Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) - Fashion Company Profile
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is the non-profit association of America's fashion designers, founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert: more than 400 designers of womenswear, menswear, jewellery and accessories belong to it, and it runs the CFDA Fashion Awards, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund for emerging designers, scholarship and manufacturing programmes, and the official New York Fashion Week calendar. In a directory of fashion company names it files as the industry's own institution.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the US fashion industry's principal designers' organisation
- Type
- Non-profit trade association
- Headquarters
- New York City, New York, United States
- Founded
- 1962, by Eleanor Lambert
Company Profile
The CFDA's work divides between honouring the industry's established names and funding its next generation - the balance the profile section below describes, from the founding members to the design manifesto the council published for American fashion. No shop box appears here: the council is an association, not a seller of products.
The charitable arm is separately organised and separately described, and both halves are kept: the CFDA Foundation, Inc. is a separate not-for-profit organized to mobilize the membership to raise funds for charitable causes. Through the Foundation, the CFDA created and manages Fashion Targets Breast Cancer; raises funds for HIV/AIDS organizations with 7th on Sale; addresses the issue of model health with the CFDA Health Initiative; and is a key participant in other programs such as the annual Fashion's Night Out. The association(?:'|')s own site is in the References, and its Design Manifesto document - a PDF asset - is linked from this profile.
CFDA History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
CFDA History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What is the CFDA, and how large is its membership?
The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., a not-for-profit trade association whose membership consists of more than 400 of America's foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry and accessory designers, in the historical record.
Which programs does the CFDA run?
The annual CFDA Fashion Awards; the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund; the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar Award; the Liz Claiborne Scholarship Award; the CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship; and the Business Services Network for member support.
What is the Design Manifesto?
The CFDA's reminder to respect the rightful ownership of ideas - that originality always wins and only the creator of an original design should profit from it, in CEO Steven Kolb's words; the 2011 document is linked from this page.
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