Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Last night, The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced the nominees and honorees for the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards at an event hosted by Nadja Swarovski and CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg. See all of the nominees and a selection of images from the program that will be given to guests at the CFDA Fashion Awards on June 6th after the jump.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Have you ever wanted to attend a photo shoot with Anna Wintour? Go wild at Elton John’s Oscar Party? Drop 1000 euros in Ralph Lauren… in Paris? Oh, and help those affected by the travesty in Japan? These are just a few of the extravagant donations being auctioned off by the CFDA on Charity Buzz, all to support Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. If you’ve got the dough, you can make your wildest fashion dreams come true and help the front line of the disaster relief effort in Japan. See the full list of items for auction after the break. Check fast – bidding lots close soon.
Edited by Nicole Vardo
Last night, Fashionista.com hosted a panel of New York based designers and retailers who spoke about their entry into the fashion industry, and how they’re surviving. Rebecca Minkoff was like the class president — she’s come along way since interning and she announced last night that she’s actively looking for a space for her own store.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Knockoff designers better keep their eyes on their own tests because the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill today that would give copyright protection to clothing designs.
Edited by Kirby Marzec
Last week’s Fashion Week was no different than any other Fashion Week. Designers still scrambled to show off their edgy silhouetted designs. Celebrities still claimed coveted front row seats to Marc Jacobs and Balenciaga. And, once again, the runway lacked diversity. This time, however, the white domination of the catwalk has some fashion icons on edge.
It seems like this past Fashion Week tried to mask its lack of black runway models.In the past,The Council of Fashion Designers of America left ethnic diversity up to the designers. This year’s president, Diane von Furstenberg, urged all designers to keep their models racially varied. Sure, black models walked in DKNY and Tracy Reese, but what about the hundreds of other designers who used few, or even no black models? It takes more than a few designers to launch ethnic diversity in the fashion industry, and with the runways creeping back to white, the “black issue” is again on the rise.
But is the tendency for white models a racist ploy by designers or merely in consciousness of their designs? Some designers claim to use mostly white models in order to keep the “ethnicity” of the model from influencing the interpretation of his or her design. Others claim that the black model is unavailable by the agencies. Some even claim that selection is natural, and ethnicity is never in consideration.
Indeed, it is the designers right to cast models regardless of race, but if designers are truly conscious of women, shouldn’t they consider “women” as a general term? Black. White. Asian. Hispanic. Middle Eastern. We’re all women, right? Show us you design for women. All of us.
