On September 9, 2015 Couture Council held its Annual Luncheon honoring Manola Blahnik. This was the 10th Anniversary celebration for the Couture Council. The luncheon took place at the David Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Approximately 700 attended and the event raised $1 million dollars.
Those in attendance included Couture Council Board Member Jean Shafiroff, Manola Blahnik, Anna Wintour, Carolina Herrera, Uma Thurman, Hamish Bowles, Linda Fargo,Valerie Steele, Yaz Hernandez, artist Hunt Slonum, Jeffrey Bradfield, Ann Rapp, Sharon Bush, Norah Lawlor, and designer, B. Michael.
The Couture Council funds the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. (F.I.T.).
The Couture Council is a membership group dedicated to supporting The Museum at FIT, a specialized museum of fashion. The Couture Council helps make it possible for the Museum to mount world-class exhibitions of fashion, to acquire important objects for its permanent collection, and to organize public programs, such as the annual fashion symposium.
The Couture Council accomplishes these goals through collecting membership dues and by organizing fundraising events such as the annual Couture Council Awards Luncheon, which presents a chosen designer with the Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion. For more information on the Museum at F.I.T.