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Tuesday, 21 July 2020 15:46

CFDA releases nominee list for 2020 Fashion Awards

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America released the list of nominees for the 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards. Winners of the in-person event, originally scheduled for June 8, will be revealed on CDFA.com and CFDA’s social channels the morning of September 14, kicking off the official New York Fashion Week schedule.

This year only, CFDA has decided to focus on designer nominee categories and forgo honoree awards.

The nominees for America Womenswear Designer of the Year are Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row; Brandon Maxwell; Gabriela Hearst; Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford.

Competing for American Menswear Designer of the Year are Emily Adams Bode for Bode; Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss; Thom Browne; Todd Snyder, and Tom Ford.

The American Accessories Designer of the Year contenders are Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row; Gabriela Hearst; Jennifer Fisher for Jennifer Fisher Jewelry; Stuart Vevers for Coach, and Telfar Clemens for Telfar.

In the American Emerging Designer of the Year categories, the nominees are Christoper John Rogers; Kenneth Nicolson; Peter Do; Reese Cooper, and Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto for Staud.

The 2020 CFDA Fashion awards feature two new nomination categories: Global Women’s Designer of the Year and Global Men’s Designer of the Year. Nominees for the Global Women’s Designer of the Year are Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta; Dries Van Noten; Miuccia Prada for Prada; Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino, and Rick Owens.

Vying for Global Men’s Designer of the Year are Craig Green; Dries Van Noten; Jonathan Anderson for Loewe; Kim Jones for Dior, and Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton.