(Filed Under Financial and General Interest News). The 2018 Femmy Award honorees include Target, Komar Intimates and Texco Hook & Eye Tape Ltd. A lifetime achievement award will go to Donald Allen, Jr., vice president, creative design-core intimates, PVH Corp. A diamond jubilee award will be presented, “celebrating 60 years of Lycra.”

The awards, sponsored by the charitable organization, The Underfashion Club, Inc., will be presented Tuesday, February 6th at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

According to the Underfashion Club, “The Femmy Awards honor those individuals and companies that have significantly contributed to the intimate apparel industry and its growth. The gala is recognized as one of the premier events in the intimate apparel industry, and is the fundraising vehicle that enables The Underfashion Club to support its extensive Scholarship, Awards, Internship and Grants (SAIG) programs. These efforts bring to life the Underfashion Club’s credo of “Education today for a better industry tomorrow.””

“The 2018 Femmy will proudly host the 15th Annual Student Design Contest featuring the designs of Fashion Institute of Technology students, with the contest theme “60 Years of Intimate Apparel Design.” Contest winners will receive cash awards presented by SAIG co-chairs Suzanne Beck and Clelia Parisi.” The contest is part of the club’s “mission to help educate, influence and attract new talent for the future of the industry.”

According to the club, 2018 is its 60th year as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

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