And the nominees are...
WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs
Narciso Rodriguez
Rodarte's Laura and Kate Mulleavy
MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Calvin Klein's Italo Zucchelli
Michael Bastian
Band of Outsiders's Scott Sternberg
ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs
Vera Wang
Proenza Schouler's 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
The ceremony is on June 15, 2009. It's interesting how Marc Jacobs is all up on the nominations. Anyway, Michelle Obama is being honored with this year's Board of Director's Special Tribute for her style choices and penchant for new designers. Wonder if she'll make an appearance.
