Norman Jean Roy | American Vogue November 2011 | 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Funders 'Pride of a Nation'

Norman Jean Ray captures the 2011 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Funders with friends and personalities who inspire them for the November 2011 American Vogue editorial ‘Pride of a Nation’. Styling by Fashion Editor: Lawren Howell.

The 10 finalists chosen for redefining what it means to be an American original include:

Above Ohne Titel (Alexa Adams and Flora Gill with Brooklyn Decker); Below Suno (Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty photographed with actress Yaya DaCosta). 

Above Tenton/Fallon (Dana Lorenz with model Charlotte Free). Below Cushnie et Ochs (Michelle Ochs and Carly Cushnie with model Karlie Kloss.

Above Finn Jewelry (Soraya Silchenstedt with model Lakshmi Menon); Below Altuzarra  ( Joseph Altuzarra with Claire Courtin-Clarins, Lauren Santo Domingo, and cousin Lily Kwong.)

Above Antonio Azzulo (Antonio Azzuolo with with actor Ben Barnes); Below Carlos Campos (Carlos Campos with musician Theophilus London.)

Above Creatures of the Wind ( Chris Peters and Shane Gabier with Abbey Lee Kershaw); Below Pamela Love (Pamela Love with singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom.

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