The fashion observer

> Capsule is a Menswear Event and Fashion Trade Show with an itinary that starts  off in Paris, from the 26th to the 28th of june ( coinciding with Men´s Fashion Week). New York will follow in july and the event finishes in Las Vegas  in  september.

Capsule fuse fashion and lifestyle with a selection of contemporary, independent fashion brands with predominance of streetwear style and high quality brands such as: Wood Wood, Clae, Fremont, Velour, Penfield, Raf Simmons, Ally Capellino, April 77, F-Troupe, Shipley & Halmos and Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair.
More information at their web: http://www.capsuleshow.com/

> BLACK Comme des Garcons will be available as limited editions for 2 weeks at selected distribution worldwide such as : Barneys (NYC) , Colette ( Paris ), Dover Street Market ( London) ,Isetan Dept Store ( Tokio), I.T.Causeway Bay and Kowloon ( Hong Kong), Boon the Shop ( Seoul) , among others.

Rodarte backstage. Photo courtesy Rodarte

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Rodarte

Menswear Designer of the Year:  Calvin Klein´s Italo Zucchelli and Band of Outsider´s Scott Sternberg

Accesory Designer of the Year: Proenza Schouler´s Jack Mc Cullough and Lazaro Hernández.

Swarovsky Award for Womenswear: Alexander Wang

Swarovsky Award for Menswearwear: Tim Hamilton

Swarovsky Award for Accesories:  Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry

International Awards: Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Anna Sui

Eugenia Sheppard Award: WWD esitor in chief Ed Nardoza

Eleonor Lambert Award: GQ Jim Moore

Board of  Directors Special Award: Michelle Obama

Popular Vote Award: Ralph Lauren