Geoffrey Beene

February 2, 2010
Beene Foundation Event Raises $1.4M
Women's Wear Daily: The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan on Jan. 13 raised more than $1.4 million. Read more

January 18, 2010
Future of Fashion: 2010 Scholarship Winners
iFashion Network: The future of fashion unfolded on 42nd Street this week. The fashion industry elite gathered at Cipriani Forty Second Street in New York City to find out the winners of the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards. The hip-hop hit "Empire State" echoed through the capacity-packed event, as 110 fashion scholarship students from 28 fashion schools, received thunderous applause from the crowd. Read more

January 17, 2010
2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner
Lyra Mag: WHAT: A sold out crowd of retailers, manufacturers, and service industry types (well dressed of course, this was a fashion industry event) ... packed the huge Cipriani 42nd Street event space, raising glass or two to the 110 scholarship winners ($5000 apiece) of the the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). Read more

January 14, 2010
The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Awards Dinner
DFR: Daily Fashion Report: The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards took place last night at Cipriani Forty Second Street. During the evening there was a special red carpet and cocktail hour, dinner and awards ceremony. The Geoffrey Beene company underwrote the event in the amount of over $500,000 as well as helping to provide funding for over 110 fashion scholarship fund students. Read more

January 13, 2010
2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner
Style 1 Media: On January 13th, Cipriani Forty Second Street was filled with the fresh young faces of tomorrow's fashion industry stars, as YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) winners from 28 schools across the nation joined fashion industry professionals for the 2010 Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner. Read more

January 10, 2010
Pratt Student Kasia Wisniewski Wins One of Four $25,000 Annual Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholarships
Pratt News: Pratt senior fashion design student Kasia Wisniewski was honored by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund with one of four $25,000 Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards at the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner on January 13 in Manhattan. Read more

April 29, 2009
CFDA Names Recipients of Two Scholarships
WWD.com Fashion News: The Council of Fashion Designers of America has named the 2009 recipients of the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship and CFDA Scholarship, which total $75,000. Read more

January 11, 2009
Student Given Award for Green Line
Iowa State Daily: From small-town Ames to the big city of New York, Danielle Sponder, senior in apparel merchandising, design and production, found herself surrounded by some of biggest names in the fashion world - the "people you only dream of meeting." She then became one of four students to receive the 2009 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship on Wednesday, a scholarship worth $25,000. Read more

January 9, 2009
YMA FSF Dinner Raises Over $1 Million
MRketplace.com: For the fourth year in a row, and despite the miserable economy, this week's YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund Dinner in New York raised more than a million dollars. The event, which was attended by more than 700 people, raised a total of $1.1 million. Read more

January 8, 2009
Philadelphia University Fashion Design Student Awarded $25,000 YMA Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Breitbart.com: Jessica Steele, a senior fashion design major at Philadelphia University, was awarded a prestigious $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Jan. 7 at the YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner in New York. Read more

January 8, 2009
Design students, Zac Posen, Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger honored at FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund dinner
Fashion Week Daily: The FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship was established to award money to talented young design students, but even the big guns came out last night for the award ceremony and dinner at the Mariott Marquis Hotel. Zac Posen, Home Shopping Network's Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger of Macy's were honored with awards. The night, emceed by Tim Gunn, brought out the likes of Iman and Patricia Field (who both presented awards) and supporters like Francisco Costa, Molly Sims, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Richie Rich. Read more

January 5, 2009
In Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational...
Reuters: Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational and Life-Changing for Four (4) Deserving and Gifted Fashion Students to Receive $100,000 in 2009. Read more

October 27, 2008
2008 Fashion Scholarship Fund Announces 2009 Honorees
GeoffreyBeene.com: The Fashion Scholarship Fund, formerly called the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, has announced that designer Zac Posen, HSN CEO Mindy Grossman and Macy's Central Men's GMM Les Steiger will be honored at the 2009 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner on January 7, 2009. The annual dinner will also present four lucky students each with $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarships. Read more

May 22, 2008
CFDA Scholarship
CFDA Annual Report: As part of a genrous $5 million gift from the Geoffrey Beene Foundation in 2007, the CFDA was able to establish the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship, funded with half of the donation from the Foundation. Read more

May 15, 2008
Chic CFDA Countdown: Carolina Herrera
Chic Report: The CFDA Awards are fast approaching and today we are bringing you a sure thing. Carolina Herrera won't be waiting on pins and needles in anticipation of the evening; the designer is a guaranteed winner. Herrera is being honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more

February 6, 2008
Leeds School Student Nicole Baum Wins $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Colorado Leeds: A childhood case of insomnia resulted in the development of a jewelry company and now a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award for Nicole Baum, a junior studying marketing and international business at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. Read more

January 14, 2008
Beene Scholarships Awarded at YMA Dinner
GeoffreyBeene.com: The annual YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner announced the four winners of the $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards on Wednesday evening at the Marriot Marquis in Midtown Manhattan. Read more

January 14, 2008
YMA's Finish Line Sprint
DNR News: Jay Baker doesn't like finishing in second place. When the lifelong retailer and former Kohl's president found out that last week's YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund award dinner was $170,000 short of raising the most money ever for the organization, he set out to change that. Read more

June 5, 2007
YMA and Beene Team
Women's Wear Daily: he YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund and the Geoffrey Beene Foundation have formed a five-year strategic alliance with Beene's foundation, pledging to contribute $2 million to the fund over that period, in addition to a $1 million contribution last year. Read more

May 7, 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Toast of the Scene
BeautyNewsNYC: Such a fab-a-mataz uptown evening. Only it's downtown with the Mad-Ave fashion crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Read more