Season 2 2014

Vogue magazine's Anna Wintour leads a committee of fashion luminaries as they select ten designers to participate in fashion's most important competition.

Designers appear before Vogue’s Anna Wintour and the Fund’s intimidating panel of fashion icons for a timed interview in which they must defend their lives’ work.

Anna Wintour, the legendary editor of Vogue magazine, oversees a competition in which 10 designers get a chance to work alongside industry luminaries to prove they have what it takes to be named Fashion Fund Designer of the Year – an award that comes with $300,000 and a one-year mentorship with some of the biggest names in fashion.

Designers stage shows for New York City Fashion Week and meet with fashion buyers whose approvals can make or break their careers.

Vogue’s Anna Wintour visits finalists in their studios as they race to finish looks for the Maybelline design challenge.

After a star-studded fashion show in Los Angeles, Vogue’s Anna Wintour and the judges name The Fashion Fund Designer of the Year.