Diane von Furstenberg and Nadja Swarovski announce the nominees for this year’s CFDA Awards, taking place on June 3 in New York City. The awards ceremony will be broadcast on Style.com the next day for everyone who couldn’t make it (read: weren’t invited). All nominees and those receiving awards are hailed as vanguards in their individual categories.
International Award: Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci
Media Award: Tim Blanks
Founders Award: Oscar de la Renta
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Vera Wang
Board of Directors’ Tribute Award: Costume designer Colleen Atwood
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
Irene Neuwirth
Jennifer Meyer
Pamela Love
Swarovski Award for Menswear
Tim Coppens
Todd Snyder
Public School’s Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne
Swarovski Awards for Womenswear
Suno’s Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis
Creatures of the Wind’s Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters
Cushnie et Ochs’ Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
Accessory Designer of the Year
Alexander Wang
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez
Phillip Lim
Menswear Designer of the Year
Michael Bastian
Thom Browne
Duckie Brown’s Steven Cox and Daniel Silver
Womenswear Designer of the Year
Marc Jacobs
Alexander Wang
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez
