CFDA names 2013 fashion award nominees

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced the nominees and honorees for the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards – the industry’s version of the Oscars. The 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards will take place on Monday, June 3 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. This year’s list includes both established and up-and-coming designers, but it isn’t filled with surprises.

The CFDA awards nomiees. (Photo by CFDA)

Womenswear Designer of the Year Award

Alexander Wang
Marc Jacobs
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez

Menswear Designer of the Year

Duckie Brown’s Steven Cox and Daniel Silver
Michael Bastian
Thom Browne

Accessory Designer of the Year Award

Phillip Lim
Alexander Wang
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez

Swarovski Award for Womenswear

Creatures of the Wind’s Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters
Cushnie et Ochs’ Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
Suno’s Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis

Swarovski Award for Menswear

Public School’s Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne
Tim Coppens
Todd Snyder

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design

Irene Neuwirth
Jennifer Meyer
Pamela Love

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award

Vera Wang

Media Award

Tim Blanks

Founders Award

Oscar de la Renta

Article by Executive Editor Mark Heckathorn