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Published:Friday | November 12, 2021 | 12:07 AM
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American Emerging Designer of the Year, Jamaica-born Edvin Thompson of Theophilio.
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American Emerging Designer of the Year, Jamaica-born Edvin Thompson of Theophilio.
Latoia Fitzgerald (left) and Karrueche Tran wore Fitzgerald’s Lionne Clothing.
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Latoia Fitzgerald (left) and Karrueche Tran wore Fitzgerald’s Lionne Clothing.
Ciara attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at The Pool +The Grill at the Seagram Building on Park Avenue.
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Ciara attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at The Pool +The Grill at the Seagram Building on Park Avenue.
A$AP Ferg (left) and Harlem-based designer Dapper Dan attend the CFDA Fashion Awards. Dapper Dan was presented with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, and is the first black designer to receive the honour.
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A$AP Ferg (left) and Harlem-based designer Dapper Dan attend the CFDA Fashion Awards. Dapper Dan was presented with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, and is the first black designer to receive the honour.
The previously announced Fashion Icon award – the most visible celebrity award of the annual event – went to Zendaya, for what the CFDA called her ‘global impact on fashion’.
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The previously announced Fashion Icon award – the most visible celebrity award of the annual event – went to Zendaya, for what the CFDA called her ‘global impact on fashion’.
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A young and diverse slate of honourees were given their flowers at Wednesday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, including Jamaica’s very own Edvin Thompson, who was named American Emerging Designer of the Year for his Theophilio line. The glittery ceremony – the fashion industry’s version of the Oscars – was held in person at The Pool + The Grill in New York after a virtual ceremony in 2020 due to the pandemic, and attendees did not disappoint. Something Extra brings you the highlights.