The Tamesis
The fall 2026 fashion show season in Paris is coming to an end, but fashion trends never stop. After an unprecedented transformation last season, the fall runways showed results, including Meryll Rogge’s debut at Marni, and Rachel Scott and Demna’s first official runway collections at Proenza Schouler in New York and Gucci in Milan, respectively. With editors now returning to their hometowns, we can turn the focus back to the future of New York fashion. Are you, like Scott, the 2024 CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year, a part of this new vision?
Applications for the 2026 CFDA/Fashion The Fashion Fund will be open at CFDA.com. Applications will remain open until Friday, April 10 at 11:59 PM ET. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
All applicants must reside primarily in the United States and have been in business for at least two years. The business must have no more than 30 employees and annual gross revenue of $10 million.
This year’s committee includes Anna Wintour, Chief Content Officer and Global Editorial Director of Condé Nast; FashionCFDA CEO Steven Kolb and CFDA Chairman Thom Browne, as well as fashion magazine Chloe Malle, head of editorial content, and Nicole Phelps, global fashion news and features director at Vogue Runway. They were joined by Zac Posen, vice president and creative director of Gap Inc.; Aurora James, founder of the Willis Brothers and The Fifteen Percent Pledge; Instagram’s Eva Chen; Nordstrom’s Rickie De Sole; and model Paloma Elsesser. 10 CFDA/Fashion The Fashion Fund finalists chosen by the committee will be announced in June.
