In a little over a month, they will learn whether they have won of one of the most coveted competitions for emerging designers: The Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund.
It provides 10 finalists with access to industry leaders, with mentorship on everything from growing their brands to showing at New York Fashion Week.
“The fashion fund is also beyond the tangible mentorship or grant, it’s a visibility play,” the CEO said.
“The first fashion fund was the reason we started doing runway shows,” he said.
Rogers and past finalist House of Aama will be taking their designs to the CFDA/Vogue Americans in Paris Initiative during Paris Fashion Week.
Persons:
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Organizations:
New York, Fashion Designers of America, Vogue, Fund, Saks, American, Pacific Islander, Associated Press, Fashion Institute of Technology, Paris Initiative, Paris
Locations:
New, U.S, Singapore, ” Louisiana, Bushwick, Soho, Paris, Manhattan, ”