CFDA Fashion Awards 2009 (June 15, 2009)

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced this year's nominees:

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
• Marc Jacobs
• Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
• Narciso Rodriguez

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

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
• Marc Jacobs
• Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
• Vera Wang

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR
• Thakoon Panichgul
• Alexander Wang
• Jason Wu

SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR
• Patrik Ervell
• Robert Geller
• Tim Hamilton

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

GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETiME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Anna Sui

BOARD OF DIRECTORS' SPECIAL TRIBUTE
• U.S. First Lady Michelle R. Obama

EUGENIA SHEPPARD AWARD
• Edward Nardazo, editor-in-chief, Women's Wear Daily

INTERNATIONAL AWARD
• Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

ELEANOR LAMBERT AWARD
• Jim Moore, creative director, GQ


For more information. (http://www.cfda.com/index.php?option=com_cfda_content&task=news_display_all)