(The "Winnie" — to an individual selected as the leading designer of American women's fashions)

1970 — Giorgio de Sant' Angelo

Chester Weinberg

1971 — Halston

Betsey Johnson

1972 —John Anthony

1973 — Calvin Klein

1974 —Ralph Lauren

1975 — Carol Horn

1976 — Mary McFadden

1977 — Stephen Burrows

Donna Karan and Louise Dell'Olio

1978 —Bill Atkinson

Charles Suppon

1979 — Perry Ellis