Vogue & the CFDA Announces 10 New Fashion Fund Nominees
Vogue & the CFDA Announces 10 New Nominees
In an effort to support nascent talent, Vogue and the CFDA established a Fashion Fund 12 years ago. The annual effort brings together 10 designers and their collections, which undergo four months of “design and advertising challenges,” a runway show at the Chateau Marmont, and a final presentation in front of a tribunal of the industry’s top experts and editors leading up to a big reveal on November 2. The newest nominees were announced on Wednesday night at a rooftop soiree at the Jane Hotel.
In years past, the winner has been awarded $300,000 and the two runner-ups $100,000 each. This year, the fund—like the talent pool—has grown. The amounts have increased to $400,000 and $150,000, respectively. But what’s invaluable is also the yearlong mentorship that comes along with the win. (Just ask previous winners like Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, Joseph Altuzarra, or Proenza Schouler.)
Here is the roster of this year’s (overwhelmingly male-dominated) class. (Thank god for the Brother Vellies’s Aurora James and Chromat’s Becca McCharen to represent the ladies!)
Baja East, Scott Studenberg and John Targon
Cadet, Brad Schmidt and Raul Arevalo
Jonathan Simkhai, Jonathan Simkhai
Thaddeus O’Neil, Thaddeus O’Neil
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