The Council of Fashion Designers of America’s list of 2007 nominees were announced, and they look eerily similar to last year’s nominees. Something is going on here methinks. Here’s the list:

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Oscar de la Renta, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler, Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs

MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Ralph Lauren, David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone, and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Derek Lam

THE SWARVOSKI AWARD: WOMENSWEAR
Phillip Lim for 3.1 Phillip Lim, Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte, and Thakoon Panichgul for Thakoon

THE SWARVOSKI AWARD: MENSWEAR
Michael Bastian, Tim Hamilton, and David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone

THE SWARVOSKI AWARD: ACCESSORY DESIGN
Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry, Jessie Randall for Loeffler Randall, and Anna Sheffield for Bing Bang

EUGENIA SHEPPARD AWARD
Robin Givhan, Fashion Editor, The Washington Post

GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Robert Lee Morris

ELEANOR LAMBERT AWARD
Patrick Demarchelier

AMERICAN FASHION LEGEND AWARD
Ralph Lauren

INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Pierre Cardin

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ SPECIAL TRIBUTE
Bono

I guess the thing I like about New York the most is that it’s a perfect backdrop for any fashion shoot. For example, this shoot was featured in Vogue IT and was shot in New York. And while I will be saving up all my pennies for the shoes featured, I had to revel in the whole photo (the onlookers, the smoke, the tortured model). It’s especially a treat because you can go to the photographer’s (Stephane Sednaoui) website and see it all in action.

Sometime next week, a couple of keeper items will be available for public purchase from the new season at Net-A-Porter. Naturally they’re going to sell out and it’s not a secret what page on their site this is located (if it is, I blew the lid off already so sue me), but point your eyes to bag number 9 (Corto Moltedo). It’s mine.

Kate Moss finally speaks. No really. She does. When British Vogue hits the newstands tomorrow, Kate Moss (for the first time ever mind you) will have a one on one and explain the direction of her line featured at Topshop, her ups and downs and everything in-between. No drug references though… bummer.

Talking about her line with The Independent she says:

“I kind of got bits from my closet. We started dragging things out I liked. We looked at stuff and I said, well, that if it was like this or that, and in this fabric or that? It’s great. I can say I want this boot, with that heel. There are things I want that I can’t find. Like anyone.

The Independent

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