American Fashion Council of Fashion Designers of America

by Charlie Scheips New York: Assouline, 2007. A hefty coffee-table book: "American Fashion" is the ultimate volume on the history of fashion in this country, celebrating over seven decades of the work of more than 100 designers. Commissioned by the CFDA… it is a visual journey through iconic and fresh images by the century's greatest photographers and illustrators, accompanied by essays defining nearly a century of fascinating history". 320 pages. hardcover, very good condition, very good dust jacket. from Wikipedia: The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert,[1] is a not-for-profit trade association of over 450 prominent American fashion and accessory designers. The first president of the Council was Sydney Wragge [2](till 1965). As of 2009, Diane von Fürstenberg was the group's president and Steven Kolb the CEO. The organization's mission is to strengthen the influence and success of American designers in the global