For fashion enthusiasts, September is packed with important industry events. First, there was New York Fashion Week, which officially came to a close last week. The Council of Fashion Designers of America then announced the lineup of nominees and honorees for the awards ceremony. (The actual event will take place on November 7 at Casa Cipriani in NYC.) This year, the list of nominees for the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Amazon Fashion includes celebrities such as Christopher John Rogers, LaQuan Smith and Telfar Clemens who all are pushing the industry forward.
“This year’s nominees reflect the renewed excitement around American fashion created by designers who are redefining the future of our industry,” CFDA CEO Steven Kolb said in a statement. “[What’s more]The 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards will not only honor the best and brightest of American fashion talent, but also mark the CFDA’s 60th anniversary.”
To celebrate the big occasion, the ceremony will be co-hosted by CFDA members Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough. Additionally, the council added a special anniversary award, which goes to designer and longtime CFDA member Jeffrey Banks. In terms of new titles, the committee also introduced a Stylist Award, with Law Roach (who works with Zendaya, Kerry Washington and Emma Watson) as its inaugural recipient. The late Virgil Abloh will posthumously receive the Board of Trustees Award for his contribution to global fashion. And, of course, the board will also award awards in all the usual categories honoring designers of the year for womenswear, menswear, accessories and emerging talent.
Clemens, who won the 2020 American Accessories Designer of the Year award AND 2021, it is again for the same price this year. Aurora James, founder of Brother Vellies and the 15 Percent Pledge, is joining the maker of the so-called “Telfeezy” in the accessories category. Meanwhile, designers such as Khaite’s Catherine Holstein, Peter Do, Gabriela Hearst and Christopher John Rogers are all contenders for the American Womenswear Designer of the Year award for the second year in a row. (Rogers received the coveted award in 2021.)
Scroll down to see the full list of nominees and honorees for the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards.
Nominees for American Womenswear Designer of the Year
Catherine Holstein for Khaite
Christopher John Rogers
Gabriela Hearst
LaQuan Smith
Peter Do
Nominees for American Menswear Designer of the Year
Emily Bode Aujla for Bode
Jerry Lorenzo for the fear of God
Mike Amiri for Amiri
Thom Browne for Thom Browne New York
Willy Chavarria
Nominees for American Accessory Designer of the Year
Aurora James for Brother Vellies
Brandon Blackwood
Raul Lopez for LUAR
Stuart Vevers to coach
Telfar Clemens for Telfar
Nominees for American Emerging Designer of the Year
Bach Mai
Carly Mark for Dolls and Dolls
Colm Dillane for KidSuper
Elena Velez
Lauren Harwell Godfrey for Harwell Godfrey
Board of Trustees Award
Virgil Abloh
CFDA’s 2022 Fashion Icon
Lenny Kravitz
Positive Social Impact Award
Slaysians from House of Slay, with Prabal Gurung, Laura Kim, Phillip Lim, Tina Leung and Ezra William
Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert
Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu curator in charge at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Laurie Lynn Stark and Richard Stark from Chrome Hearts
Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard
Patti Wilson
Environmental Sustainability Award
United Nations (to be accepted by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations)
Designer Award
Law Roach
Special Anniversary Award
Jeffrey Banks
