CFDA Welcomes 33 New Members: Who Made The Cut?

by Julia Rubin | 1:15 pm, August 1st, 2011

The Council of Fashion Designers of America welcomed 33 new members this week! Congrats, newbies!

These talented folk represent the biggest class ever, upping the current member count to 406. Explained CFDA CEO Steven Kolb: “The class of 2011 represents the largest number of designers since the organization’s founding in 1962. Each new member is uniquely talented and collectively they add strength to the ever growing influence of the CFDA and American fashion.”

Check out the list below — we’ve included all sorts of links to help you get to know the inductees:

Charlotte Ronson
Prabal Gurung
Eddie Borgo
Alexa Adams and Flora Gill (Ohne Titel)
Gregory Parkinson
Jen Kao
Brian Wolk and Claude Morais (Ruffian)
Blake Mycoskie (Toms Shoes)
Olivier Theyskens (Theory)
Thuy Pham and Miho Aoki (United Bamboo)
Fred Allard (Nine West)
Stacey Bendet (Alice + Olivia)
Tess Giberson
Trish Westcoat Pound (Haute Hippie)
Sonja Rubin and Kip Chapelle (Rubin & Chapelle)
Ippolita Rostagno (Ippolita)
Mara Hoffman
Joy Gryson (Gryson)
Gaby Basora (Tucker)
Christian Cota
Shaun Kearney (Cynthia Steffe)
Andrea Lieberman (A.L.C.)
Scott Hahn and Rogan Gregory (Rogan/Loomstate)
Luis Fernandez (Number:Lab)
Melissa Joy Manning
Dana Lorenz (Fenton/Fallon)
Barton Perreira (Patty Perreira)
Derrick Miller (Barker Black Ltd.)