Diane von Furstenberg, who will be the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America until at least Dec. 31, 2012, announced the 2010 CFDA award nominees this evening in her New York headquarters. The award ceremony will be held on June 7 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and will again include the Popular Vote award, which is open to the public and was given to Ralph Lauren in 2009.

This year, Christopher Bailey will be honored with the International Award for his work at Burberry, Tonne Goodman will receive the Eleanor Lambert Award, the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Michael Kors, and Alexander McQueen will posthumously receive the CFDA Board of Directors' Special Tribute Award.

Womenswear Designer of the Year
Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang

Menswear Designer of the Year
Tom Ford, Michael Bastian, David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone

Accessory Designer of the Year
Marc Jacobs, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, Alexis Bittar

The Swarovski Award For Womenswear
Prabal Gurung, Joseph Altuzarra, Jason Wu

The Swarovski Award for Menswear
Simon Spurr, Patrik Ervell, Richard Chai

The Swarovski Award For Accessory Design
Dana Lorenz, Alexander Wang, Eddie Borgo

International Award
Christopher Bailey

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Kors

Eleanor Lambert Award
Tonne Goodman

Eugenia Sheppard Award
Kim Hastreiter

CFDA Board of Dirctors' Special Tribute Award
Alexander McQueen

Fashion Icon Award
Iman

>> At the CFDA meeting earlier today, the board voted overwhelmingly to re-elect Diane von Furstenberg for a third, two-year term as president of the organization.  Von Furstenberg, whose term would have originally come to an end after this year, will now serve until Dec. 31, 2012: “[The board] unanimously asked me to stay another two years and I said yes. I am happy that they love me and I love them. There is so much more to do and we’re doing it.”

And this evening, von Furstenberg held a cocktail gathering for the 2010 CFDA Award nominations announcements at her studio.  She noted that the awards ceremony on June 7 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall will host a special tribute for Alexander McQueen, and the Popular Vote category, which is open to public voting and which Ralph Lauren won last year, will be back again this year, with voting starting April 1.

Without further ado, the nominees »

>> Karl Lagerfeld Confirmed to Design for Hogan While Namesake Label Hangs in Balance —Karl Lagerfeld has confirmed earlier speculation that he will design a one-off collection for Hogan next Spring; the future of his signature line, however, is not so certain. The Lagerfeld label, a subsidiary of Tommy Hilfiger since 2005, was not part of the Hilfiger acquisition earlier this week by Phillips-Van Heusen, and will be retained by former Hilfiger owners Apax. Of Lagerfeld, Apax partner Christian Stahl said: "It’s not commercially the best brand in the world, but in terms of appeal and recognition, I think it’s a great brand. We’re going to focus on it and develop it.” But he's not denying that Apax will try to sell the label: “Every company we own is for sale.” [Style File, WWD]

>> Conde Nast announced today that all editorial and business operations for W magazine will be moved out of the Fairchild Fashion Group, which currently includes WWD, WWD.com, and Footwear News among its purveyance. The senior editorial staff currently shared by W and WWD now exclusively work for WWD, and Patrick McCarthy, chairman of the Fairchild Fashion Group, will continue in his role through the end of the year.

Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend noted of the restructuring: “This formally establishes a structure for W consistent with our other consumer magazine titles, and allows FFG the autonomy to focus on their core business-to-business publications and related businesses.” Thomas J. Wallace, editorial director of Conde Nast, will name an editor-in-chief of W in the coming months. Fashionista suggests that internal options for the job include W's executive editor Bridget Foley or deputy editor Julie Belcove, who currently writes the editor's letter, but it's also a strong possibly that with the sharp decrease in advertising sales the magazine experienced last year (down 45.8 percent), a new face may be brought on.

>> Dazed & Confused Unveils New Design Under Recently Appointed Art Director Christopher Simmonds —Dazed & Confused's April 2010 issue features runway soundtrack favorites The XX, but it also debuts a new visual direction for the magazine following the appointment of Christopher Simmonds as art director. For an alternate look at his past work, Simmonds also art directed Stella McCartney's Spring 2010 watercolor-filled ad campaign.  The design is "dominated by references to fanzine culture," according to a release.

>> Last week, rumors of a major shift in the New York modeling agency setup floated around; eventually, it came out that Paul Rowland, the founder of Women Management and its Supreme offshoot, was leaving Supreme to head up the women's division at Ford.

According to Page Six's industry insider, Rowland, who sold the company which he founded in 1988 a few years ago, "had a huge salary there, but wasn't really getting along with management. So basically, he just left." Ford "cleaned house and canned everyone," says another source, to make way for Rowland and the agents he was bringing with him.

Caroline Poznanski, meanwhile, who ran Ford's women's division until Rowland's arrival, has been chosen by Supreme to take Rowland's old job. "It's one big game of musical chairs," reports the source. "There were rumors around that Supreme was just going to close, but instead they hired Poznanski and absorbed some other people who had been let go from Ford."

One booker notes: "The models at these places are in a tailspin. A lot, including [Ford girls] Chanel Iman and Jacquelyn Jablonski, don't know if they're staying or going. There will likely be a spate of lawsuits because both Paul and Caroline are trying to bring their girls over, but they have noncompetes in their contracts."

Some models have already switched »

>> A Look Inside Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic's 25 —Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic officially relaunched 25 magazine last week, and today, they unleashed the contents on a newly launched website, complete with editorial shoot videos, like the one below, featuring Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Shu Pei, Alana Zimmer, Maryna Linchuk, Valeria Kelava, Karmen Pedaru, and, of course, Anja. [25]

[Editor's Note: I contributed to the issue.]

"They’re my burka. A burka for a man. I’m a little shortsighted, and people, when they’re shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted."—Karl Lagerfeld to Vice magazine on not wanting to be filmed or photographed without his sunglasses.

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