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Designers go head-to-head to battle it out for fashion’s most coveted award. This year’s nominees and honorees of the CFDA Fashion Awards were announced yesterday by CFDA President, Diane Von Furstenberg and CFDA executive director, Steven Kolb. The winners will be announced at the annual gala, generously underwritten by Swarovski, on June 6th, 2011 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

Let’s see who’s up for an award or being honored:

Womenswear Designer of the Year:
Alexander Wang
Marc Jacobs
Proenza Schouler

Accessories Designer of the Year:
Alexander Wang
Proenza Schouler
Reed Krakoff

Menswear Designer of the Year:
Simon Spurr
Michael Bastian
Patrick Ervell

Swarovski Award for Womenswear:
Joseph Altuzarra
Prabal Gurung
The Row

Swarovski Award for Menswear:
Alexander Wang
Phillip Lim
Robert Geller

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design:
Alejandro Ingelmo
Eddie Borgo
Jason Wu
Pamela Love

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc Jacobs

Board of Directors Tribute
Arthur Elgort

International Award
Phoebe Philo

Media Award
Hilary Alexander

CFDA Board of Trustees Award
Hal Rubenstein

Fashion Icon
Lady Gaga

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