Diotima’s Rachel Scott Wins American Womenswear Designer of the 12 months at 2024 CFDA Trend Awards

Rachel Scott for Diotima gained American Womenswear Designer of the 12 months on the 2024 CFDA Trend Awards, introduced by Amazon Trend, on Monday evening. Tony, Emmy and Grammy award winner and Academy Award-nominated actress and songwriter Cynthia Erivo served as host of the night’s cocktail, dinner and awards ceremony held on the American Museum of Pure Historical past.

Scott was nominated alongside trade veterans Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne and Tory Burch, and was introduced the award by actress Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph.

Final yr, Scott took house the CFDA Awards’ Store With Google American Rising Designer of the 12 months award after launching her womenswear label simply three years in the past. Since Diotima’s inception, the Jamaican American designer has gained a powerful and regular following for her genuine, inclusive and nuanced imaginative and prescient of Caribbean fashion via tailoring, knit dressing and sportswear with artisanal, handcrafted particulars, worn by Angel Reese, Ayesha Curry, Aurora James and extra.

Taking house the American Menswear Designer of the 12 months prize, introduced by Troye Sivan, was Willy Chavarria for the second consecutive yr, beating out Mike Amiri for Amiri, Emily Adams Bode Aujla for Bode, Thom Browne and Todd Snyder.

The Mexican American designer labored at numerous manufacturers together with Calvin Klein earlier than launching his personal label in 2015. He has continued to realize momentum for oversize clothes and sharp tailoring led by his distinct imaginative and prescient of menswear that celebrates Latino heritage and affect on trend.

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie introduced Raul Lopez the American Accent Designer of the 12 months award for his Brooklyn-based label Luar. Lopez beforehand gained the class in 2022 for his designs and this yr edged out nominees Ana Khouri, Stuart Vevers for Coach, Catherine Holstein for Khaite and Tory Burch.

Since 2011, the Dominican American designer and New York native has been constructing a model legacy via his mixture of excessive trend and avenue fashion, drawing Madonna and Beyoncé to his New York Trend Week reveals.

The 2024 Store With Google American Rising Designer of the 12 months award, introduced by Molly Gordon and designer Brandon Maxwell, was given to Henry Zankov for Zankov.

New York-based, Russian-born American designer launched Zankov launched his namesake, exuberant males’s and girls’s knitwear label in 2020, and was up towards Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell of Tanner Fletcher, Jackson Wiederhoeft for Wiederhoeft, Connor McKnight and Presley Oldham on Monday evening.

Each Zankov and Scott have been named runners-up for the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Trend Fund, making the leap in only a yr to high awards.

Different honors have been awarded to Erykah Badu as Trend Icon, introduced by André 3000; Annie Leibovitz, who obtained the Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard from presenter Anna Wintour; and Michael Kors, who obtained the Optimistic Change Award from presenter Blake Energetic. The late designer Isabel Toledo was honored with the Board of Administrators Tribute Award, introduced by Molly Ringwald and accepted by Ruben Toledo. Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli was named Worldwide Designer of the 12 months, introduced by Amy Griffin; Hamish Bowles was awarded the Founder’s Award in Honor of Eleanor Lambert, introduced by Marc Jacobs; Stephen Burrows obtained the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award from Donna Karan and Todd Oldham, and Coachtopia, accepted by Stuart Vevers (from presenters Charles Melton and Kelsea Ballerini) was given the Innovation Award, introduced by Amazon Trend.