Femmy Update ~ The Honorees

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 A fixture in intimates for over 30 years, Seth Morris’ journey to President/CEO of Carole Hochman Design Group has been momentous and industry changing.  After Seth graduated from Brown University he went to work for San Francisco-based Determined Production, the master licensee & manufacturer of products for Charles Schulz’ “Peanuts” characters.  This stepping stone lead Seth, in 1983, to join the family business Val Mode as Vice President of Sales. Following a 13 year stretch with Val Mode, the family sold the company in 1996 and Seth’s journey took him to Carole Hochman Design Group. CHDG is a company driven by product, quality, and creativity as well as a forerunner in understanding the power of licensing in the intimates industry. Seth joined the team as Executive Vice President and after 13 years was made their President.  Komar Brands bought CHDG in 2010, and Seth was named President/CEO at the time of the acquisition. Outside of work, Seth’s passion is family and sports.

Iluna USA, LLC is a leading textile supplier of lace headquartered in New York.  Iluna Group was established over 40 years ago and focuses on driving global business growth through creative design, product innovation, exceptional customer service and regional manufacturing excellence. read more

Femmy Update ~ The Hostess

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Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress, brings a fresh, smart and read more

Femmy Update: The Contest

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The 2014 Femmy’s are less than a month away and we wanted to share with you a series of updates about this stellar event whose major purpose is to raise scholarship money for  students of the Lingerie Industry.  So first and foremost, the fashion contest staged by  F.I.T. design finalists each year.  Under the mentorship of Professor Alexandra Armillas, the SAIG committee has re-focused the goals from the ethereal to the practical. This year’s theme “Shaping The Future” is all about modern control shapewear. The six finalists will compete for $10,000 of scholarship money with their designs ranging from very embellished to strappy and sexy, to ultra-minimalist.  But all the contestants have added a fresh young twist.  Professor Armillas coaches them to new levels of technical skills and creativity.  This year they will be asked to demonstrate the practical side of development with attention to costing and production realities using a $400 allowance for materials.  All of the finalists must do this project while completing their full time course load.  Guests will vote at the dinner for first, second and third place on Feb 4 after meeting each student and viewing their creative efforts.

New 2014 Femmy Design Contest theme “Shaping the Future”

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SAIG committee announced that the new theme for this year’s Femmy awards will be “Shaping the Future”.  Work with FIT students is already under way on this exciting new vision with support and mentoring from Professor Alexandra Armillas.

The committee has reviewed 12 original concept boards and voted on their 9 favorites.
”According to Suzanne Beck of the Saig Committee, the concepts ranged from very embellished, to strappy & sexy, to clean minimalist but all with a fresh new young twist.  This year’s contestants have been asked to focus on the more practical side of design. read more

2014 Femmy Awards Announces Honorees

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The 2014 FEMMY AWARDS, presented by The Underfashion Club, Inc., the intimate apparel industry charitable organization dedicated to education, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2014 and will take place at Cipriani 42nd Street between Lexington Avenue and Park Avenue in New York City.

The Femmy Awards honor those individuals and companies that have significantly contributed to the Intimate Apparel Industry and its growth.  The Gala is recognized as one of the premier events in the Intimate Apparel Industry, and is the fundraising vehicle that enables the Underfashion Club to support its extensive Scholarship, Awards, Internship and Grants (SAIG) programs.  These efforts bring to life the Underfashion Club’s credo of “Education today for a better industry tomorrow.”  read more

Femmy Gala 2013 Videos

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Videos of the events of the Femmy Gala 2013 are on YouTube!

Carson Kressley hands out the Femmy awards to the most outstanding businesses in the intimate apparel industry in this video. read more

Midnight Garden – Interviews

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Each of the contestants in the “Midnight Garden” Student Design Contest told us a little bit about their pieces and the inspiration behind them in their interviews! Tiffany Spagnuolo with Dark Bloom 1st Prize Tessa Saccone with Moonlit Azaleas 2nd Prize Sara Shanahan with Nocturnal Blossom 3rd Prize Erin Brennan with Fleur de Rave Judy Yang with Midnight Petals Alina Kulik with Wilting Dream

Student Design Contest: Preview of the winners of Midnight Garden

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The Student Design Contest of this year’s Femmy Gala was a huge success! This time around, the theme was “Midnight Garden”. The designs created by the talented FIT students were all incredibly beautiful, but only three of them could be named winners! Here are the previews of the most popular entries. More information about the pieces and the designers behind them will be available very soon, so keep an eye out!

#1 by Tiffany Spagnuolo #2 by Tessa Saccone #3 by Sara Shanahan

Femmy Gala 2012 Videos!

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The photos are videos of the Femmy Gala 2012 are in!

Check out the designs and winners of the Student Design Contest of the year: read more

Femmy Gala 2012

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The Femmy Gala 2012 with our special host, Carson Kressley, was a blast! The honorees of the year were Century 21 Department Stores, Fruit of the loom, Top Form Brassiere Mfg. Co. Ltd, Penn Asia Co. Ltd, and Victor Vega for their innovation and dedication to our industry! Speaking of innovation and dedication, check out the gorgeous designs of this years Student Design Contest. They’re all so beautiful, it’s difficult to pick a favorite!

From left to right, here are the contesters and their designs.

=&0=& 1. Claudia Mesiti’s “Linear Opulence” 2. Nina Trimble’s “Deco Diamonds” 3. Lauren Haron’s “Sheer Radiance” 4. Amy Gianforcaro’s “Diamond Cut” 5. Yecca Zeng’s “All the Right Angles” 6. Nicole Ward’s “Pure Abstraction” For more coverage on the event, see the article on The Wall Street Journal that highlights some of what went on!

“Nestled in the comforting bosom of awards season, somewhere between the SAG Awards and the International 3D Society Awards, was this year’s Femmy Gala.The Femmys is the “premiere event” of the Intimate Apparel field, as well as a fund-raiser for the Underfashion Club, which supports and encourages new talent in the field through scholarships, awards, internships and the like. In our newly set life-long quest to infiltrate the Oscars of every industry, the Femmys suddenly found itself at the very top of our list.” read more