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April 8, 2010 7:21 am >> Inaugural Fashion Incubator Designers Have Officially Moved In —The first twelve designers participating in the new CFDA Fashion Incubator program — including Prabal Gurung, Waris Ahluwalia, Sophie Theallet, Bibhu Mohapatra, and Justin Giunta — which provides subsidized studios in the heart of New York's Garment District, officially moved into the space, which apparently "looks much like a shopping mall, with glass-fronted showrooms on either side of a grand aisle," last week.
Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet and Ten Others Named CFDA Fashion Incubator Designers
Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet and Ten Others Named CFDA Fashion Incubator Designers February 1, 2010 7:10 am Twelve American designers have been granted studio space at reduced-rents by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Justin Giunta Among Inaugural Fashion Incubator Designers
Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Justin Giunta Among Inaugural Fashion Incubator Designers February 1, 2010 6:58 am >> The CFDA Fashion Incubator, announced last October in partnership with New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, has its first twelve tenants.  Among those named as part of the inaugural group of designers: Alice Ritter, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Gemma Redux's Rachel Dooley, Grey Ant's Grant Krajecki, House of Waris's Waris Ahluwalia, Jolibe's Joel Diaz, Lewis's Alison Lewis, Public School's Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Ruby Kobo's Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo, and Subversive Jewelry's Justin Giunta.The designers each received two-year leases on design studio spaces ranging from 800 to 1,000 square feet at 209 West 38th Street in Manhattan, with subsidized, below-market rental rates of between $1,500 and $2,000 per month.  To earn a spot, the designers had to submit a business plan, show they had "substantive editorial coverage" and orders from high-level retailers, have been in business for over a year and a half, and be supporting a staff.
October 21, 2009 11:27 am >> CFDA, New York City Join to Subsidize Fashion Incubator for Emerging Designers —On Monday, New York City's Bloomberg administration announced that it will be subsidizing rent for a 10,000 square foot fashion incubator space; emerging designers will compete for twelve spaces in a showroom building in the garment district, with rent coming in at only $1,500 instead of the current $2,900 market price for a comparable space.  The new tenants will be selected through a competition; winners will be announced in December and move-in — with a lease lasting two years — is expected in February.
More 2010 Fashion's Night Out Events
More Fashion's Night Out Events — See Michael Kors Crooning, DVF Going Tech, and Get a Portrait by Victor Demarchelier September 10, 2010 5:13 am >> Fashion's Night Out is tonight, Sept.
Fashion Industry Gets a Caucus in Washington, DC to Advocate for Design Piracy Prohibition Act
Fashion Industry Gets a Caucus in Washington, DC to Advocate for Design Piracy Prohibition Act March 30, 2010 1:34 pm >> When Diane von Furstenberg was re-elected for her third term as CFDA president a couple of weeks ago, she said she was looking forward to continuing her work, specifically: "We’d like to pass the law against counterfeits and copying."Over the weekend, it seems the she got a little closer to that goal: Capitol Hill's Committee on House Administration approved the formation of the fashion industry’s first caucus, named the “Congressional Apparel Manufacturing and Fashion Business Caucus."
February 9, 2010 2:49 pm >> Prabal Gurung Thinks of His Girl as the "Thinking Man's Sex Symbol" —Rising star Prabal Gurung, who was recently awarded $25,000 by the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation and named an inaugural CFDA Fashion Incubator designer, when asked about the kind of girl he designs for: "The one I always think about is the thinking man's sex symbol.