Diane von Furstenberg Keeps CFDA Presidency

Diane Von Furstenberg has had her term at the helm of the Council of Fashion Designers of America extended for another year. The CFDA's members unanimously voted to retain her in the role of president through to 2016, which will be her 10th year at the top.

"The board's unanimous decision to ask Diane to stay on as president is a testament to the great growth the CFDA has had under her leadership," CFDA chief executive officer Steven Kolb told WWD. "An additional two years will make it a decade of Diane with the time spent on strengthening the board and organisational development."

Diane Von Furstenberg

As well as Von Furstenberg's extended tenure, 30 other designers were added to the organisation's membership, including  model Liya Kebede for her label Lemlem. The other 29 are: Tim Coppens; Carlos Campos; Jonathan Simkhai; Marc Alary; Paige Novick; Johnny Talbot of Talbot Runhof; Edun's Danielle Sherman; Veronica Beard's Veronica Miele Beard and Veronica Swanson Beard; Kristy Caylor of Maiyet; Whit's Whitney Pozgay; Linda Balti of Amour Vert; Arielle Shapiro of Ari Dein; Raan Parton and Shea Parton of Apolis; Ashley Pittman; Ben Burkman and Doug Burkman of Burkman Bros; Selima Design's Virginie Promeyrat; Clare Vivier; Barbara McReynolds and Gai Gherardi of LA Eyeworks; Ernest Sabine of Ernest Alexander; Eva Fehren's Eva Zuckerman; Jussara Lee; Ulla Johnson; Ruthie Davis; Cynthia Sakai of Vita Fede, and Sharon Khazzam.