The Fashion Designers Council of America on Monday unveiled the winners of the group’s annual fashion awards, praising the winners of the 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards as the varied highs in their 39-year history.
Black designers Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss (American menswear designer of the year), Telfar Clemens for Telfar (American accessory designer) and Christopher John Rogers (emerging American designer) were 3 of the six winners, along with Gabriela Hearst (American Women’s clothing designer). ), the woman to win this year and the first woman to win this category since 2015.
Other winners include Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino (international female designer) and Kim Jones for Dior (international male designer).
The effects came two months after the CFDA faced a backlash from its 30 nominees, most of whom were white.
The virtual announcement that pays homage to the creativity of the most productive fashion, led by CFDA President Tom Ford, replaced the group’s annual gala, scheduled for June 8, but cancelled by the pandemic.
“Not hosting a gala allows us to focus on supporting designers in the global pandemic and redirecting our efforts to scholarships and bringing racial justice to fashion,” Ford said.
When the nominees were announced in July, @kappabashibashi wrote in the comments in the message: “If there is even a colored user in your nomination selections, you have a symbolic color user for the category. You have to wake up and do better. “
Ketmydrift user added: “There are so many smart BIPOC and POC designers that you intentionally forget ?. Do better. He’s lazy and boring, as a fashion enthusiast, he’s boring. “
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In a post on his own Instagram account, Indo-American designer Naeem Khan spoke about the nominations while sharing a photo of the American womenswear designer of the year, which featured Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, Brandon Maxwell, Hearst. , Marc Jacobs and Ford.
“What about this image? They are the same nominees each and every year . . . Maybe it’s time for a change. I guess you have to be a target or CFDA president to be nominated. Conflict of interest and very incestuous, ” he wrote.
Contributor: Sara Moniuszko
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