CFDA reveals Fashion Award nominees for 2024

​The Council of Fashion Designers of America has announced ​the nominees and honorees for the 2024 CFDA Fashion Awards, taking place at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on October 28.

The nominees for 2024 American Womenswear Designer of the Year are Rachel Scott for Diotima, Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne, and Tory Burch, while the American Menswear Designer of the Year nominees are Mike Amiri for Amiri, Emily Adams Bode Aujla for Bode, Thom Browne, Todd Snyder, and Willy Chavarria.

For American Accessory Designer of the Year, the nominees are Ana Khouri, Stuart Vevers for Coach, Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Raul Lopez for Luar, and Tory Burch, while Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell for Tanner Fletcher, Jackson Wiederhoeft for Wiederhoeft, Connor McKnight, Presley Oldham, and Henry Zankov for Zankov, are the nominees for the Shop with Google American Emerging Designer of the Year.

The CFDA board of directors said it is renaming its namesake award to the Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute to honor the late Cuban-American talent. Toledo will posthumously receive the newly renamed award, which Ruben Toledo, the designer’s husband, will accept.

The award was originally established to recognize independent designers and to acknowledge individuals whose accomplishments reflect the board’s values. However, the award will now exclusively focus on recognizing designers.

In addition to the nominees announcement, the CFDA revealed the winners of other categories in 2024. Daniel Roseberry has been awarded the International Designer of the Year award for his work at for Schiaparelli, while the Positive Change Award goes to Michael Kors for his work fighting hunger through Watch Hunger Stop, his campaign in support of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and his support of God’s Love We Deliver.

Moreover, Stephen Burrows will receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, alongside Annie Leibovitz, who will receive the Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard.

Lastly, the recipient of the Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert is Hamish Bowles.

“This year’s nominees and honorees represent the gamut of American fashion creativity and excellence,” Steven Kolb, CEO of the CFDA said.

“As our biggest fundraiser of the year, the CFDA Fashion Awards presented by Amazon Fashion significantly contribute to the CFDA Scholarship Fund to support tomorrow’s generation of designers and future nominees and honorees of this special night and we are grateful to Amazon Fashion for their leadership.”

Amazon Fashion is the presenting partner for the 2024 CFDA Fashion Awards, with additional support from Shop with Google for the American Emerging Designer of the Year award, as well as Häagen-Dazs, as the Premium Dessert Partner; Hourglass, as the Official Beauty Sponsor; and WHP Global, as the Supporter of the Student Viewing Section.