The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced this year's nominees on Monday night. 2007 marks the 25th year for the Fashion Awards, and this year, Oscar de la Renta, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs are up for the Womenswear Designer of the Year award.
Photo: from left: Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Lauren, Steven Kolb, and Michael Kors.
The fashion party, which took place at Rockefeller Center, started on a high note; President of the CFDA, Diane von Furstenberg, announced that the organization received a $5 million donation from the Geoffrey Beene Foundation. von Furstenberg remarked, "Geoffrey represented American excellence, so it's appropriate that we're renaming the Lifetime Achievement Award in his honor."
The Lifetime Achievement award, that strives to honor lifelong contributions to fashion, will be given this year to Robert Lee Morris. Another highlight of the evening was the announcement of the first ever nominee for the new American Fashion Legend Award - Ralph Lauren.
The CFDA Fashion Awards will take place on June 4.
Complete List of Nominees:
Womenswear Designer of the Year:
Oscar de la Renta
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs
Menswear Designer of the Year:
Steven Cox and Daniel Silver for Duckie Brown
Ralph Lauren
Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein
Accessory Designer of the Year:
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs
Michael Kors
Derek Lam
The Swarvoski Award: Womenswear
Phillip Lim for 3.1 Phillip Lim
Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Thakoon Panichgul for Thakoon
The Swarvoski Award: Menswear
Michael Bastian
Tim Hamilton
David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone
Eugenia Sheppard Award
Robin Givhan - Fashion Editor, The Washington Post
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Lee Morris
Eleanor Lambert Award
Patrick Demarchelier
American Fashion Legend Award
Ralph Lauren
International Award
Pierre Cardin
Board of Director's Special Tribute
Bono
