CFDA ANNOUNCES NOMINEES: ARE YOU SURPRISED BY NOMINEES?

i like his look: designer dries van noten captured by the sartorialist for style.com. he is the international award winner for this years' cfda awards. (style.com)

new york - the council of fashion designers of america, otherwise known as cfda, announced its 2008 honorees and nominees earlier this week. they are: menswear designer of the year nominees: tom ford; michael bastian (bill blass); tom brown womenswear designer of the year nominees: marc jacobs; francisco costa (calvin klein); lazaro hernandez and jack mccollough (proenza schouler) international design award:dries van noten eugenia sheppard award: candy pratts price (style.com) geoffrey beene lifetime achievementaward: carolina herrera board of directors special tribute: mayor michael bloomberg