A major endowment from Liz Claiborne’s husband and business partner Art Ortenberg, has enabled the CFDA to further expand its core Scholarship Program to include the merit-based, $25,000 Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award.
This prestigious new design award program recognizes the important contribution that Liz Claiborne made to the fashion industry and brings her innovative design aesthetic into the classrooms at the country’s leading design colleges and universities. A specialized teaching curriculum designed for this program challenges students to translate and re-interpret Claiborne’s concept of design — “fit the way you live” — to dress women of the 21st century.
The Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award is presented annually to a full-time senior student who is on track to earn his/her BFA or equivalent undergraduate degree in fashion design and who best addresses the lifestyle and needs of women in 2012 –given the current culture and world in which she lives and works — based on specific guidelines. The award is based solely on merit, as judged by a prestigious panel of industry experts. The scholarship must be used towards the student’s second semester senior year tuition and/or educational expenses.
Scholarship Application & Guidelines available only through CFDA’s Participating Schools.
Click here for the Design Sketches by Liz Claiborne
Click here for the 2006 WWD Milestones featuring Liz Claiborne
Click below to view the Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship DVD
Click below to view the LIZ CLAIBORNE INC., Designer Roundtable 2006 Video