The Nominees for the 2020 CFDA Awards Are Revealed

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (more commonly known as the CFDA) has today revealed the nominees for the 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards. For the first time, this year’s awards won’t have any honoree awards, however two new international awards have been introduced.

The awards were scheduled to be held on June 8, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was postponed indefinitely. Now, the CFDA has confirmed the event will go ahead virtually on September 14 instead – marking the official start of New York Fashion Week. Speaking of the shift, Steven Kolb, president and CEO of the organization, said, “In lieu of the in-person event, we will be prioritizing new and existing programming to support our designer community during the global pandemic – by redirecting efforts toward next generation scholarships and making important changes to bring racial equity to the fashion industry. The annual gala serves as our largest fundraiser and our hope is to continue raising money to support this work through industry contributions.”

Discover the 2020 CFDA Awards nominees below:

American Womenswear Designer of the Year

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

American Menswear Designer of the Year

Emily Adams Bode for Bode Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss 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

American Emerging Designer of the Year

Christoper John Rogers 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 Rick Owens

Global Menswear Designer of the Year

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

Catch all the action live on CFDA.com on September 14.