza Schouler named Womenswear Designer of the Year The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards and commemorated the organization’s 50th anniversary at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. The evening’s Womenswear Designer of the … Read more

CFDA to promote American designers through China’s leading online fashion retailer

The CFDA signs partnership with China’s leading online fashion retailer The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has signed its first Chinese partnership with Shangpin.com, China’s leading online fashion retailer and China’s first online retailer to sell in-season contemporary and designer brands at full price. As part of the agreement, Shangpin will support CFDA … Read more