Womenswear Designer of the Year: Marc Jacobs , Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang (all Fall 2011)
Yesterday evening the Council of Fashion Designers of America – CFDA – announced their list of nominees in the running for the 2011 CFDA Awards. The ceremony which will be held at Lincoln Center on June 6 will also honor Celine’s Phoebe Philo with the International Award, Marc Jacobs with Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award and Telegraph’s Hilary Alexander with the Eugenia Sheppard Award. Marking it’s 10 year, Swarovski will once again sponsor the Emerging Womenswear Designer and Emerging Accessories Designer awards.
Last year, at the 2010 CFDA awards Marc Jacobs took home the big prize as Womenswear Designer of the Year, Alexis Bittar won the Accessory Designer of the Year category, Alexander Wang won Swarovski’s Emerging Accessories Designer of the Year and Jason Wu took home Swarovski’s Emerging Womenswear Designer of the Year award.
2011 CFDA Awards Nominees:
Womenswear Designer of the Year:
Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs
Alexander Wang
Menswear Designer of the Year:
Michael Bastian
Simon Spurr
Patrick Ervell
Accessory Designer of the Year:
Proenza Schouler
Reed Krakoff
Alexander Wang
Swarovski Emerging Womenswear Designer of the Year:
The Row
Prabal Gurung
Joseph Altuzarra
Swarovski Emerging Menswear Designer of the Year:
Phillip Lim
Alexander Wang
Robert Geller
Swarovski Emerging Accessory Designer of the Year:
Jason Wu
Pamela Love
Alejandro Ingelmo
Eddie Borgo
Accessory Designer of the Year: Proenza Schouler, Reed Krakoff, Alexander Wang (all Fall 2011)
Swarovski Emerging Womenswear Designer of the Year: The Row, Joseph Altuzarra, Prabal Gurung (all Fall 2011)
Swarovski Emerging Accessory Designer of the Year: Eddie Borgo, Alejandro Ingelmo, Jason Wu, Pamela Love (all Fall 2011)
