Telfar Wins The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

After four months of studio visits, challenges, collaborations, and fashion shows the winner of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was announced tonight. Telfar, founded by Telfar Clemens in 2005, won the top prize of $400,000. Chromat, founded in 2010 by Becca McCharen-Tran, and Ahlem, founded in 2014 by Ahlem Manai-Platt, took home the runner-up prizes of $150,000 each. Here’s what you need to know about Telfar. Clemens describes his label as “horizontal, democratic, universal” and makes unisex clothes for the socially savvy shopper. During the CVFF fashion show his designs were modeled by voguers to the delight of the celebrity front row at the Chateau Marmont, and he aced the Instagram challenge by highlighting the next generation of Telfar lovers, hashtag #telfarbambimo. Outside of the CVFF, Clemens has long taken a unique approach to his brand. Rather than collaborate with an up-and-coming label or musician, he teamed with White Castle on uniforms, and created a capsule collection for Century 21’s new in-store shop Next Century. Read more at Vogue.