The Winners of the 2020 CFDA Awards Are The Most Diverse in the Event’s 39-Year History

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This year’s winners list also included four first-time winners.

In a pre-taped video, chairman Tom Ford said, “Since 1981, the CFDA Fashion Awards has recognized the best in fashion creativity. But 2020 has been anything but typical, and we decided to forgo the in-person event, and instead announce the winners here today at the beginning of New York Fashion Week. Not having a gala allows us to focus on supporting designers during the global pandemic and redirecting our efforts towards scholarships, and bringing racial equality to fashion. For this year only, we decided to focus exclusively on our designer nominees.”

This year’s winners represent the most diverse group of recipients in the awards’ 39-year history with three Black designers – Kerby Jean-Raymond, Christopher John Rogers and Telfar Clemens – taking out the top prizes in their respective categories and Gabriela Hearst becoming the first female designer to win the womenswear prize since 2015 (she was also the only female winner in this year’s line-up).

Discover the winners of the 2020 CFDA Awards below:

American Womenswear Designer of the Year

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Brandon Maxwell
Gabriela Hearst *WINNER*
Marc Jacobs
Tom Ford

American Menswear Designer of the Year

Emily Adams Bode for Bode
Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss *WINNER*
Thom Browne
Todd Snyder
Tom Ford

American Accessories Designer of the Year

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Gabriela Hearst
Jennifer Fisher for Jennifer Fisher Jewelry
Stuart Vevers for Coach
Telfar Clemens for Telfar *WINNER*

American Emerging Designer of the Year

Christoper John Rogers *WINNER*
Kenneth Nicolson
Peter Do
Reese Cooper
Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto for Staud

Global Womenswear Designer of the Year

Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta
Dries Van Noten
Miuccia Prada
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino *WINNER*
Rick Owens

Global Menswear Designer of the Year

Craig Green
Dries Van Noten
Jonathan Anderson for Loewe
Kim Jones for Dior *WINNER*
Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton

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