New York Fashion’s New Guard: Diotima, Willy Chavarria, Luar, and Zankov Take Home Top Honors at the 2024 CFDA Awards

The NYFW shows in September had a kind of buzz that signaled a change was in the air, and the winners of the evening’s main awards were further proof that there is a new guard of designers guiding the city. Willy Chavarria won American Menswear Designer of the Year for the second year in a row, and Luar’s Raul Lopez won his second American Accessories Designer of the Year (he first won in 2022), while Zankov’s Henry Zankov, a finalist of last year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, took home the Google Shopping American Emerging Designer of the Year prize. The American Womenswear Designer of the Year Award went to Diotima’s Rachel Scott, a 2023 CVFF finalist like Zankov, who was also last year’s winner for Emerging Designer. As Daniel Roseberry said on the new episode of Vogue’s The Run-Through podcast, “I think that New York fashion is evolving and engaging with a different kind of clientele; it’s less ladies who lunch, and more people who are creating culture. I like the rawness of it.”

“I stand here recognizing that this room represents excellence, excellence in creativity, in diversity, in the stories we have to tell,” Browne said during his opening remarks. “American fashion and creativity has never been stronger.” They were stronger still by the time the evening ended.

Founder’s Award in Honor of Eleanor Lambert: Hamish Bowles

American Accessory Designer of the Year: Raul Lopez for Luar

Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Annie Leibovitz

Amazon Innovation Award: Stuart Vevers for Coachtopia

American Menswear Designer of the Year: Willy Chavarria

Positive Change Award: Michael Kors

Google Shopping American Emerging Designer of the Year: Henry Zankov for Zankov

Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute: Isabel Toledo presented to Ruben Toledo

International Designer of the Year Award: Daniel Roseberry, Schiaparelli

Fashion Icon Award: Erykah Badu

American Womenswear Designer of the Year: Rachel Scott for Diotima