Set to Be Celebrated October 28, the CFDA Has Named the Nominees and Honorees for the 2024 Edition of its Prestigious Awards
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has announced the nominees and honorees for the 2024 CFDA Fashion Awards. The awards ceremony and gala dinner are set to unfold at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on October 28.
The nominees for American Womenswear Designer of the Year comprise Rachel Scott for Diotima, Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne, and Tory Burch. American Menswear Designer of the Year nominees are Mike Amiri for Amiri, Emily Adams Bode Aujla for Bode, Thom Browne, Todd Snyder, and Willy Chavarria (who also received the award last year).
In the American Accessory Designer of the Year category, the nominees are Ana Khouri, Stuart Vevers for Coach, Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Raul Lopez for Luar, and Tory Burch.
The contenders for the American Emerging Designer of the Year are Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell for Tanner Fletcher, Jackson Wiederhoeft for Wiederhoeft, Connor McKnight, Presley Oldham, and Henry Zankov for Zankov.
The CFDA Board of Directors has decided to rename its namesake award to the Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute in memory of the late Cuban-American talent Isabel Toledo, who will posthumously receive the newly renamed award. Notable past recipients of this award include Virgil Abloh, Norma Kamali, Tom Ford, Michelle Obama, and Michael Bloomberg. The award will now exclusively recognize designers.
International Designer of the Year will be presented to Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli, and the Positive Change Award will go to Michael Kors for his efforts in fighting hunger through Watch Hunger Stop campaign and supporting organizations like the United Nations World Food Programme and God’s Love We Deliver.
Other notable recognitions at the event include Stephen Burrows receiving the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, Annie Leibovitz receiving the Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard, and Hamish Bowles being honored with the Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert.
The CFDA’s chief executive Steven Kolb beamed, “This year’s nominees and honorees represent the gamut of American fashion creativity and excellence.” Jenny Freshwater, vice president of Amazon Fashion, Fitness, and Creators, added, “Amazon Fashion is excited to celebrate the creative and brilliant designers and innovators that are impacting American fashion today.”
Amazon Fashion is the presenting partner of the CFDA Fashion Awards, with additional support from Shop With Google, Häagen-Dazs, Hourglass, and WHP Global.