See Inside Vogue Club s Cocktail Party Celebrating the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Winners

After a day of inspirational programming at Forces of Fashion, Vogue Club and the CFDA hosted an exclusive cocktail to salute the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners. Aurora James of Brother Vellies––who was herself awarded the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2020––shared a poignant reminder of what the accolade means to young designers during her address to this year s finalists: “[The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund] accepted me and supported my nonprofit. This is an entire community of American fashion designers who are going to be here for you forever—and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.”

There was plenty to celebrate at Vogue Club’s exclusive post-Forces cocktail, which saw our Vogue Club community mingle with Vogue editors and emerging designers at a private NoHo members club. The legendary Tommy Hilfiger had just announced runners-up Rachel Scott (of Diotima) and Henry Zankov, followed by supermodel Linda Evangelista, who was the first to congratulate this year s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner: Melitta Baumeister.