{"id":20858,"date":"2021-04-27T18:45:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T18:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=20858"},"modified":"2021-04-28T00:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T00:58:40","slug":"cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2021","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"LaQuan Smith, Hanifa, &amp; Theophilio Are Among CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20859\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-large wp-image-20859\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/04\/laquan-smith-cfda-vogue-fashion-fund.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Laquan Smith \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laquan Smith (Photo: Noam Galai\/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Thursday, April 27, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and <em>Vogue<\/em> announced its CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund participants \u2014 but with a twist. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of presenting one top prize and two awards to runners-up as it has in the past, the fund is offering grants to 10 American brands.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ten finalists include Batsheva Hay of <a href=\"https:\/\/batsheva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batsheva<\/a>, Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta of <a href=\"https:\/\/eckhauslatta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eckhaus Latta<\/a>, Anifa Mvuemba of <a href=\"https:\/\/hanifa.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hanifa<\/a>, Rebecca Henry and Akua Shabaka of <a href=\"https:\/\/houseofaama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House of AAMA<\/a>, Kenneth Nicholson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennethnicholson.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Nicholson<\/a>, Jameel Mohammed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khiry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khiry<\/a>, LaQuan Smith of <a href=\"https:\/\/laquansmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LaQuan Smith<\/a>, Abrima Erwiah of <a href=\"https:\/\/studiooneeightynine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio 189<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/theophilio-solace-fall-winter-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edvin Thompson<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/theophilio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theophilio<\/a>, and Willy Chavarria of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willychavarria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Willy Chavarria<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAfter an incredibly challenging time for all of us in fashion, especially here in New York, we&#8217;re thrilled that this year we are able to support all of our finalists,\u201d said Anna Wintour, global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer of Cond\u00e9 Nast said in a press release. \u201cIt&#8217;s not only a vote of confidence in their talents, but in a brighter future for American fashion.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Per a release, \u201cThe CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund was established after 9\/11 to help emerging designers and cultivate the next generation of American fashion talent. The newly reimagined format for the 2021 Fashion Fund is an evolution to address the challenges the American fashion industry is facing, granting funds to all finalists and personal mentorship with industry leaders based on designated areas of need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The application was open to emerging designers as well as past CVFF finalists and designer recipients of funding from 2020\u2019s \u201cA Common Thread\u201d (ACT) initiative, which provided financial relief for those in the fashion community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 this is how Batsheva is participating again. She was also a finalist in 2018 (though Pyer Moss\u2019 Kerby Jean-Raymond <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2018\/11\/216179\/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-winner-2018\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">won that year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cfda.com\/programs\/designers\/cfdavogue-fashion-fund\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can be a pivotal moment in an emerging designer\u2019s career. Winning the $400,000 prize and a year of mentorship from some of the industry\u2019s biggest names has the power to change the trajectory of a brand (<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/telfar-clemens-solange-knowles-time-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telfar won in 2017<\/a>), or even create one. It\u2019s what brought us Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler, and Public School.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28001,"featured_media":20859,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Will Award Grants To 10 American Brands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the first time ever, 10 American fashion brands will receive grants, instead of presenting one top prize and two awards to runners-up as it has in the past.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LaQuan Smith, Hanifa, &amp; 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