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.

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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.

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“There’s tremendous talent in this room.

It’s very impressive.

Evan Mock

Josh Rivera, Phipps