Winners & Nominees

The 9th annual Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards, held at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel, showcased and honored remarkable talent from across Canada and the global fashion scene.

2022 WINNERS

Lecavalier

The Womenswear Designer of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Greta Constantine
UNTTLD
Hilary MacMillan
Silk Laundry

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Mr. Saturday

The Menswear Designer of the Year Award

NOMINEES

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Christopher Bates
Raised by Wolves

Kathryn Bowen

The Award for Emerging Talent, Fashion

NOMINEES

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Lafaille
Maria Karimi
RVNG
Dorian Who

Maguire

The Award for Emerging Talent, Accessories

NOMINEES

Jewels & Aces
Combinist Goods
Mas
Steff Eleoff
Cyntia Miglio

Melanie Auld Jewellery

The Accessory Designer of the Year Award

NOMINEES

L’intervalle
Biko
Maple
Ecksand
Heirloom Hats

Sentaler

The Outerwear Brand of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Kanuk
Nobis
Quartz Co
Noize

Kathleen Chan (Calico)

The Fashion Innovation Award

NOMINEES

Blanka
BlackCart
FoldsWear

Myles Sexton

The Digital Fashion Creator of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Laurence Fortin-Cote
Liv Judd
Sean Brown
Lexson Millington

Kevin Quang Thai Nguyen

The Fashion Design Student Award

NOMINEES

Gabriel Paul Caron
Suki Chow
Lynne Hey
Mihaela Stoica

Awar Odhiang

The Model of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Ash Foo
Kirsten Owen
Ariish Wol
Steph Shiu

Justin Wu

The Image Maker of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Renata Kaveh
Carlos Alyse
William Ukoh
Conor Cunningham
Norman Wong

Willow Allen

The Fresh Face of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Monywiir Deng
Belle Vanderkley
Mase Somonall
Sihan Guo

Nariman Janghorban

The Stylist of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Florence O. Durand
Nadia Pizzimenti
Amanda Lee Shirreffs
Skye Kelton
Georgia Groom

Izzy Camilleri

The Fashion Impact Award

NOMINEES

Knix
Widethebrand
Elita
Wuxly

Kelly Drennan, Fashion Takes Action

The Sustainability Award

NOMINEES

Triarchy
Ecologyst
Bedi
Thesus
Wuxly

Viktor Peters

Makeup Artist of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Leslie-Ann Thomson
Julie Cusson
Emily Cheng
Mimi Choi
Nisha Gulati

Janet Jackson

Hair Artist of the Year Award

NOMINEES

Kirsten Klontz
Chanel Croker
Matthew Collins
Kristjan Hayden

The Honourees

The CAFA Honorees are Canada’s most influential figures in arts and fashion, recognized as visionaries whose talent, leadership, and innovation have shaped the industry and left a lasting impact both nationally and internationally.

Sage Paul

The Outstanding Achievement Award

George Sully

The 2022 Change Maker Award

Ssense - Firas Atallah, Bassel Atallah and Rami Atallah.

The Outstanding Achievement Award

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Fleur Du Mal

The International Canadian Designer Award

Brooke Wall

The Vanguard Award

The NewGen List

The NewGen List is created to honour the innovation and brilliance of Canada’s inspiring, emerging trailblazers across multiple creative disciplines from around the country. This list recognizes 25 bright rising stars in areas including photography, videography, styling, makeup & hair artistry, graphic and digital design and more!