The Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion was a yearly award created in 1938 by Carrie Marcus Neiman and Stanley Marcus. Unlike the Coty Award, it was not limited to American-based fashion designers. Recipients of the Neiman Marcus Awards include couturiers, non-American-based designers, journalists, manufacturers, and celebrities and style icons who had had a significant personal influence upon fashion such as Grace Kelly and Grace Mirabella. The award was typically presented to multiple recipients each year, rather than to a single individual, although Adrian was the sole winner in 1943, a feat repeated in 1957 by Coco Chanel. From 1969 the awards became increasingly intermittent, with ceremonies held in 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1995, the last year in which the awards were presented. For the final ceremony, the founder, Stanley Marcus, received one of his own awards.
This is a complete list of recipients of the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award from 1938 onwards.
1938Louise B. GallagherJohn-FredericsRichard KoretDorothy LiebesGeorge MillerGermaine MonteilDan PalterNettie Rosenstein
1939Elizabeth ArdenHattie CarnegieJohn CavanaghJanet MayClare Potter
1940Edna Woolman ChaseLilly DachéElsa SchiaparelliSylvan Stroock
1941Anthony BlottaOmar KiamEleanor LeMaireMax MeyerCarmel SnowMadame Tobe
1942Betsy BlackwellNorman NorellVoris
1943Adrian1944Brooke CadwalladerJo CopelandCountess MaraBen King
1945Tina LeserVera MarghabMaurice RentnerDr. Francis TaylorThea TewiLouis A WeinbergEmily Wilkens
1946John M. Gates, design director for Steuben Glass WorksWilliam H. and Faie Joyce of Joyce ShoesSlim Keith (as Mrs. Leland Hayward)William PhelpsAdele Simpson
1947Christian DiorSalvatore FerragamoNorman HartnellIrene Gibbons
1948Mme.
Henri Bonnet (wife of Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States 1944-54)Antonio del CastilloClaire McCardellJulius Ochs Adler
1949Alice CadolleDavid EvinsJacques FathGladys Geissman (Merry Hull)
1950Bonnie CashinFleur MeyerGloria SwansonPauline Trigère
1951Ernestine CannonJane DerbyJacques LesurMichelle MurphyBen Zuckerman
1952Roger FareAnne FogartyVincent Monte-SanoDolores del Río
1953Marchesa Olga di GresyCharles JamesGilbert & Helen OrcelBen Sommers
1954James GalanosHerbert & Beth LevineEmilio Pucci
1955Pierre BalmainHenry DreyfussFlorence EisemanGrace KellySally KirklandVera Maxwell
1956Cecil BeatonMarie-Louise BousquetGiuliana Camerino
1957Coco Chanel1958Helen LeeJens Harald QuistgaardYves Saint Laurent
1959EmmePiero FornasettiRosalind RussellArnold Scaasi
1960Sylvia PedlarRoger Jean-PierreDinah ShoreEdward Burke SmithClaude Staron
1961Greer GarsonHarry RolnickFerdinando SarmiRoger VivierSydney Wragge
1962Jules-François CrahayJames LaverEstée Lauder
Sports Illustrated1963Georges BraqueBud KilpatrickMargaret Clarke MillerMaurice Tumarkin
1964-1965The awards for 1964 and 1965 were combined into one award for the two years
Geoffrey BeeneMr & Mrs. Arthur EdelmanTzaims Luksus
1966Mary BrosnanMme Helen LazareffLucie Ann OnderwyzerMila SchönJacques Tiffeau
1967ValentinoFiamma FerragamoThe Artisans of FlorenceGiancarlo VenturiniLydia de Roma
1968Oscar de la RentaKenneth Jay LaneArmi RatiaRoland Jourdan
1969Bill BlassAnne KleinBernard KaymanEmanuel UngaroGloria Vanderbilt
1973Ralph LaurenLevi Strauss & CoHanae MoriMissoniJean Muir
1979Giorgio ArmaniRichard AvedonBaccaratPerry EllisMary McFadden
1980Karl LagerfeldJudith Leiber
1984Jack Lenor LarsenIssey Miyake
1995Jean-Paul GoudeStanley MarcusGrace MirabellaMiuccia Prada
