Pandemic Apparel

I'm a little behind in posting some of my finds about the fashion world. But I did past an article below from Fashion Wire Daily (FWD). • • • • • • Renata Espinosa March 11th, 2008 @ 4:13 PM - New York The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced the nominees for the 2008 CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday night, March 10, at an event hosted by Swarovski at Rockefeller Center. The awards, which will be on held June 2 at the New York Public Library, are among the highest honors for an American fashion designer to receive. There were few surprises in the announcement, however, with most designers having received nominations in previous years. In some cases, like the Womenswear Designer of the Year category, all three designers who were nominated - Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler - received that award in years past (Costa in 2006, Jacobs in 1997 and McCollough and Hernandez ...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2008 CREATEUROPE: The Fashion Academy Award is a Europe-wide competition for young fashion designers & fashion design students. This will be the first time this award will be held. The object of this contest is to create links between European fashion training schools in addition to promoting lasting, active dialogue between students and teachers. • • • • • • A competition for the vagrant young fashion scene in Europe createurope: THE FASHION ACADEMY AWARD adds to the networking of creative people, creates public awareness, and stimulates new ideas. European fashion, and design schools, the Goethe Institute in the respective countries and the local cultural institutes as well as private partners will all be involved. The creative industry is experiencing a noticeable upsurge at the moment. An innovative project from the European cultural institutions is using this momentum to start an international competition. The young creative p...