Named one of ten finalists for the 2nd annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Project Alabama competes alongside Anthony Nak, Atelier, Costello Tagliapietra, Derek Lam, Isabel Toledo, Lutz & Patmos, Mayle, Thom Browne, and Trovata for the final prize. From an initial group of 131 applicants, whittled to 65, the finalists are chosen by a committee of industry representatives.
Learn more about Atelier New York here.
Learn more about Derek Lam here.
Learn more about Mayle here.
Learn more about Thom Browne here.
Learn more about Nak Armstrong with Anthony Nak here.
Learn more about Tina Lutz of Lutz & Pamos and view her Lutz Morris collection here.
Learn more about JRCT with Costello Tagliapietra here.
Slide 1: Letter from Anna Wintour—Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue and Global Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast—which Natalie received after presenting Project Alabama’s work for consideration in the 2005 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, photograph by Robert Rausch; “Ten New Designers to Watch & Wear” from Vogue magazine’s November 2005 issue featuring Natalie Chanin. Natalie and Elizabeth Reaser are wearing beaded dresses and bateau shrugs from Project Alabama and, joined by Enrico Marone-Cinzano, are photographed with a hand-sewn patchwork flag quilt from Project Alabama