The CFDA is thrilled to reveal the nominees and honorees for the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion.

The nominees for American Womenswear Designer of the Year are Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Michael Kors, Rachel Scott for Diotima, Tory Burch, and Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera.

The American Menswear Designer of the Year nominees are Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School New York, Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne, Todd Snyder, and Willy Chavarria.

For American Accessory Designer of the Year, the nominees are Ana Khouri, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen for The Row, Raul Lopez for Luar, Sophie Buhai, and Stuart Vevers for Coach.

The nominees for the Google American Emerging Designer of the Year are Colleen Allen, Emily Dawn Long, Julia Ferentinos for Juju Vera, Julian Louie for Aubero, and Zane Li for Lii.

The Positive Change Award will go to Tory Burch for embedding social responsibility into the foundation of her business and leveraging her success to create meaningful, measurable change for women through the Tory Burch Foundation by expanding access to capital, education, mentorship, and opportunity for women entrepreneurs.

Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin will receive this year’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. For four decades, the duo has influenced the visual language of contemporary fashion, creating images that explore beauty, identity and the human condition via editorial, advertising, portraiture and artistic work.

The International Designer of the Year Award goes to Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent. Marking a decade at the revered French fashion house, Vaccarello is recognized for his sustained creative conviction, global influence, and cultural relevance.

The Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard goes to Eva Chen for connecting fashion and technology through her role at Meta, while fostering the global conversation among designers, creators, brands, and audiences.

The Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert goes to Linda Fargo. Celebrating three decades at Bergdorf Goodman, Fargo helped define style through her distinct visual storytelling and fashion curation while being an influential champion of American fashion.

The Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute will be presented to Susan Cianciolo, whose RUN collection was an early model of sustainable fashion and community, incorporating handwork, reuse, repair, performance, installation, film, painting, and food.

“The CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion are a defining moment for American creativity, bringing our community together to recognize the designers and creative voices whose talent, vision, and originality continue to move our industry forward,” Steven Kolb, CEO and President of the CFDA, said. “This year feels especially meaningful as we celebrate the extraordinary breadth of American creativity and its influence on culture around the world. We are proud to honor those shaping fashion today while creating a platform that inspires and supports the generation that will define its future.”

The 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion will be hosted by Keke Palmer and take place on Monday, November 2, 2026, at the American Museum of Natural History for the fourth year.

In addition to presenting partner Amazon Fashion, supporters of the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards include Google for the American Emerging Designer of the Year award; M·A·C Cosmetics, Official Beauty Partner, and Krug, Official Champagne Partner. WYouth and Nuuly will present the Student Viewing Section at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards, welcoming current CFDA scholars and fashion students to the ceremony.

The nominees and winners in the American Womenswear, Menswear, Accessory Design and Emerging Designer of the Year categories are determined by the CFDA Fashion Awards Guild, an invitation-only voting body made up of influential members of the fashion industry, including CFDA member designers, fashion editors and journalists, retail executives, stylists, influencers and other industry professionals. The voting process starts on Wednesday, October 7, and closes on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

Additional event details for the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion will be announced in the coming months.