CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund 2005

[Ella]

Who Will Be The Next Proenza?
CFDA gears up in May

NEW YORK: Monday, April 25, 2005


Now in its second year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has set an application deadline for its CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, which provides monetary assistance to designers to help them further develop their businesses.

Beginning May 1, application materials will be available on the organization’s website, CFDA.com. All materials will be due no later than May 13. From there, members of the CFDA/Vogue selection committee will narrow the applicants down to 100 candidates and extend invitations to apply for the fund. Final applications are due by July 13. From there, ten finalists will be chosen in late July, and the award recipients will be revealed in October.

Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough were the first recipients of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund’s grant last year, winning a prize of $200,000. In addition, Habitual designers Nicole and Michael Colovos and Cloak designer Alexandre Plokhov each received runner-up prizes in the amount of $50,000.

(Article from www.fashionweekdaily.com)

Should be interesting to see who wins this year.

 

[Scott]

Let's hope it won't be another biased Vogue decision. I so thought Alexandre deserved that award more than anybody. Those two and Habitual I don't think shouldn't have even been in contention,to be honest...seeing as they've been reaping the benefits Vogue's praises the last two or three years. Gaining in popularity.

Maybe Tess Giberson will finally get what she so deserves.

 

[birdofparadise]

If anyone is remotely near NYC, I urge you to try to score a ticket to a documentary called Seamless that's playing as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

It's a behind the scenes look at the first CFDA/Vogue fashion fund. You really get to see the...difficulties and hardships that young designers in the industry have to go through, including Alex being seperated from his wife due to their jobs, Do R. dealing with the major family troubles and the genius that is Proenza just dealing with each other. The major thing I took away from the experience overall is that the money is pretty much considered to be...an investment of sorts. It's not prize money per se. The panel gives the money to the designer they feel will best grow from it, that will turn a profit, that will keep their name in the public eye. It does nothing to calm the chattering about the outcome and really does nothing to show Proenza in any kind of glorified light. They are just as talented, just as handsome, just as immature as you think they are.

It is a wonderful behind the scenes look, if you can get to it, Go!

 

[Spacemiu]

Let's hope it won't be another biased Vogue decision. I so thought Alexandre deserved that award more than anybody. Those two and Habitual I don't think shouldn't have even been in contention,to be honest...seeing as they've been reaping the benefits Vogue's praises the last two or three years. Gaining in popularity.

Maybe Tess Giberson will finally get what she so deserves.

let's hope, although i doubt it.

I like Habitual jeans, but I don't really thing there was any reason to nominate them.

 

[softgrey]

related thread...about the documentary bird of paradise mentioned...
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showthread.php?p=590747

 

[jegg]

Next Round

And The Finalists Are...
CFDA names names

Thursday, August 04, 2005



(NEW YORK) Now that Jack and Lazaro are certified superstars, it’s time for a new group of newbies to compete for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. The annual grant for promising fashion designers narrowed its applicant pool from 65 semifinalists to 10 finalists today. The chosen few will meet with the fund’s selection committee later this month, with the winning label announced in November.

This year’s finalists are Anthony Nak (Nak Armstrong and Anthony Camargo), Atelier (Jean Yu), Costello Tagliapietra (Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra), Derek Lam, Isabel Toledo, Lutz & Patmos (Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos), Mayle (Jane Mayle), Project Alabama (Natalie Chanin), Thom Brown, and Trovata (John Whitledge, Sam Shipley, Josia Lamberto-Egan & Jeff Halmos).* Anthony Nak and Derek Lam have already won awards from the CFDA for their designs.

When Proenza Schouler won the grant last year, the label received a $200,000 cash award.* Cloak and Habitual took second place; each company received $50,000 to help with business development.

In addition to announcing the finalists, the CFDA also revealed new underwriters of the grant. Joining Vogue, Barneys New York, and the Kellwood Company are Coach and Juicy Couture.

As for the selection committee, it’s both impressive and intimidating: the ten selected designers will need to prove themselves and their vision to style luminaries like Anna Wintour, Peter Arnold, Reed Krakoff, Sally Singer, and Vera Wang.


http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=214416&itype=8486

 

[zamb]

more than anyone i would love to see isabel toledo recieve it as i am a great fan of her work, not that if they give someone else i would think of them any less deserving,we are all more or lesss struggling designers and its always refreshing to get some kind of help, financial or otherwise, especially when it validates your work

 

[Scott]

Definitely,Isabel. I think they nominating her really kind of proves struggles aren't just happening to the one's just beginning or merely few years in. Isabel's been doing her own thing for about 15 years already.

