The CFDA's chairman Tom Ford has announced that New York Fashion Week will be renamed the American Collections Calendar. In a statement, Tom Ford outlined that since its inception in 1962, the CFDA's main aim has been to promote American fashion both domestically and abroad. The CFDA will now publish on the schedule not only the schedule of designers showing in New York during NYFW but also those of American designers showing off-calendar and abroad. 

Tom Ford explained: "To that end, the show schedule that is released by the CFDA each season will be renamed the American Collections Calendar. We will include all American designers within the calendar and on RUNWAY360, regardless of location or collection release date.

"This season, even more than last, will be a great challenge for all of us as the world grapples with an increasingly devastating pandemic and economic downturn. We at the CFDA are here to support you in any way that we can."