The CFDA and Fashion Trust USA are pleased to recognize five designers with exceptional talent and promise with a $40,000 award for each to support their business needs.

The designers are Aisling Camps, Charles Harbison, Sergio Hudson, Sami Miro, and Omar Salam of Sukeina.

The CFDA launched the CFDA Fashion Trust with Tania Fares in 2018. CFDA no longer administers the Fashion Trust, but is pleased to distribute the remaining funds of the program to these five talents.

The recipients were selected by an esteemed committee of industry experts, which included the CFDA Black Advisory Board members: Tracy Reese, Samira Nasr, Bozoma Saint John, Stacie B. Henderson, and Martin Cooper, and Fashion Trust USA Co-Founders Tania Fares, Laura Brown, Elisa Sednaoui Dellal, Anne Crawford, and Karla Welch.

CFDA and Fashion Trust wanted to distribute these funds to Black and Brown creatives in alignment with the CFDA IMPACT initiative which exists to identify, connect, support, and nurture Black and Brown creatives and professionals in fashion.

The CFDA appreciates the industry’s continued support of equity programming such as CFDA IMPACT.

“The Council of Fashion Designers of America is pleased to work with Fashion Trust US to recognize the noteworthy talent of these designers, and provide financial awards to support their vision and short-term goals,” said Lisa Smilor, Executive Vice President of the CFDA.