Still,rather miffed at this selection. Trovota?? Please....that's about as close to Abercrombie & Fitch one can get. What will they do with that kind of money? Make more bland corduroy blazers?? And where the hell is Tess if they're going to include Alabama and Lam?

 

[jegg]

i think it is about viability as much as creativity
-other wise why?....... Proenza the first round ?

 

[Spacemiu]

CFDA/Vogue Fund Nominees

Isabel Toledo

The year is 1985. About 20 top industry names—including Bill Cunningham of The New York Times and buyers from Bergdorf's—are crowded into a borrowed shoe showroom. Backstage, five models dress themselves in a space the size of a closet by grabbing whatever they fancy off Isabel Toledo's racks. A boom box is set up, but the batteries start to die and the Cuban music comes out sounding all warped. In its review, the Times amusingly refers to these as "unsteady Ricky Ricardo-esque rhythms."
Isabel Toledo has never done things the boring way. Thirteen years after the madcap show that made Manhattan's fashion press sit up and take notice, she traded in the conventional runway altogether to start putting on exhibits at museums like MoMu in Antwerp, often jointly with her artist husband and collaborator, Ruben. Her dresses have also been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, where she once worked under Diana Vreeland.
Today, the designer says she's satisfied only to make clothes that are good enough to be passed down through generations—like this season's pagoda mini-bolero and one-seamed bias dress. "I'm really a forever kind of gal," she says. And a rebel, too. "If everybody's going this way, I'm going to figure out how to go that way." So, would she switch back to the runway, now that other designers have started showing their clothes in museums, too? "Sure," she says. "I do miss that. To see the girls in the clothes—that's a high."
—Florence Kane

Jean Yu

Jean Yu was just a girl when her fascination with pretty underpinnings began. "It was almost embarrassing," she says, "because in gym class everyone else was wearing white cotton briefs, and I had something on much more decadent." This, and boredom with today's lingerie—"It's just either more expensive lace or less expensive lace"—led the grown-up Yu to start designing novel, simple-yet-sumptuous silk underthings, refreshingly lace-free, like boyish briefs with cutout sides and halter brassieres that band around the torso.
But even before Yu started designing intimates, she became known for her diaphanous gowns and frocks, mostly made out of chiffon. A woman could pick one up at an important New York store like Jeffrey, or she could have one made to measure in the designer's sliver of a shop, 37=1 Atelier, on SoHo's very locals-only Crosby Street. "You kind of stumble upon it." Those who have uncovered it want to keep it all to themselves. "I have clients who won't tell their friends, even," laughs Yu, glad to be so coveted, yet cringing a bit at the potential lost business. So will she be content to stay somewhat of a secret? "Oh, no. I was a very ambitious kid. To me this is very small-time."
—Florence Kane

You can read about the others Here

Style.com

 

[Scott]

I think if Isabel doesn't win this,this will certainly be an insult not only to her talent but also her struggles throughout her 20 yr. career. Not only that,it will also percieve in Vogue/CFDA just nominating her,as a mere a novelty purpose.

 

[Spacemiu]

I think if Isabel doesn't win this,this will certainly be an insult not only to her talent but also her struggles throughout her 20 yr. career. Not only that,it will also percieve in Vogue/CFDA just nominating her,as a mere a novelty purpose.

Well I agree , but even if she dosn't win it's alot of good press for her.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

sorry if this is old..

but on fashionfile.com they have a video for CFDA showing the event.. its around 7 mins

 

[jegg]

http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/Fashion/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=269796&itype=8487


From lighting candles to watching Oprah, the finalists are gearing up!

Wednesday, November 09, 2005



(NEW YORK) For some, it’s exercise or finalizing wardrobe selection. For others, it’s just another day on the job. The ten finalists for the second-annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards may be as diverse as they get, but what they share is their sheer will to succeed in an industry that can often be fickle and unforgiving. On the eve of the highly-anticipated announcement of the winner of the second-annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, The Daily asks: what are you doing to get ready for the big night?

Derek Lam:
“I’ve been watching a lot of Oprah.”

Trovata’s John Whitledge, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley, and Jeff Halmos:
“Looking for suits. It’s a black-tie event so we want to look good.”


Costello Tagliapietra’s Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra:
“It’s pretty much business as usual. Maybe just cut out a little earlier. We will be sporting our usual plaid shirts that night. The night before, we’re going to relax as much as possible.”


