Meet the 2021 CFDA Scholar Award Recipients
Celebrating 25 years of CFDA scholarships, we are proud to award a record $500,000 to 19 fashion students.
News Insights
Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
CFDA and Coach Foundation Inaugurate New Scholarship
Learn more about the Coach Dream It Real x CFDA Design Scholarship and its first six recipients.
The Scoop on the First Swarovski Foundation Re:Generation Innovation Scholar
The inaugural award, to advance learning and innovative design thinking within sustainable systems, goes to FIT’s Bailey Adams.
Patricia Underwood on Finding Her Way & Building a Business from the Ground Up
The CFDA member shares her journey to success and her advice for up-and-coming designers.
Aoki Lee Simmons on her Fashionable Family, attending Harvard, and her JustFab Collection
The emerging star and daughter of model Kimora Lee Simmons is on her way to establishing herself as a fashion figure.
CFDA and Getting to GlobalPresent: Maintaining Your Brand Ethos During Global Expansion with Kenneth Cole
Learn more about how Kenneth Cole has kept his brand true to its beginnings and his advice for brands starting out on their global journey.
Getting to Global and CFDA Present: Maintaining Your Brand Ethos During Global Expansion with Kenneth Cole
Learn more about how Kenneth Cole has kept his brand true to its beginnings and his advice for brands starting out on their global journey.
The CFDA 2020 Annual Report
Take a look at all the important work the CFDA did for its membership and the American fashion industry at large during this unprecedented year. View the full report.
Is Fur Fashion Responsible for Spreading Covid-19? What You Should Know
PJ Smith of the Humane Society of the United States on the risks that tie the fur trade to the spread of Covid- 19.
Inside Indiana Fashion Week with Steven Kolb
The CFDA CEO attended the event which is a member of the new CFDA Connects program.
CFDA & ELLE Celebrate Latinx Talent in Fashion
The CFDA worked with the magazine to spotlight the community of Latinx designers for their Latinx Issue.
Dr. Ben Barry on Ushering in a New Era of Education
Parsons’ Dean of Fashion discusses his past, present, and future, Equity, Inclusion, and Decolonization in fashion, and the change he hopes for.