I am all for the emergence of awards that celebrate (and help fund) Canadian Designers, from TFI New Labels to Mercedes Benz Start Up and now The Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA). These awards are important not only to encourage the fashion industry in Canada but to also offer guidance, mentoring and funding for some of these labels.
For the Second year in a row, CAFA will award The Emerging Talent Award for Fashion Design and The Emerging Talent Award for Accessory Design. Both involve monetary prizes to help fund these designers/brands. And both awards are also open to nominations from the public but you must nominate before September 15th. Go to their site and nominate your favourite designer now (and there is no shame in nominating yourself). Do it for Coco.
Just don’t nominate me for anything please.