The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced their 2011 CFDA Awards nominations and honorees last week at an exclusive event hosted by Nadja Swarovski and CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg at the designer’s studio in New York City’s Meatpacking District. The nominees skewed young this year, with only two of them being over the age of 40.
Consensus in the Fashion Spot forums seems to be that the talent pool in America may be too small for the CFDA Awards to maintain their relevance. “The CFDA seriously needs to open itself up and start honoring international talents because it just gets weaker and weaker and more lame every year. Just so predictable,” Scott complained.
More than the lack of diversity among the nominees though, there was surprise over the choice of Lady Gaga as the recipient of the Fashion Icon Award. “Fashion Icon Award – Lady Gaga? Is this a joke?” asked Psylocke. “Surely someone can’t be considered an icon unless they prove that they’re still relevant in 20 years time?” glitterpeacock questioned.
