In what’s certainly a first, Marc Jacobs‘ name was called not once, not twice, but three times tonight at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s official announcement of the nominees and honorees for the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards. Come June 15 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, in addition to accepting the International Award [...]

Phoebe-philes will be forced to exercise their patience for a season. The former Chloé designer won’t be presenting her debut collection for Celine until this fall for Spring 2010.
Start planning. New York fashion week gets slightly demystified as more locales are confirmed (and another design team drops out) . If you haven’t already, [...]

Albertus Swanepoel has been through this before. When the South African designer arrived in the United States in 1989, he was flying high—his apparel had earned him a Coty Award back home. Once in New York, he easily secured a design position at one of the local houses. Then came the recession. The early nineties [...]