Jane Mayle of Mayle:
“I think all of us are trying not to think about it too much. I’m going to be having dinner with some of the other finalists at one of our houses. Over the course of the Herculean tasks we’ve all gone through, I’ve become friends with some of them. I’m trying right now to focus on all the attention this has already brought to my store and to my name. Just trying to leave the office and get home and get there should be an interesting experience—I almost feel like Cinderella at the wrong ball.”


Thom Browne:
“I’m pretty much having a normal day, which is waking up and running. I kind of like to just go there and just enjoy it and not get too preoccupied with it because there are definitely some nerves. You get these experiences so infrequently that you just want to savor the time.”


Jean Yu of Atelier Jean Yu:
“My dilemma is shoes. I don’t know if I have time to go get a pair of shoes. I have a pair that I know is perfect, but there’s always that thought as to if there is something better out there. I just don’t want to leave any stone unturned.”


Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos of Lutz & Patmos:
“I’m designing the fall line and spending time with my new baby boy, Lou. And Marcia is in Italy working with factories, flying back day of the event.”


Natalie Chanin of Project Alabama:
“I’m trying to see suppliers and work on the next collection. I’m trying to stay calm and get my dress that I’m going to wear together. I usually go to all my stores and check out my clothes. I’m going to go to M.A.C and buy my favorite lipstick—Plum Perfect tinted lip conditioner. It’s my favorite lipstick color. That, and I usually splurge on a manicure and pedicure when I come to New York.”


Isabel Toledo:
“Absolutely everyone in New York that knows me has been lighting a candle for me. I’ve been doing the candle thing since day one. If you call all the stores in New York that sell candles, they’ll all be sold out. So light a candle tonight! Plus, my husband, Ruben, gives the best massages.”

Anthony Nak’s Anthony Camargo and David Nak Armstrong:
“Nak is creating the collection and I’ll be at a personal appearance in Philly at Neiman Marcus at King of Prussia,” said Anthony Camargo.
JIM SHI






*

 

[kimair]

trovata won the CFDA/Vogue fashion fund award (from fwd)

In a thrilling victory that had them jumping for joy—literally—the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue at Thursday night’s 7th on Sale gala bestowed Trovata with this year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. “You have got to be kidding me!” screamed Jeff Halmos, one-fourth of the Southern California-based team, which also includes John Whitledge, Josia Lamberto-Egan, and Sam Shipley, as he jumped on the backs of his partners. Their grand prize, a cash sum of $200,000, was announced by Tilda Swinton.

“I think we’re pretty giddy right now,” was how Lamberto-Egan summed up the group’s feelings immediately after delivering their acceptance speeches. “The other finalists were higher fashion; it was honestly hard to consider us in that group. We hope it opens the door for designers without formal training and have them take the initiative as well.”


Riding high on their new found strength, Trovata will stage its second fashion show this coming February during New York Fashion Week, the group revealed. While show details remain mum at this point, Wednesday is likely to be the day they will present during the week of Feb. 3-10. But much like their personalities, don’t look for this show to be your ordinary runway show. The boys have a real humdinger in store, they promise, and Whitledge hinted at what to expect. “Think murder mystery,” he said.


Meanwhile, Derek Lam and Thom Browne were both runners-up, taking home a cash prize of $50,000. “I’m so overwhelmed by your incredible gift to me,” Lam said to the audience as he accepted his award. Browne, though disappointed that he did not win the grand prize, was nevertheless grateful. “It’s really amazed me how much the CFDA and Vogue have raised young talent because we really needed it,” he said.

 

[The Baron]

I actually have some Trovata cords I quite like, but I still don't think they should have won the big prize. Derek Lam and Thom Browne are decent runner-up choices, though. Lam's got definite potential, and Browne deserves some kudos for tweaking the conservative silhouette of bespoke men's suiting a bit.

If I won the $200,000, I think I might ask if I could have $100,000 and Tilda Swinton instead.

 

[liberty33r1b]

wow, i really expected derek lam to win......what a surprise! or is it?

 

[birdofparadise]

I don't...um...wow.

Well, you know, it's, uh...

Trovata, they have some...yeah.

Very hard to articulate what message Vogue is sending about the future of American fashion, menswear...what do you say about that, really?

I feel, wholeheartedly, that their decision was inappropriate. It should go beyond happy-go-lucky charm, beyond cords and stripes. Fresh ideas aren't being championed.

 

[jegg]

....if the fund was for Fresh ideas..why?... "Who Will Be The Next Proenza?"

And For derek : "third time's the charm" ... there always next year

 

[LoveMyBoots]

I don't understand why Derek Lam was nominated- many people already know his name, he has been mentioned in fashion magazines and so on for more than a year, his stuff is selling in stores. Why does he need funding then?