The Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA) are an annual award ceremony to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement and emerging talent in Canadian fashion. The awards were established to encourage the economic development of the Canadian fashion industry and endorse Canadian cultural sovereignty.
The event started in January 2014.
The awards include: Womenswear Designer of the Year, Menswear Designer of the Year, The Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent in Fashion, The Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent in Accessories, The Outstanding Achievement Award, Accessory Designer of the Year, The Sephora Image Maker Award, The
Hudson's Bay International Canadian Designer of the Year Award, Yorkdale Stylist of the Year, Model of the Year, and Fashion Blogger of the Year.
Members of the jury in 2015 included philanthropist
Suzanne A. Rogers, VP of
Holt Renfrew
Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited (doing business as Holt Renfrew and known colloquially as Holt's) is a Canadian luxury department store chain founded in 1837 by William S. Henderson. It has been owned by the Weston family since 1986, and was previo ...
Lisa Tant, VP & buying director of The Room, The BAY Nicholas Mellamphy, editor-in-chief of ''
Elle
''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...
'' Canada Noreen Flanagan,
Coco Rocha
Mikhaila "Coco" Rocha (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian fashion model. She is known as one of the first "digital" supermodels, and is known for her advocacy for younger models. As an author, she collaborated on the 2014 book ''Study of Pos ...
, chair and associate professor at Ryerson University Robert Ott, and executive director of the
Toronto Fashion Incubator Susan Langdon.
Award winners have included
Coco Rocha
Mikhaila "Coco" Rocha (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian fashion model. She is known as one of the first "digital" supermodels, and is known for her advocacy for younger models. As an author, she collaborated on the 2014 book ''Study of Pos ...
,
Beaufille, Marie Saint Pierre, Philippe Dubuc, Mikhael Kale, Jerome C. Rousseau,
Sid Neigum,
Tommy Ton,
Erdem Moralioğlu, Zeina Esmail, Anais Pouliot,
Jeremy Laing,
DSQUARED, and
Joe Mimran.
2019 Winners
The 2019 Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards winners are:
Womenswear Designer of the Year:
Sid Neigum.
Menswear Designer of the Year:
Christopher Bates (fashion designer).
Emerging talent, fashion: Marie-Ève Lecavalier.
Emerging talent, accessories: Corey Moranis.
Accessory Designer of the Year: Dean Davidson.
Outerwear Brand of the Year:
Mackage
Mackage is a Canadian outerwear clothing brand. It has stores in Canada, the US, China, South Korea, Japan and London.
Mackage was founded in Montreal in 1999 by designer Eran Elfassy, with Elisa Dahan joining in 2001. Elfassy and Dahan have know ...
.
Fashion Innovation Award: Focals by North.
Fashion Design Student Award: Marie-Eve Aubry.
Imagemaker of the Year: Max Abadian.
Stylist of the Year: Cary Tauben.
Fresh Face (emerging model) of the Year: Krow Kian.
Model of the Year:
Tasha Tilberg
Tasha Tilberg (born August 26, 1979, in Chilliwack, British Columbia) is a Canadian fashion model.
Modeling
Tilberg has appeared in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Bloomingdale's, Comma, Fendi, Esprit, Gucci, Mango, Missoni, Moschino, Ve ...
.
Fashion Impact Award: Matt & Nat.
Digital Fashion Influencer of the Year: Fecal Matter.
Sustainability Award: KOTN.
Makeup Artist of the Year: Hung Vanngo.
Hair Artist of the Year: Harry Josh.
Suzanne A. Rogers Award for International Development:
Sid Neigum.
See also
*
List of fashion awards
This list of fashion awards is an index to articles on notable awards given for fashion. It is organized by the country of the sponsoring organization, but entries are not always limited to that country.
List
See also
*Lists of awards
* List ...
References
External links
CAFA homepage
Fashion awards
Arts awards in Canada
Annual events in Canada
Awards established in 2014
2014 establishments in Canada
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