The 2022 CFDA Award Nominees

Womenswear Designer of the Year

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Name: Catherine Holstein

Brand: Khaite

Year founded: 2016

What is your highlight of the year?

“Showtime!”

Christopher John Rogers attends the New York City Ballet's 2022 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on September 28, 2022 in New York City.
Christopher John Rogers / Photo by Lexie Moreland

Name: Christopher John Rogers

Brand: Christopher John Rogers

Year founded: 2016

Gabriela Hearst
Gabriela Hearst / Photo by Lexie Moreland

Name: Gabriela Hearst

Brand: Gabriela Hearst

Year founded: 2015

What is your highlight of the year?

“I would say this September show mobilized by the reversal of Roe v. Wade was IT. We knew our show had to be different this time. It couldn’t be the same. We counted on the help of The Resistance Revival Chorus.

“I feel privileged that with each collection we get to learn more about women. Not as products but women; more needs to be known — from their biology to the anatomy mysteries of the female body. This season we learned about Sappho. Since Greek antiquity females have been pushing the boundaries forward despite a misogynistic history burying these formidable catalysts.

“The show was a celebration of these heroines. To represent them, we had a formation of women that I admire, from Cecile Richard, Xiye Bastida, Brandy Schultz, Roda Ahmed, etc., and men like my friend Leiva representing the male supporters that know that without the women cause being realized we can’t move forward as a species. I also found a gold nugget along the way.…For sure the 10th Muse graced us that day.”

Brand: LaQuan Smith

LaQuan Smith
LaQuan Smith / Photo by Lexie Moreland

Name: LaQuan Smith

Year founded: 2012

What is your highlight of the year?

“This year I’ve had the honor of dressing so many inspiring women. We recently created a custom look for Beyoncé, which was an exciting moment for us. She is the embodiment of the strength and fierceness that is the LaQuan Smith woman. I’m so fortunate to design for trailblazers like her.”

Peter Do
Peter Do / Photo by Lexie Moreland

Name: Peter Do

Brand: Peter Do

Year founded: 2018

What is your highlight of the year?

“My highlight of the year is finally launching unisex, expanding the collection with more genderless styles to be more inclusive.”

Menswear Designer of the Year

Name: Emily Adams Bode

Brand: Bode

Year founded: 2016

What is your highlight of the year?

“Opening our Los Angeles store!”

Jerry Lorenzo

Name: Jerry Lorenzo

Brand: Fear of God

Year founded: 2013

What is your highlight of the year?

“The highlight of my year was playing in the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Dodgers Stadium.”

Mike Amiri
Mike Amiri / Photo by Michael Buckner

Name: Mike Amiri

Brand: Amiri

Year founded: 2014

What is your highlight of the year?

“Returning to Paris for spring 2023 runway was truly one of the highlights of the year. The show represented a tipping point for Amiri as we continue to establish our presence globally as Americans alongside the traditional European maisons.”

Thom Browne
Thom Browne / Photo by Jenna Greene

Name: Thom Browne

Brand: Thom Browne

Year founded: 2001

What is your highlight of the year?

“Everyday with Andrew [Bolton] is my highlight, but being asked to be the chairman of the CFDA, which doesn’t officially start until next year, but the honor of being asked and being able to give back to an industry that has given me so much.”

Willy Chavarria
Willy Chavarria / Photo by Willy Chavarria

Name: Willy Chavarria

Brand: Willy Chavarria

Year founded: 2015

What is your highlight of the year?

“My highlight this year was seeing the cultural impact of the work we do at Willy Chavarria. Being able to touch people, lift people and communicate through fashion is a true honor and a responsibility. From speaking symposiums to secretly listening in on conversations in front of my installation at the Met [‘A Lexicon of Fashion’], I have seen and felt an impact this year that was a turning point for me and my team.”

Accessories Designer of the Year

Aurora James at the TIME 100 gala held at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center on June 8, 2022 in New York City.
Aurora James / Photo by Nina Westervelt

Name: Aurora James

Brand: Brother Vellies

Year founded: 2013

What is your highlight of the year?

“Being able to embrace people, wholeheartedly, arms outstretched again without fear. Celebrating in person. Seeing people’s entire bodies when they’re speaking, remembering the subtlety of body language. Brushing past another body in a hallway. Getting to remember the smell of old friends.”

Brandon Blackwood
Brandon Blackwood

Name: Brandon Blackwood

Brand: Brandon Blackwood

Year founded: 2015

What is your highlight of the year?

“The highlight of this year is definitely getting my first CFDA nomination. I never thought this would happen for my brand so early so I’m extremely honored and just trying to soak up this moment as much as possible.”

