Welcome to the fashion family!

The CFDA Board of Directors, during a meeting at our Bleecker Street headquarters, ratified the addition of 14 designers to the CFDA. This brings our total membership to 517.

The new CFDA Members are:

Virgil Abloh, OFF-WHITE

Stirling Barrett, KREWE

Andrea Fohrman, ANDREA FOHRMAN

Fernando Garcia, MONSE

Chloe Gosselin, CHLOE GOSSELIN

Kerby Jean-Raymond, PYER MOSS

Julia Jenztsch, JULIA JENZTSCH

Laura Kim, MONSE

Chris Leba, R13

Becca McCharen-Tran, CHROMAT

Monica Sordo, MONICA SORDO

Temple St. Clair, TEMPLE ST. CLAIR

Wing Yin Yau, WWAKE

Bonnie Young, BY. BONNIE YOUNG

“The organization is very proud to add the 2017 New Members to our roster,” said Lisa Smilor, Executive Vice President of the CFDA. “Each of these 14 designers stood out to the Admissions Committee and Board of Directors as uniquely and extremely talented.”

The CFDA Admissions process occurs once a year. Interested candidates must contact the CFDA in the spring to request Admissions materials. To be eligible, designers must be American citizens designing in the United States or abroad, or foreign nationals with businesses headquartered in the United States. The application for Membership includes a resume, a digital portfolio, and other materials that represent the candidate’s work to date, as well as letters of recommendation from active CFDA Members and industry associates who are familiar with the designer’s work. The Admissions Committee then recommends selected candidates for Membership to the Board of Directors, which reviews submissions and ratifies the decisions.