Emerging Designers
Music has the Grammys, Film has the Oscars and Fashion has the CFDA Awards- Council of Fashion Designers of America- an annual awards event highlighting the fashion industry best emerging and established talent. The awards cover categories ranging from womenswear, menswear, accessories designers, as well as emerging designers that span all categories.
Recipents from past years "Emerging Designer category" include Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia of Monse in 2017 and Sander Lak for Sies Marjan in 2018.
This years nominees for Women's designer of the Year are:
Brandon Maxwell
Marc Jacobs
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte
Rosie Assoulin
Sander Lak for Sies Marjan
Menswear Designer of the Year
Mike Amiri for Amiri
Virgil Abloh for Off-White
Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss
Rick Owens
Thom Browne for Thom Browne New York
Accessory Designer of the Year
Jennifer Fisher for Jennifer Fisher Jewelry
Virgil Abloh for Off-White
Tabitha Simmons
Telfar Clemens for Telfar
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Emerging Designer of the Year
Emily Adams Bode for Bode
Beth Bugdaycay for Foundrae
Heron Preston
Catherine Holstein for Khaite
Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto for Staud
The 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards will be held on June 3rd at the Brooklyn Museum.