The CFDA Awards Speical Nominees Book

The Council of Fashion Designer of America (CFDA) & Swarovski awards are set for June 2nd. But win or lose, the nominees will go home with a "book featuring highly individualized photographs of Raquel ZImmermann in their various designs", reports WWD. The book is styled by Karl Templer and shot by Mikael Jansson. All in all there are 25 nominees, and 3 portrait shots of this years special honorees: Van Noten, Carolina Herrera and Candy Pratts Price. Michael Bloomberg, the 4th nominee, was not available for the 4 nights photo-shoot.

The list of nominees are:

Womenswear Designer of the Year
Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein
Lazaro Hernandez & Jack McCollough for Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs

Menswear Designer of the Year
Michael Bastian
Thom Browne
Tom Ford

Accessory Designer of the Year
Tory Burch
Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs
Michael Kors

Swarovski Award for Womenswear
Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Thakoon Panichgul
Alexander Wang

Swarovski Award for Menswear
Patrik Ervell
Tim Hamilton
Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
Philip Crangi
Justin Giunta for Subversive
Joy Gryson