FIT Future of Fashion 2024

Frederick Anderson

Frederick Anderson is a top American designer and philanthropist. He began his fashion career 25 years ago as a partner in Anderson Hannant Inc., and produced the acclaimed women’s wear collection Douglas Hannant.
Seeking to tell his own individual story, Anderson launched his signature collection to critical acclaim in the fall of 2017. Anderson is a long-time member of the CFDA Fashion Calendar and, in 2022, was the recipient of Fashion Group International’s Rising Star Award for Womenswear. In April 2024, Anderson debuted his first flagship boutique, located in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan; and in December of that year, Anderson presented his first destination show in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A devoted humanitarian, Anderson launched the Blue Jacket Fashion Show initiative in 2016, as a complement to the CFDA Fashion Targets Breast Cancer initiative. The Blue Jacket Fashion Show is an awareness campaign and fashion show that opens the New York Fashion Week fall season and is centered around prostate cancer awareness.