November 19th, 2009
Posted by Veronica Valter
It is great that there are competitions which allow young, and maybe not so young but talented, designers to show what they are capable of, to express themselves.
The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund is one of such. It is now six years old and offers emerging talents to get noticed and appreciated.
What is less encouraging is that no other country except the US holds this competition.
But as it is getting more and more popular I think we can hope that soon the situaion will change to the better. The U.K. has just launched its own new-designer competition and Italy has similar plans.
Vogue’s editor Anna Wintour is interested in the subject a lot. She said she’d recently had a meeting with the French minister of culture about starting a similar contest in France.
And Brazil, India, Russia, and China aren’t far behind,” Wintour added. But still, she argued, “New York is the place to come for young designers to show what they’re capable of.”
The winners of this year come from different backgrounds. Womenswear designer Sophie Théallet is French. She was awarded the grand prize of $200,000 and a year-long mentorship.
Sophie commented:
I’m French, so I’m going to try to do my best. Thank you for making my American dreams come true.”
Among the runners-up were mentioned jewelry designer Monique Pean and menswear designer Patrik Ervell who received $50,000 each to pursue their designer plans. The former promised, “I won’t disappoint you,” while the latter told the judges, “Thank you for thinking of this award. We all appreciate it.”
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June 18th, 2009
Posted by Veronica Valter
Last night was very special for fashion designers. CFDA Awards is a Glam Event that is interesting for ordinary people and is hold-breathing for those who can get the award.
Ralph Lauren was admitted the most favorite American designer. He received the first-ever Popular Vote award winning the majority of the 15,000 online votes.
Mr. Lauren, whose fans are style stars Blake Lively and Angelina Jolie, accepted his award wearing a tuxedo jacket and jeans.
Rodarte sisters – Kate and Laura Mulleavy – got Womenwear Designer of the Year, that is absolutely deservedly!
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez were awarded with Accessory Designer of the Year.
Alexander Wang amazed everyone wearing shorts to the ceremony but this didn’t bother him and Subversive’s Justin Giunta to take home the Swarovski Awards for young designers.
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June 4th, 2009
Posted by Veronica Valter
This year CFDA Awards will take place on June 15.
As you probably know at the ceremony CFDA Journal is distributed among the attendees. This time the nominees are featured in it wearing their own creations. It is worth seeing!
For example, Swarovski Womenswear Designer nominee Jason Wu models one of his evening gowns over a suit. 
Designer of the Year nominees Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte are featured with rosy cheeks. International Award winner for Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, dons a pair of the bunny ears from his latest show on.
Another Swarovski Award For Womenswear Alexander Wang also poses in his creations.
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