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The Latest CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Nominations Features Four Black Designers
9.08.2017
This July (I know, I'm super late) the CFDA/Vogue Fashion fund announced their ten finalists and this year's lineup featured four black designers, a record number. The competition cultivates a group of emerging designers who receive mentorship and a monetary prize for the winner and runners up. Past winners include Kristopher Brock and Laura Vassar of Brock Collection (2016), Aurora James of Brother Vellies (1 of 3 winners in 2015), Paul Andrew (2014), Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School (2013). It's an amazing opportunity for any designer and it's great to see four black designers in the running. To put this in perspective, in 2015, the New York Times reported that there were a handful of black designers at NYFW averaging at about 2.7% and Fashionista reports that a total of 4 black designers have been finalists since the fund's inception in 2003. To put it simply, it's a huge deal. While diversity on the runways is important, the diversity behind the scenes is equally important and like the number of black models, the number of black designers is quite dismal. Keep reading to see the nominees...
The Jamaican-born designer launched his accessories line in 2009. Since then, the brand has expanded to include fine jewelry for women as well. The designers minimal pieces are composed of jewels and 14 karat gold and are sold at luxury retailers like Moda Operandi and Bergdorf Goodman.
The menswear brand defines their apparel as "Fabric, Fit, and Function on a new level." The elevated athleisure brand's functional and fashionable wares are embedded with chips so that they work in a similar way to say, an Apple Watch. Bevans has worked with Billionaire Boys Club, Rocawear, Nike and Kanye West before launching Dyne.
Haitian-born Glemaud started out as a design assistant and later worked in PR before making the leap to designing. He spent time as at Paco Rabanne and Tommy Hilfiger while working on his luxury knitwear label which he launched in 2006. His work has star power, appearing on Iman, Selena Gomez and more. His line is available on Net-A-Porter and The Line.
"It's not for you ― it's for everyone" declares the Telfar Global website. The unisex line launched in 2005 offers androgynous pieces that are wearable but elevated take for instance his latest venture, designing the uniforms for fast food chain White Castle. His line is available at Colette, Opening Ceremony, Selfridges and more.
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