Tuesday, June 9, 2009

2009 CFDA Awards

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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.