The 1940s: Fashion: Awards

American Decades | Date: 2001

THE 1940s: FASHION: AWARDS

Coty American Fashion Critics'
Award

(The "Winnie"—to an individual selected as the leading designer of American women's fashions)

1943—Norman Norell

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 Trigere

Special Awards

1943—Lily Daché
John Frederics
Sally Victor

1944—Phelps Associates

1945—No Award

1946—No Award

1947—No Award

1948—Joseph De Leo
Maximilian

1949—David Evins
Toni Owen

Thomas B. Clarke Prize

(Given by the National Academy of Design for interior design)

1940—HugoBallin

1941—Dan Lutz

1942—Douglas W. Gorsline

1943—No Award

1944—Robert Philipp

1945—Eugene Higgins
Raphael Soyer

1946—No Award

1947—Louis DiValentin

1948—Raphael Soyer

1949—Eugene Berman

American Institute of Architects
(AIA)

AIA Gold Medal (Awarded to an individual for distinguished service to the architectural profession or to the institute. It is the institute's highest honor.)

1940—No Award

1941—No Award

1942—No Award

1943—No Award

1944—Louis Henri Sullivan

1945—No Award

1946—No Award

1947—Eliei Saarinen

1948—Charles D. Maginnis

1949—Frank Lloyd Wright

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