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Monday June 3rd, 2013

Everything You Need to Know About Tonight’s CFDA Awards
A Handy Primer

Everything You Need to Know About Tonight’s CFDA Awards

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The 2013 CFDA awards, fashion’s Oscars if you will, will be handed out in mere hours. The industry has been gathering to recognize and honor its leading talents since 1981.

A lot has changed since the early years of the awards. What was once a small intimate industry event is now a widely covered celebrity event. “I think it reflects a broader shift over the last few years where fashion has become more and more popular,” Style.com’s editor in chief Dirk Standen told us. “The internet has had a lot to do with that. It’s entertainment on a par with movies and music.”

So to prep you for tonight’s awards we’ve assembled this handy primer. In it you’ll find the complete list of nominees, our predictions on who will take home the big prizes, and all the celebrity presenters and attendees slated to show up.

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Friday May 31st, 2013

Nadja Swarovski on Supporting Young Design Talent and Selecting This Year’s CFDA Award Nominees

Nadja Swarovski on Supporting Young Design Talent and Selecting This Year’s CFDA Award Nominees

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Whether you’re going to a movie, the theater, a fashion show, or even Vienna’s Life Ball, chances are Swarovski is there, twinkling on some embellishment on a curtain, a chandelier, a costume, an evening dress, or, in the case of the Life Ball, a very blingy, very large AIDS ribbon. All those little crystals do a lot to support the arts–especially fashion. At Monday’s CFDA Awards, Swarovski sponsors awards for womenswear, menswear, and accessories.

The woman at the helm of all that glittering support is Nadja Swarovski, whose great, great, grandfather, Daniel Swarovski, founded the company and worked with all the major couture houses in Paris at the start of the 19th century. We grabbed a few minutes with the extremely busy Swarovski in advance of Monday’s awards to pick her brain about everything from how Swarovski scouts and supports designers to her background working with famed fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert.

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Monday April 8th, 2013

Friday March 15th, 2013

The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways
Trendspotting

The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways

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Four cities, one season: Fall 2013. Nemo kicked the collections off and every city to follow added its own dose of wintry chill. Somehow all that cold weather caused a discernible note of restraint to float through the collections. Don’t worry–the passion and excitement were still there, but designers actively pursued defining new ways we can really dress next fall. These looks felt grounded in the return of the “Lady,” as fashion’s pendulum swung away from the risqué, toward the refreshingly refined (spike-studded shoulders be damned). Check out our top trends for fall in the slide show.

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Monday March 11th, 2013

Friday February 15th, 2013

The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways
Trendspotting

The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways

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Fashion week came, and brought a feisty lil’ friend named Nemo along for the ride–forcing us to consider forgoing, “Well, doesn’t she look chic!” for, “Well, doesn’t she look warm?!” The runways begged to differ, offering up endless new ways to bundle-up beautifully for fall 2013. Check out our top ten trend takeaways from the fashion week that weathered the storm in style.

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Friday February 8th, 2013

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Friday September 14th, 2012

Spring 2013 New York: Our 10 Favorite Collections
Fashion Week

Spring 2013 New York: Our 10 Favorite Collections

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Well, that was fast. New York Fashion Week has come and gone and after going to all shows and parties, showing you our notes, assessing the trends, and stalking the celebrities, we’ve taken whatever amount of sanity and brain power we have left to take a look back at all the spring clothes and pick our 10 favorite collections.

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