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The 2013 CFDA Award Nominees and Honorees
The CFDA and Swarovski partnered to reveal the 2013 CFDA Award nominations tonight at an event hosted by CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg and Nadja Swarovski. The nominees for the June 3 event are below, and like last year, the awards will be broadcast on Style.com the day following the event. Congratulations to all the nominees and honorees—with an especial nod to our very own Tim Blanks, winner of this year’s Eugenia Sheppard Media Award. If we do say so ourselves, well deserved.
WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Alexander Wang
Marc JacobsJack McCollough and Lazaro Hernadez for Proenza Schouler
MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Steven Cox and Daniel Silver for Duckie Brown
Michael Bastian
Thom Browne
ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Phillip Lim for 3.1 Phillip Lim
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Alexander Wang
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR
Shane Gabier and Chris Peters for Creatures of the Wind
Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs for Cushnie et Ochs
Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis for Suno
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR
Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School
Tim Coppens
Todd Snyder
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR ACCESSORY DESIGN
Irene Neuwirth
Jennifer Meyer
Pamela Love
GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Vera Wang
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy
MEDIA AWARD
Tim Blanks of Style.com
FOUNDERS AWARD
Oscar de la Renta
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ TRIBUTE AWARD
Colleen Atwood
Behind the Scenes with Swarovski: Creatures of the Wind
The Swarovski Collective—the crystal house’s initiative to help promising young designers and established names—was started in 1999, after Isabella Blow introduced the Swarovski family to Alexander McQueen. “We saw then the magic that resulted from putting our crystals in the hands of cutting-edge talent, how they push the creative boundaries and limits of creative craftsmanship,” says Nadja Swarovski, the initiative’s founder, who notes that collaborating with young designers has been the “cornerstone” of the project from day one. “The fashion industry is fiercely competitive, and it’s incredibly hard for young designers to fulfill their creative potential season after season,” she adds. Indeed, Swarovski has done its part—the initiative has helped over 150 talents since it launched. This season, fourteen brands—Mary Katrantzou, Creatures of the Wind, Suno, and Eudon Choi among them—have been supported by Swarovski and its stones. And to further celebrate the designers’ creative processes, Swarovski has made behind-the-scenes films that follow every label on its journey down the Fall ’13 runway. Style.com will be giving you exclusive looks at two of Swarovski’s films from each of the four fashion weeks. The series kicks off with Creatures of the Wind, above.
School’s Out At The Royal College Of Art
Last night’s Royal College of Art gala brought out famous designers like Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton, Nina Ricci’s Peter Copping, and Philip Treacy to gather and take in the work of the graduating M.A. course. Critics like Suzy Menkes and Hilary Alexander did their best to scrutinize looks and take notes, but the festive mood—end-of-term euphoria, plus a heady dose of Jubilee excitement—and almighty whoops rising from boisterous student tables made that a bit difficult. “Oh well, let them enjoy,” said Lucia van der Post, The Financial Times‘ “How to Spend It” columnist. “School’s out for summer, after all.”
Still, plenty saw promise in the graduating class. “We’re always excited to see how each young designer demonstrates the creative possibility of crystal in design,” said Nadja Swarovski, the evening’s benefactress, who donates crystal to students for their collections and bestows an annual award, this year to womenswear M.A. graduate Trine Hav Christennsen. “This year was no exception—the students took it to an entirely different level.” “I thought the menswear presentation was particularly strong,” added Erdem Moralioglu. “Alexander James was outstanding and I am sure he is going to be very well known, very soon.”
Celebrating A Decade Of Sparkle At The CFDAs
For ten years, Swarovski has added its sparkle to the CFDA Awards as the underwriter of the ceremony and the namesake of the Swarovski (né Perry Ellis) Award for emerging talent. Over the years, everyone from Phillip Lim and Scott Sternberg to Kate and Laura Mulleavy and Alexander Wang has taken one home—and everyone from Ed Westwick to Alexa Chung to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen has been on hand to present them. Last night, the CFDA turned the spotlight on Nadja Swarovski in recognition of her company’s largesse, and screened some highlights from the history of its namesake award. Prabal Gurung (for womenswear), Robert Geller (for menswear), and Eddie Borgo (for accessories) walked off with last night’s trophies; here, in a video debuting exclusively on Style.com, is the company they’re joining.
Watch The CFDA Award Nominations Tomorrow—Live
Spare a few minutes for us at 6:30 p.m. EST tomorrow—that’s when CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg (left, with the CFDA executive director Steven Kolb and Nadja Swarovski) will be announcing the nominees for this year’s CFDA Awards. (Swarovski is underwriting the festivities.) That goes down at a small get-together at DVF’s Meatpacking District studio, but you don’t need an invite to hear the names in real-time: We’ll be live-streaming the proceedings exclusively here on Style.com. To check it out, tune in to Style.com/live tomorrow night.