>> This evening, the 2008 winners of the highly influential CFDA Awards were named. Three-time Swarovski Award for Womenswear nominees Rodarte finally took home the statuette, and Tom Ford won out in the battle of the T(h)oms. I've denoted the full list of winners in bold — congrats all around!
WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein Collection
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs
MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Michael Bastian
Thom Browne
Tom Ford
ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Michael Kors
Tory Burch
Marc Jacobs
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR
Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Thakoon Panichgul
Alexander Wang
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR
Patrik Ervell
Tim Hamilton
Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR ACCESSORY DESIGN
Philip Crangi
Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
Joy Gryson
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