CFDA 2009 Winners

Last night the Oscars of the fashion world, the CFDA Awards (Council Of Fashion Designers of America Awards), took place in New York and along with some expected successes were some surprise winners. Fashion’s heaviest power forces and Hollywod’s A-Listers showed up to New York’s Lincoln Center to award the industry’s brightest lights with its highest honours.  Among the A-list guests were Agyness Deyn, Blake Lively, Heidi Klum, Clare Danes, Kirsten Dunst and Ashley Olsen, who all tried to out-do each other in the glamour stakes.

The winners and honorees of the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards:

Womenswear Designer of the Year
Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte

Menswear Designer of the Year (TIE)
Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection

Accessory Designer of the Year
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler

Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Womenswear
Alexander Wang

Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Menswear
Tim Hamilton

Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Accessory Design
Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Anna Sui

International Award
Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

Eugenia Sheppard Award for Fashion Journalism
Edward Nardoza, Editor-in-Chief, Women’s Wear Daily

Eleanor Lambert Award
Jim Moore, Creative Director, GQ

Board of Directors’ Special Tribute
First Lady Michelle Obama

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