Raul Lopez of Luar
Raul Lopez of Luar

Name: Raul Lopez

Brand: Luar

Year founded: 2017

What is your highlight of the year?

“Being nominated for the CFDA Accessories Designer of the Year. The bag was a piece I beheld out for a long time. Launching into handbags has helped propel my company and team to a level I wouldn’t be able to imagine if it wasn’t for the success of the Ana bag.”

Stuart Vevers of Coach
Stuart Vevers of Coach

Name: Stuart Vevers

Brand: Coach

Year founded: 1941

What is your highlight of the year?

“My highlight this year was Coach (Re)Loved. The circular program reimagines and refurbishes pre-loved Coach bags to give them a second life. It’s one way we’re trying to imagine new ways of reducing waste at Coach.

“The seeds for the program were actually planted on the runway, when we introduced upcycled and vintage Coach pieces as part of our Coach Forever collection — and as part of my vision for environmental responsibility at Coach.

“Today, I’m proud to see how much Coach (Re)Loved has evolved and grown — we’ve built a team around it and have expanded the program beyond bags to ready-to-wear and footwear. There’s so much more to explore, though, but it feels like the start of something exciting.”

Telfar Clemens
Telfar Clemens

Name: Telfar Clemens

Brand: Telfar

Year founded: 2005

Emerging Designer of the Year

Bach Mai
Bach Mai

Name: Bach Mai

Brand: Bach Mai

Year founded: 2021

What is your highlight of the year?

“The highlight of the year has been putting my work out into the world and seeing people respond and connect to the clothes. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing your creative universe resonate with others, and I have been so honored that so many have chosen to wear Bach Mai in the past year.”

Carly Mark of Puppets and Puppets
Carly Mark of Puppets and Puppets

Name: Carly Mark

Brand: Puppets and Puppets

Year founded: 2018

What is your highlight of the year?

“The highlight of my year has been the Puppets and Puppets spring 2023 show combined with my nomination for American Emerging Designer of the Year. Both have felt like tangible milestones in my growth process as both a designer and a woman.”

Elena Velez
Elena Velez

Name: Elena Velez

Brand: Elena Velez

Year founded: 2018

What is your highlight of the year?

“The highlight of my year has been starting to grow the team I share my highs and lows with. The building of this brand has been the pursuit of my life since childhood — I’ve dreamed of having these collaborators and friends.”

Colm Dillane of KidSuper
Colm Dillane of KidSuper

Name: Colm Dillane

Brand: KidSuper

Year founded: 2018 (legally founded)

What is your highlight of the year?

“The past year had many highlights but signing the lease on the new KidSuper Brooklyn headquarters, a 10,000-square-foot building in Williamsburg [in Brooklyn, New York], was the most emotional moment for me and my team. I am grateful for the awards and accolades, but having something so tangible to share with my community is the most rewarding.”

Lauren Harwell Godfrey, Carly Cushnie
Lauren Harwell Godfrey with Carly Cushnie at the CFDA awards

Name: Lauren Harwell Godfrey

Brand: Harwell Godfrey

Year founded: 2018

What is your highlight of the year?

“Being a finalist in the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund. I am based in the Bay Area in California and having this connection to the leaders of the American fashion community and the other incredible designers in this year’s fund has had an incredibly positive impact on my work.”

Award Winners and Honorees

All clothing Saint Laurent. Personal jewelry.
Lenny Kravitz in Saint Laurent

2022 CFDA Fashion Icon Award: Lenny Kravitz

House of Slay
House of Slay

Positive Social Influence Award: The Slaysians from House of Slay, featuring Prabal Gurung, Laura Kim, Phillip Lim, Tina Leung and Ezra William.

Andrew Bolton and Thom Browne
Andrew Bolton and Thom Browne

Founders Award in Honor of Eleanor Lambert: Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu curator in charge at The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Richard and Laurie Lynn Stark of Chrome Hearts
Richard and Laurie Lynn Stark of Chrome Hearts

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Laurie Lynn Stark and Richard Stark, Chrome Hearts

Patti Wilson
Patti Wilson

Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Patti Wilson, fashion stylist

Environmental Sustainability Award: The United Nations (accepted by Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations deputy secretary-general)

Kim Kardashian at the front row of the Fendi, Spring 2023 show.
Kim Kardashian

Innovation Award: Kim Kardashian, Skims

Stylist Award: Law Roach, fashion stylist and image architect

Virgil Abloh fitting a model in a Spring 2019 look.
Virgil Abloh

Board of Trustees’ Award: Virgil Abloh, posthumously

Jeffrey Banks
Jeffrey Banks

Special Anniversary Award: Jeffrey Banks, designer of Jeffrey Banks

Launch Gallery: The 2022 CFDA Nominee Photo Portfolio

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