Corporate Affiliates are businesses who join the CFDA and gain access to the membership by creating meaningful business driven benefits for CFDA Members. In addition, Corporate Affiliates host educational events or roundtables related to their industry expertise and make their services accessible to CFDA Member’s at the most relevant and senior level.

CURVExpo
Designers & Agents
Gilt Groupe
Hand Baldachin & Amburgey LLP
Intermix
Karen Harvey Consulting Group
Luxottica Group
Melissa
Miriam Haskell
Orange Films
Première Vision
Printemps
Samsung Fashion and Design Fund
Swarovski

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CURVEXPO
CURVENY New York & CURVENV Las Vegas are the largest and only events of their kind in North America : a leadership presence both on the East coast and the West coast, as an intimate apparel show and a swimwear show. With more than 200 exhibiting brands it is today the only international lingerie and swim show in New York and Las Vegas.

The best lingerie boutiques, the most stylish swimwear retailers and the most prominent department stores coming from all over the world shop the latest in lingerie, men’s underwear, swimwear, activewear and many more.

DESIGNERS MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Designers Management Agency provides brand representation services for fashion designers and develops streams of revenue via fashion-based solutions. DMA represents prestige level design talent, as well as upcoming names. Programs include creative director placement and product design, licensing, co-branding, new media, publishing, retail expansion, expert affiliations, special events, and financial services.

DESIGNERS & AGENTS
Designers & Agents, a fashion and trade event, is an alternative marketplace for designers and retailers who define the cutting edge in fashion and lifestyle. Identifying emerging talent and creating an intimate synergistic environment that fosters relationships between designers and buyers, each of D&A’s 12 yearly shows, are held currently in London, Los Angeles, and New York and typically attract 1,500 to 3,000 retail and media visitors, depending on the season. D&A’s shows are pre-edited, art-directed, and merchandised to create a sense of camaraderie and discovery between designers and the retail community.

HAND BALDACHIN & AMBURGEY LLP
HBA is a New York based boutique law firm working with businesses in all aspects of their corporate life, from formation and day-to-day business matters, through capital restructuring and mergers and acquisitions transactions. HBA focuses on deals across several industries in addition to fashion and lifestyle brands including: sports and entertainment; media; technology and internet. HBA also represents financial institutions, particularly those involved in advising fashion and lifestyle brands, including investment banks, private equity firms, investment advisors and hedge funds. In addition, HBA provides sophisticated legal advice on trademark and copyright registration and infringement issues.

INTERMIX
Intermix is a leading multi-brand retailer styling women with its unique and compelling fashion point-of-view. INTERMIX is known for its well-edited assortment focused on the most exciting fashion trends and the best mix of emerging and established designers. INTERMIX styles its clients with an individualized approach that celebrates every woman’s unique sense of style and love of fashion.

Since its inception in 1993, the company has grown into 24 locations across the U.S. Today, INTERMIX is regarded for its philosophy of mixing special pieces in an unexpected ways. INTERMIX offers the most coveted designers, unique pieces and irresistible trends of the season from the industry’s best brands.

GILT GROUPE
Gilt Groupe is a privately held company dedicated to providing its members with access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle brands at sample sale prices. Gilt Groupe hand selects both established and up and coming brands relevant to its membership base. Each Gilt Groupe Shopping Event is designer-specific and held over a one day period. The Gilt Groupe production team creates a short video reel to introduce each designer and brand to its membership. There is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe; membership is by invitation only.

KAREN HARVEY CONSULTING GROUP
Karen Harvey is a company that serves a select group of clients that are committed to innovation, creativity, their consumers and their communities. They believe that no one client is exactly like another and there is no one method that will work all the time in developing talent or searching for it. Karen Harvey is committed to obtaining a keen understanding of each of her client’s ethos, culture and vision, so that in finding or developing that talent, they see through the same lens. Karen Harvey Consulting Group offers three primary services: executive search (from CEO’s to Creative Directors), Professional development and storytelling, and strategic partnerships.

