Some of Fashion's Biggest Designers Are Set to Auction off Their Personal Artworks

A chance to get a hold of the art which inspired your favorite designers.

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"I love this photo of The Rolling Stones by Gered Mankowitz – it’s an outtake from the Between the Buttons album cover shoot, one of my all-time favorite records. Mankowitz really captures the band’s effortlessly cool rock-and-roll attitude and style; it’s true source of inspiration for me in my designs." - Tommy Hilfiger
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"[Kurt] Markus’s photograph of wild horses in Tuscarora, Nevada has always inspired me. It represents a spirit of freedom that reminds me of living out West, which led me to choose it as the main image of the launch of our RRL brand in 1993. There is a faded beauty to the color of the horses and the sky that makes it feel like a picture from long ago." - Ralph Lauren
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"John Germain painted this for me — he and I always had a connection." - Diane von Furstenberg
"John Germain painted this for me — he and I always had a connection." - Diane von Furstenberg
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"I like [Benny] Chirco’s work because it shows a true confidence." - Thom Browne
"I like [Benny] Chirco’s work because it shows a true confidence." - Thom Browne
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"This photograph represents the easy elegance that embodies the best of American style—a fusion of casual and chic, in a quintessential New York moment." - Michael Kors
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"This photograph was taken by Bill Cunningham at a private ball that Henry B. Platt used to give at the St. Regis Hotel in New York every year. It is one of my favorite photographs that Bill has taken of me. Bill has always had that genius eye—the eye that catches the subject at the right moment." - Carolina Herrera
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"Stephan [Weiss] never showed his art commercially and this piece is one that is closest to my heart. It reminds me of his inquisitive nature and boundless creativity." - Donna Karan

The CFDA and online auction site Paddle8 have partnered together for the Art x Fashion auction, which will make available artworks from the personal collections of some of fashion’s biggest names. Priced between $1,000 and $20,000 USD, the pieces come from 20 fashion designers, including the likes of Thom Browne, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, and Diane von Furstenberg. The artworks are an interesting reflection of the individual styles of the designers themselves, reflecting in some part the aesthetics that they have each become known for. Bid for your favorite pieces online here before November 19.

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