[15] Award winners are determined by vote and announced at an annual black tie event held in Manhattan.

[20][21] The winners had been announced two months before the ceremony[20] which was originally scheduled for a television extravaganza in the fall of 1981.

[21] CFDA president Bill Blass had set off controversy when he announced that all of the nominees will be named winners to avoid televising designers as they lose awards.

[80][32] ( France) ( France) for Balenciaga ( France) for Dior Homme ( Great Britain) ( Italy) ( Israel) for Lanvin for Calvin Klein ( Belgium) for Rochas ( France) ( Belgium) ( United States) for Louis Vuitton ( Great Britain) for Burberry ( Great Britain) for Céline ( Japan) for Comme des Garçons ( Italy) for Givenchy ( Belgium) for Dior ( Italy) for Valentino ( Italy) for Gucci ( Georgia) for Vetements and Balenciaga ( Italy) ( Great Britain) for Alexander McQueen 2023 Return to Old Format Established in 2024, the CFDA partners with Tiffany & Co. for the stated purpose of recognizing and uplifting outstanding American jewelry designers who are committed to driving inclusivity with the design industry.

[133] 2020s Finalists The 4.0 class (2016–2018) of the {FASHION INCUBATOR} includes Alexandra Alvarez of Alix, Aurora James of Brother Vellies, Charles Youssef, Daniel DuGoff of Ddugoff, Tim Joo and Dan Joo of Haerfest, Jason Alkire and Julie Alkire of Haus Alkire, Ji Oh, Katie deGuzman and Michael Miller of K/ller Collection, Thaddeus O'Neil, and Molly Yestadt of Yestadt Millinery.

[135] The Fashion Manufacturing Initiative (FMI) is an investment fund to help revitalize New York City's garment industry.

The program offers matching financial grants to New York City's fashion manufacturing production facilities.

In March 2018, the CFDA and NYCA announced that the following seven production facilities would receive a combined total of $480,000 in the fifth round of FMI grants: Atelier Amelia, Sunrise Studio, In Style USA, Mudo Fashion, New York Embroidery Studio, Season Wash, and Werkstatt.

The Fashion Targets Breast Cancer name and symbol were created by Ralph Lauren and subsequently entrusted to the CFDA Foundation.

FTBC was first presented in the U.S. in the spring of 1994 during New York Fashion Week, and was formally launched in September 1994 at a special White House reception hosted by then-First Lady Hillary Clinton.

In 2017, Fabletics partnered with Fashion Targets Breast Cancer to produce an activewear collection.

A portion of all sales for the collection would be donated to target breast cancer screening and treatment.