Francisco Costa takes home Womenswear Designer of the Year
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

(NEW YORK) Francisco Costa emerged triumphant at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s 2008 fashion awards, taking home Womenswear Designer of the Year award. This is the Calvin Klein Collection designer’s second time winning the evening’s top honor in three years.

Presented at the New York Public Library Monday evening, first-time nominees Tom Ford and Tory Burch garnered wins for Menswear Designer of the Year and Accessory Designer of the Year, respectively.

Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy walked away with the Swarovski Award for Womenswear; Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders won the Swarovski Award for Menswear; and the Swarovski Award for Accessories went to Philip Crangi.

The night’s roundup of additional honorees included Dries Van Noten, who was honored with the International Award; Candy Pratts Price, who accepted the Eugenia Sheppard Award; Carolina Herrera, who was honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who received a special tribute from the board of directors.

UPDATE: While this did constitute Tom Ford’s first nomination for the Tom Ford label, he has already won four CFDA awards during his legendary tenure at Gucci and YSL. Many thanks to Richard Buckley for reminding us.
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