Designer of the Year
This event showcases student designs and brings a Designer of the Year – an industry luminary, like Michael Kors or Carolina Herrera – to campus to critique student work and give one-on-one portfolio feedback.
Designer of the Year Honorees
- 2025 Nina McLemore
- 2023 Kim Schalk
- 2022 Dur Doux
- 2021 Audrey Swanson
- 2020 Tanya Taylor
- 2019 Lazaro Perez
- 2018 Naeem Khan
- 2017 Lela Rose
- 2016 Reem Acra
- 2015 Sue Wong
- 2014 Jhane Barnes
- 2013 Tadashi Shoji
- 2012 Eileen Fisher
- 2011 Junko Yoshioka
- 2010 Isabel Toledo
- 2009 Peter Som
- 2008 Cynthia Rowley
- 2007 Michael Kors
- 2006 Kay Unger
- 2005 Carolina Herrera
- 2004 Ralph Rucci
- 2003 Oscar de la Renta
- 2002 Carmen Marc Valvo
- 2001 Mark Badgley & James Mischka
- 2000 Geoffrey Beene
- 1999 Dana Buchman
- 1998 Linda Allard
- 1997 Marie Gray
- 1996 Pauline Trigere
- 1995 Tommy Hilfiger
- 1994 Kathryn Dianos
- 1993 Diane Von Furstenburg
- 1992 Frankie Welch
- 1991 Adolfo
- 1990 Carolina Herrera
