The design challenge at hand?
Stripes and stars (not to be confused with stars and stripes, mused CFDA CEO Steven Kolb).
“It’s the 20th anniversary of the CFDA/VogueFashion Fund.

Tommy Hilfiger, Aurora James, Thom Browne
The design challenge allows us judges to see how the designers can follow an assignment,” Kolb toldVogue.
Because of his generosity, each designer got $10,000 to execute their assignment."
All the muses sported individualist interpretations of the Stripes and Stars theme.

“There’s tremendous talent in this room.
It’s very impressive.
Evan Mock
Josh Rivera, Phipps