>> 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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>> Just a month after Kate Moss' campaign for Agent Provocateur's bridal line debuted, rumors are already floating around that she's been dropped by the brand (again) in favor of London girl-about-town, sometime-Westwood-model Alice Dellal.
Given that Agent Provocateur is constantly surrounded with bubblings about its latest face, it's no surprise that a spokesperson already denied the reports:
Kate has been signed for a one year contract as the face of our bridal collection, White Wedding. We are one month into the campaign and it has proved the most successful campaign we have ever done.
The spokeswoman also revealed, however, that the mainline campaign is already being developed, and will launch in September:
We recently shot a series of images that will feature a whole host of British and international beauties.
Supposedly, the September ads are the ones that Alice will appear in — she's already done a test shoot.
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As the fashion world mourns the loss of one of its most talented and influential icons, our network partners pay tribute with an outpouring of content. Their reflections, retrospectives, and photos of the designer, his work, and the women who wore it are wrapped up for you below. Whether or not you've ever worn Yves Saint Laurent yourself, most of us can agree that his designs heralded a change in direction that was both liberating and revolutionary, and the effects of which were felt from Paris to mass market retailers.
Ma Petite Chou and Fashion Projects tip us off to a YSL retrospective exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which will run through September 28.
The Shoe Goddess offers a timeline of important events and milestones in the designer's life and career, and We Are the Market nicely summarizes his most significant achievements.
The Coveted reflects on the YSL paper doll collection that was among her earliest fashion influences.
Hope Robertson finds YSL pieces at Bluefly.
From the fragrance camp, The Scented Salamander reminds us that his reach extended beyond fashion, as the cult following that developed around his luxury perfumes can attest, as well as the groundbreaking marketing tactics used in his ad campaigns.
Shoe Blog rounds up YSL footwear finds and feels that his work is now more relevant that ever.
Debutante Clothing points out that YSL's talents lay not only in his sartorial skills, but also in his ability to understand and interpret Ready-to-Wear from a business perspective and in terms of customers' needs.
Style Bubble revisits the book The Beautiful Fall, which chronicles a friendship between the designer and Karl Largerfeld that turned into a fierce rivalry, and questions what YSL's death will mean in those terms.
Chic Alert and Cult of Couture have a great black and white video from 1962, in which his collection is being hotly discussed. It offers glimpses of the designer backstage as he prepares the looks, as well as famous persons of the era anticipating the show.
The Business of Fashion points out the many ways in which YSL was an innovator, from being the first to use black models on the runway to being the first to license his name to other businesses.
SlamxHype and Poetic and Chic both have a great black and white photo of the designer standing in his storefront wearing one of his safari jackets, a style he invented.
