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By sally, July 14, 2010 2:24 pm

In its effort to recognize the outstanding contributions made to American fashion by individuals from all areas of the industry and related arts, the CFDA hosts the annual CFDA Fashion Awards. Awards will be given for design excellence in womenswear, menswear and accessories as well as extraordinary accomplishments in journalism, creative vision and lifetime achievement. Recently, to recognize Geoffrey Beene’s unparalleled contribution to American fashion, the lifetime achievement award was renamed in his honor. Some of the most coveted CFDA Fashion Awards given are the Swarovski Awards for womenswear, menswear, and accessory design, which were established in 1986 by Perry Ellis to honor emerging talent.

Every year, nominations for each award category are submitted by the CFDA membership and select fashion retailers, press, and stylists, and ratified by the CFDA Board of Directors. Awards nominees are voted on and announced at the CFDA Fashion Awards gala event. This year the CFDA Fashion Awards, generously underwritten by Swarovski, took place on June 7 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

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By Nwinkus, August 26, 2009 2:09 pm

With September 10 getting closer, the Vogue offices are buzzing in preparation for Vogue’s Fashion’s Night Out celebration Taking place across thirteen countries, nine time zones, and eleven languages; organising event logistics for the global project and London event “has been all-consuming” says a Vogue insider. If you haven’t heard about Fashion’s Night Out yet, which just went live on the vogue website , go and see  P. Diddy rapping, “Come on, let’s do it for the people, baby,”  and a host of other celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker in an advert on the site, and get involved.

With events taking place in New York, Moscow, Saõ Paolo, Beijing, Madrid, Milan, Taiwan, Paris, Tokyo, Delhi, Athens, Berlin – and with London’s (W1 and Sloane Street) British designers; Luella Bartley, Christopher Bailey, and Matthew Williamson in store on the night; black ice cream at Selfridges; Dover Street Market’s special Swiss Army knife; Marni’s Fashion Night Out dolls; art installations; live music; styling and fashion shows – September 10 should be your diary in at least one language!