Coty Award

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The Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards is the highest praise that can be awarded in clothing and is often referred to as the "Oscars" of the clothing world.^{[citation needed]}

This award was given annually to top candidates in various clothing fashion fields by Coty, Inc. from 1943 until Donald Flannery of corporate parent Pfizer, Inc. discontinued the program in 1985. The program was developed by publicist Eleanor Lambert.

Recipients of the Award include:

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1943 Norman Norell, Carolyn Schnurer American Designer
1944 Claire McCardell
1945 Gilbert Adrian, Tina Leser, Emily Wilkens
1946 Omar Kiam of Ben Reig, Vincent Monte-San, Claire Potter
1947 Jacob Horwitz, Mark Mooring, Nettie Rosenstein, Adele Simpson
1948 Hattie Carnegie
1949 Pauline Trigère
1950 Charles James, Bonnie Cashin
1951 Jane Derby, Pauline Trigere
1952 Ben Zuckerman, [[Ben Sommers, Capezio}}
1953 Thomas F. Brigance
1954 James Galanos
1955 Anne Klein, Jeanne Campbell, Herbert Kasper
1956 James Galanos,Luis Estevez, Sally Victor
1957 Leslie Morris, Sydney Wragge
1958 Arnold Scaasi
1959 Pauline Trigere
1960 Rudi Gernreich
1963 Rudi Gernreich
1966 Rudi Gernreich
1967 Rudi Gernreich, Beth Levine, American shoe designer
1971 Dorothy Weatherford (fashion designer/Mountain Artisans, West Virginia)
1972 Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
1976 Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
1980 Alex&Lee, Alex Mate, Spanish Born Lee Brooks, American Born Jewelry Designers
1985 Alan Flusser
Stephen Burrows, American
Jeffrey Banks, American
Willi Smith, American
Fernando Sanchez, Spanish, working in Belgium
Alexander Julian, American
Norma Kamali, American
Mary McFadden, American
Geoffrey Beene, American
Calvin Klein, American (1973, 1974, 1975)
Bill Blass, American
Sal Cesarani, American
Donna Karan, American
Stan Herman, American uniform designer
Roxane Kamenstein, American fashion writer and author
Joan Vass, American
Perry Ellis, American
Diana Vreeland, American
Norman Norell, American (First winner in 1943, also 1951, 1956, 1958, 1966)
Oscar de la Renta
Bill Kaiserman, American
Louis Dell'Olio
Halston
Betsey Johnson
Robert Lee Morris
Dan Millstein, American designer
Jhane Barnes, Youngest Female Winner (Age 24)