Alexander Wang Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award

By The Smart Stylist on November 17, 2008 7:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Alexander Wang was chosen as the fifth recipient of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award. Wang was $200,000 richer with a year of business mentoring after taking home top honors at the awards gala last night in New York. Runners-up Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava and Albertus Q. Swanepoel of Albertus Quartus each received $50,000 and business mentorship.

Alexander Wang and runners-up beat out a couple of my other potential winners Richard Chai and Alejandro Ingelmo. Other finalists were Jason Wu, Irene Neuwirth, Juan Carlos Obando, Obedient Sons & Daughters, and Organic.

Winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award even without the cash prize and business mentoring is quite the achievement. The mere fact that the winning designer is chosen by a committee consisting of fashion's most important and highly respected people, such recognition a lot of designers hope for but few receives. Past winners were Rogan in 2007, Doo-Ri in 2006, Trovata in 2005 and Proenza Schouler in 2004.

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