Last night the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced this year’s nominees and honorees for the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards. Four-time CFDA winner, Marc Jacobs will be receiving the well-deserved Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement and Lady Gaga will be honored with the Fashion Icon award. Congrats too all the nominees!

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Marc Jacobs
Alexander Wang
Proenza Schouler
MENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Simon Spurr
Michael Bastian
Patrick Ervell

ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Reed Krakoff
Proenza Schouler
Alexander Wang
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR WOMENSWEAR

Prabal Gurung
Joseph Altuzarra
The Row
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR MENSWEAR

Alexander Wang
Phillip Lim
Robert Geller
SWAROVSKI AWARD FOR ACCESSORY DESIGN

Alejandro Ingelmo
Jason Wu
Eddie Borgo
Pamela Love
INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Phoebe Philo
GEOFFREY BEENE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Marc Jacobs
ELEANOR LAMBERT FOUNDERS AWARD

Hal Rubenstein
EUGENIA SHEPPARD MEDIA AWARD

Hilary Alexander
CFDA BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S SPECIAL TRIBUTE AWARD

Arthur Elgort
FASHION ICON AWARD

Lady Gaga


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