Designer Christopher John Rogers tops starry CFDA awards

Designer Christopher John Rogers tops starry CFDA awards

Designers Christopher John Rogers and Emily Adams Bode for BODE took top honors at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, leading a young and diverse slate of honorees on fashion’s big night. Rogers, 27, whose bold purple ensemble was chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris for her inauguration, won for womenswear and Bode for menswear at the glittery ceremony — the fashion industry’s version of the Oscars — which was held in person Wednesday night after a virtual ceremony in 2020 due to the pandemic. Accepting his award from host Emily Blunt, Rogers spoke of coming to New York in 2016, when “nobody would hire me.”