And the Nominees Are…
On Monday night, Diane von Furstenberg and Nadja Swarovski brought together fashion’s finest to announce the nominees and honorees for the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards. Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen of The Row, who are nominated for both Womenswear and Accessories Designer of the Year, were there, as were Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, who are nominated for both Menswear Designer of the Year and the Swarovski Award for Womenswear. Thom Browne, Shayne Oliver of Hood by Air, Shimon Ovadia of Ovadia & Sons, Paul Andrew, Eva Zuckerman of Eva Fehren, and Rachel Mansur of Mansur Gavriel—all nominees—also joined in the festivities, held in the Weather Room at the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center. Mickey Drexler, the CEO and Chairman of J. Crew, who will receive the Founders Award, and Betsey Johnson, who will receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, joined CFDA CEO Steven Kolb on stage—and showed the new designers just how much it’s possible to achieve.
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Diane von Furstenberg. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Dao-Yi Chow, Steven Kolb, and Maxwell Osbourne. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Betsey Johnson. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Courtney Crangi, Diane von Furstenberg, Mickey Drexler, and Jenna Lyons. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Ariel Ovadia and Shimon Ovadia. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Vera Wang. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Shayne Oliver. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Leandra Medine. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Ruth Finley. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Thom Browne and Italo Zucchelli. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Lily Kwong. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Outside the party. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Paul Andrew. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Eugenia Kim. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Max Assoulin and Rosie Assoulin. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Simon Spurr. Photo by BFAnyc.com.
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Maria Corjeno and Victoria Bartlett. Photo by BFAnyc.com.