All the Winners and Honorees at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards
by Charles Manning · Daily Front Row122
On Monday night, everyone who is anyone in the American fashion industry gathered at the American Museum of Natural History on Manahttan’s Upper East Side for the 46th annual CFDA Fashion Awards. Keke Palmer hosted the event, which was filled to the rafters with VIP guests including Elle Fanning, Carrie Coon, Awkwafina, Donatella Versace, Law Roach, Julia Foc, Lili Reinhart, Rosé, Megan Thee Stallion, Pamela Anderson and just about every top designer in New York City.
Presenters included Adi Gil, Angela Donhauser, Anna Wintour, Cole Escola, Cornelia Guest, Demi Moore, Francisco Costa, Gabriel Asfour, Gabriela Hearst, Hailey Bieber, Joseph Altuzarra, Laufey, Lola Tung, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, Michael Kors, Naomi Osaka, ROSÉ, Tremaine Emory, and Zoë Kravitz.
Check out our full breakdown of the winners and honorees below.
American Womenswear Designer of the Year
Catherine Holstein for Khaite
Michael Kors
Rachel Scott for Diotima *WINNER*
Tory Burch
Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera
American Menswear Designer of the Year
Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School New York
Ralph Lauren *WINNER*
Thom Browne
Todd Snyder
Willy Chavarria
American Accessory Designer of the Year
Ana Khouri *WINNER*
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen for The Row
Raul Lopez for Luar
Sophie Buhai
Stuart Vevers for Coach
Google American Emerging Designer of the Year
Colleen Allen *WINNER*
Emily Dawn Long
Julia Ferentinos for Juju Vera
Julian Louie for Aubero
Zane Li for Lii
International Designer of the Year
Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Fashion Icon
Peter Marino
Positive Change Award
Tory Burch
Founder’s Award in Honor of Eleanor Lambert
Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard
Eva Chen
Innovation Award presented by Amazon Fashion
GAP
Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute
Susan Cianciolo
Sara Moonves also paid tribute to the 30th Anniversary of the CFDA Scholarship Fund and announced that the CFDA and WYouth Scholarship presented by Nuuly launches in 2027, providing two students with funding to pursue their education.