The 2023 CFDA Awards: A-list Celebrities, Designers, a Few

8 Nov

The style industry’s obsession with celebrities was on full display Monday night on the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion. Crowding into the Hall of Ocean Life on the American Museum of Natural History were A-listers including Serena Williams, Mary J. Blige, Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, Martha Stewart, Jenna Lyons, Kim Kardashian, Jordan Roth, Coco Rocha, Ashley Graham, Chloë Sevigny, Jane Krakowski, Cynthia Erivo, Madelyn Cline, Molly Ringwald and Anne Hathaway, the host of the evening’s festivities. The event, which began at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails, lasted until somewhat after 10:30 p.m., and included a sit-down dinner of Chicken Pot Pie, an Anna Wintour favorite that was for a few years served at CFDA galas. After a temporary introduction by...

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28 Sep

Sarah Jessica Parker to Host the 2023 CFDA Fashion

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Beauty, Featured

Sarah Jessica Parker will host the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion. The award-winning actor, producer, publisher, businesswoman and designer will host the evening’s awards ceremony that takes place Nov. 6 on the American Museum of Natural History. Parker owns and operates her own footwear label SJP Collection, which she founded in 2014, a beauty business, SJP Beauty, and has a footwear boutique at 385 Bleecker Street in Recent York City. She is closely aligned with the style industry as a frequent attendee of the Met Gala and a front row guest at fashion shows, not to say starring in fashion-obsessed TV shows resembling “And Just Like That,” and “Sex and the City.” “Sarah Jessica represents the most effective...

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24 Jun

Christian Cowan, LaQuan Smith, Becca McCharen-Tran, and Daniella Kallmeyer

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Fashion, Featured

The Council of Fashion Designers of America and American Express marked pride 2023 by hosting an “Express Yourself” panel of LGBTQIA+ designers — LaQuan Smith, Christian Cowan, Becca McCharen-Tran and Daniella Kallmeyer, and cocktail party for American Express Platinum Card and Centurion Members and guests. The conversation covered staying on the right track as a queer creative, self-expression and the way designers will help uplift their very own communities through fashion and activism. Before the panel, CFDA chief executive officer Steven Kolb got here as much as speak to the gang making it clear that Amex as an organization was firmly behind the LGBTQIA+ community: “We’ve worked with Amex for a really very long time, particularly on fashion activations,” Kolb...

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18 Jun

CFDA and Genesis House Team Up for AAPI Grant

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Fashion, Featured

In an effort to support the following generation of AAPI designers, the immersive space Genesis House and the Council of Fashion Designers of America are teaming as much as debut the CFDA/Genesis House AAPI Design + Innovation Grant. The five-month initiative is geared toward fostering talent within the AAPI community. Three up-and-coming designers can be vying for the CFDA’s inaugural AAPI innovation grant. Submissions can be open later this summer for this mentorship program. The trio will present their final designs to Prabal Gurung, actress Jodie Turner-Smith, Monse cofounder Fernando Garcia, Saks Fifth Avenue’s Sandra Park and Alina Cho, amongst others. This system will culminate with designers making a bespoke collection that highlights “the friction between Korean cultural tradition and modernity,” with...

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