The Council of Fashion Designers of America has a new book releasing this month titled, The Pursuit Of Style: Advice and Musings from America’s Top Fashion Designers from Abrams Publishing. The book highlights musings from their 400+ members including fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Zac Posen, and Narciso Rodriguez. It features fashion career advice, wardrobe essentials and inspiration. It is scheduled to release on April 15th however, pre-orders are available now by visiting Amazon.
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The Social NY has just learned recording artist Rihanna will be honored the Fashion Icon Award at the 2014 Council Of Fashion Designers of AmericaFashion Awards on June 2nd at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Previous winners of the same award include Lady Gaga, Iman, Kate Moss and Nicole Kidman. The Fashion Icon Award has been given to individuals whose style has made a noteworthy impact on pop culture on an international stage. The recording artist, actress, and fashion designer will be acknowledged for her contributions to the fashion industry and her philanthropic partnership with MAC’s VIVA Glam AIDS Fund campaign. “We are proud to present Rihanna with the CFDA Fashion Icon Award for her impact on the industry as fashion’s most exciting ambassador in recent memory,” noted Steven Kolb, CEO of CFDA. We are cannot wait to see what Ri Ri sports that evening!
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The CFDA Fashion Awards Nominees were announced this evening downtown at The Bowery Hotel. The annual event, again sponsored by Swarovski identifies the amazing contributions made to American fashion by individuals from all areas of the industry with honors given for design excellence in the areas of womenswear, menswear, and accessories. In addition, recognition is given in the categories of journalism, creative vision and lifetime achievement. The 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards will take place June 2nd at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. So without further ado, here is the list of nominees by category:
Womenswear Designer Of The Year: Marc Jacobs, Joseph Altuzarra of Altuzarra and Alexander Wang
Menswear Designer Of The Year: Thom Browne, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville for Rag & Bone, Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow for Public School
Accessories Designer Of The Year: Alexander Wang, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row, Larzaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough for Proenza Schouler
Swarovski Award For Womenswear: Rosie Assoulin, Wes Gordon, Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters for Creatures of The Wind
Swarovski Award For Menswear: Todd Snyder, Shayne Oliver and Tim Coppens for Hood by Air
Swarovski Award For Accessories: Marc Alary, Irene Neuwirth, and Jennifer Fisher
The Founder’s Award In Honor Of Eleanor Lambert: Bethann Hardison
Board Of Directors’ Tribute: Ruth Finley
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Ford
International Award: Raf Simons
The Media Award In Honor Of Eugenia Sheppard: Paul Cavaco
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Nadja Swarovski, Diane von Furstenberg, Paul Cavaco, Anna Wintour
Diane von Furstenberg, Steven Kolb
Chris Peters, Steven Kolb, Shane Gabier
Carolina Herrera
Shayne Oliver
Rebecca Minkoff
Michael Kors
Marc Alary
Joseph Altuzarra
Dao-Yi Chow, Diane von Furstenberg, Maxwell Osborne
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This month Target celebrated its golden year by hosting an exclusive event to say thank you to its friends and partners throughout the decades. The celebration held in Chelsea at Center 548 included notable celebs such as Naomi Watts, Tony Bennett, Shaun White, and Soleil Moon Frye. Guests bopped to tracks spun by Life of the Party DJs Harley Viera-Newton and Brendan Fallis. To close out the evening, in true Target fashion, guests were surprised with a special a cappella performance by Alicia Keys.
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Tonya Bennett and Josh Groban Photo Credit: Getty Images for Target
Speaking of Partners, Target and Neiman Marcus announced to press earlier this year their innovative partnership that would bring together 24 of the most talented designers in America including Jason Wu, Rag & Bone, Oscar de la Renta, and Tracy Reese to create a limited-edition holiday collection. The holiday collection will be presented at all Target and Neiman Marcus stores as well as online at Target.com and NeimanMarcus.com beginning December 1st. The limited edition collection will include a mixture of more than 50 gift- giving items varying in price from $7.99- $499.99. To celebrate the partnership, Target and Neiman Marcus are donating $1M to the CFDA, (Council of Fashion Designers of America), to continue their commitment in to cultivating design talent. All 24 designers are members of the CFDA.
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