Council of Fashion Designers of America
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association that owns and organises the official New York Fashion Week schedule. Founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert, the organisation today has a membership of more than 450 designers.


How Amazon Fashion Could Save a Generation of Designers
The deep-pocketed e-commerce giant could use its unrivalled platform to support young designers and connect a universe of independent labels with millions of digital consumers, swiftly establishing itself as one of the world’s top fashion destinations.

How Amazon Fashion Could Save a Generation of Designers
The deep-pocketed e-commerce giant could use its unrivalled platform to support young designers and connect a universe of independent labels with millions of digital consumers, swiftly establishing itself as one of the world’s top fashion destinations.

Independent Fashion Labels of the World, Unite!
There’s strength in numbers, argues Lauren Sherman.

Independent Fashion Labels of the World, Unite!
There’s strength in numbers, argues Lauren Sherman.

A Quick Guide to Financial Support for Small Fashion Businesses
BoF breaks down the emergency loans, grants and other measures designed to support small businesses suffering from the impact of coronavirus in key fashion markets.

A Quick Guide to Financial Support for Small Fashion Businesses
BoF breaks down the emergency loans, grants and other measures designed to support small businesses suffering from the impact of coronavirus in key fashion markets.

For Fashion Magazines, It's Crunch Time
Style titles face panicked advertisers, long-lead times and cancelled photo shoots. Can they keep print media relevant in the age of Covid-19?

For Fashion Magazines, It's Crunch Time
Style titles face panicked advertisers, long-lead times and cancelled photo shoots. Can they keep print media relevant in the age of Covid-19?

We Need to Rethink Fashion Month Altogether
Uncontrollable forces made the fashion industry shift the way it operates this past month, offering a moment to contemplate some bold changes.

We Need to Rethink Fashion Month Altogether
Uncontrollable forces made the fashion industry shift the way it operates this past month, offering a moment to contemplate some bold changes.

Tom Ford Hints at a Post-NYFW Future
The designer did what he does best: got people talking.

Tom Ford Hints at a Post-NYFW Future
The designer did what he does best: got people talking.

Did Tom Ford Betray New York Fashion Week? Not So Fast.
The CFDA chairman’s decision to do what’s best for his label and show in Los Angeles may spark the ‘creative destruction’ that American fashion needs in order to progress.

Did Tom Ford Betray New York Fashion Week? Not So Fast.
The CFDA chairman’s decision to do what’s best for his label and show in Los Angeles may spark the ‘creative destruction’ that American fashion needs in order to progress.

What Happened to New York Fashion?
With more absences on the New York Fashion Week calendar than ever before, BoF looks back at a decade of changes and turmoil in America’s fashion capital.

What Happened to New York Fashion?
With more absences on the New York Fashion Week calendar than ever before, BoF looks back at a decade of changes and turmoil in America’s fashion capital.

Casper’s IPO Will Be a Moment of Truth for Fashion’s Start-Ups
This week, everyone will be talking about Casper's IPO, the state of New York Fashion Week and Macy's strategy update. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Casper’s IPO Will Be a Moment of Truth for Fashion’s Start-Ups
This week, everyone will be talking about Casper's IPO, the state of New York Fashion Week and Macy's strategy update. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Op-Ed | How Fashion Education Prevents Inclusivity
Fashion's future creators and decision-makers are taught a narrow worldview in school, helping to perpetuate racism, fatphobia and other damaging tropes that plague the industry.

Op-Ed | How Fashion Education Prevents Inclusivity
Fashion's future creators and decision-makers are taught a narrow worldview in school, helping to perpetuate racism, fatphobia and other damaging tropes that plague the industry.