LUXOTTICA GROUP
Luxottica Group is a global leader in fashion eyewear, with nearly 5,500 optical and sun retail stores mainly in North America and Asia-Pacific and a well-balanced portfolio that comprises leading premium house and licensed brands, including Ray-Ban, the best selling sun and prescription eyewear brand in the world. Among others, the Group’s brand portfolio includes house brands Vogue Eyewear, Persol, Arnette and REVO and license brands Bvlgari, Chanel, Donna Karan, Prada, Polo Ralph Lauren and Versace. Luxottica Group’s global wholesale network touches 120 countries, with a direct presence in the key 28 eyewear markets worldwide.

MELISSA
Melissa is a global fashion icon which has manufactured over 50 million pairs of plastic shoes in the past 25 years. Melissa, based in Brazil, transforms plastic spheres into objects of desire. The company has gained worldwide recognition for its brave and creative interpretation of multi-ethnic styles. Melissa’s design partners are a selection of some of the world’s most interesting and creative professionals. The company has sustainable development as a cornerstone of its economic development as a premise which ensures market demands while preserving natural resources. Melissa is on the cutting edge of design and technology.

MIRIAM HASKELL
Miriam Haskell, America’s original couture costume jeweler, was founded in 1926 by the designer, with her first eponymous boutique opening in New York shortly thereafter. Renowned worldwide as one of the leading costume jewelry houses, Miriam Haskell produces hand-crafted, made-to-order pieces in New York. Each bead, crystal, and pearl is wired by hand to intricate brass filigrees, resulting in elegant and timeless jewelry that continues the Miriam Haskell tradition of glamour and quality.

ORANGE FILMS
Orange Films is a leading full-service film and video production company, specializing in servicing the unique needs of the fashion and luxury sectors. Founded in Paris in 1994 by German architect Helmut Hutter, Orange Film’s suite of services encompasses filming runway shows and special events, integrating visual editorial material into online platforms, and tailoring client content to a broad range of media outlets. Orange Films offers turn-key service to clients, from initial concept through filming, editing and delivery of final product.

PREMIERE VISION
Première Vision has been organizing professional fashion and fabric fairs since 1973. PV showcases apparel weaving thanks to its prodigious work both in the field and in terms of forecasting, providing a rich source of inspiration for fashion professionals and stimulating new trends. Enjoying a brand name with an international reputation, Première Vision has a leading international event in Paris, which has been spun off in recent years in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow and Tokyo.

PRINTEMPS
Printemps, the legendary French department store was founded in 1865. The flagship Printemps store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the IXe arrondissement of Paris. Printemps has stores in multiple locations in Paris and throughout France. The store has also opened branches outside France, in locations including Andorra, the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo and Jeddah. In 2008 Printemps launched an extensive reinvention of its Haussmann location.

SAMSUNG FASHION AND DESIGN FUND
The Samsung Fashion and Design Fund (SFDF) was launched in 2005 to discover and sponsor talented young Korean designers around the world. SFDF is an initiative of Cheil Industries. Cheil Industries is committed to fulfilling its obligation to society through various volunteer activities, environmental management and support for culture and the arts.

SWAROVSKI
Over a hundred years ago, in 1895, Daniel Swarovski, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his newly-invented machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewelry stones. From these beginnings, which revolutionized the fashion world, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal, for fashion, jewelry, lighting, architecture and interiors. Comprised of two major divisions, one producing and selling loose crystals, the other creating finished products, the Swarovski corporation also includes additional product lines an accessory collection, Atelier Swarovski, chandelier collection Swarovski Crystal Palace as well as Optik, producing precision optical instruments and Enlightened, Swarovski’s brand for genuine and created gemstones. While Swarovski crystal, known by its product brand name CRYSTALLIZED TM– Swarovski elements, has become an essential ingredient of international design, Swarovski’s own-brand accessory, jewelry and home décor lines are sold through more than 600 Swarovski stores and concessions in all major fashion capitals, and the exclusive Daniel Swarovski accessories collection has become the company’s Couture signature.