2009 CFDA Nominees

They announced the nominees and honorees last night at an exclusive event hosted by Swarovski and the CFDA Board of Directors at the Rooftop Gardens at Rockefeller Center.

This year the awards are at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. The awards ceremony will take place at the venue’s theater space, with a dinner in the theater lobby after.

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs
Narciso Rodriguez
Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy

MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Calvin Klein- Italo Zucchelli
Michael Bastian
Band of Outsiders- Scott Sternberg

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs
Vera Wang
Proenza Schouler-Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR
Jason Wu
Thakoon Panichgul
Alexander Wang

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR
Patrik Ervell
Tim Hamilton
Robert Geller

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR ACCESSORY DESIGN
Albertus Q. Swanepoel of Albertus Quartus
Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
Alejandro Ingelmo

INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Anna Sui