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The 2009 Couture Council Award
for Artistry of Fashion |
Dries Van Noten Receives
The
2009 Couture Council Award
For Artistry of fashion
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Presented the Award
Photos by:
Joyce Brooks
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Golden Globe nominated actress Maggie
Gyllenhaal
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Honoree Dries Van Noten |
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Arnold
Scaasi and Parker Ladd |
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Iman |
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Carson
Kressley |
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Jonathan Marder and Chairman Liz Peek |
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Soli
Betancourt, Judy Price, Chairman Yaz Hernandez and
Marcos Galvany |
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Jean
Shafiroff and Margo Langenberg |
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Heather Tom |
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Wednesday, September 9,
2009 NYC- The Couture Council of The Museum at the
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) honored
Dries Van Noten with The 2009 Couture Council Award
for Artistry of Fashion at its fourth annual benefit
luncheon which took place at New York's Cipriani
42nd Street. Golden Globe nominated actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the award.
Once again, the Couture Council's annual luncheon
was the first event of New York Fall Fashion Week.
FIT president, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, welcomed guests,
and Simon Doonan, Barneys' famously witty and
creative director emceed. The event was hosted
by founding Couture Council chairmen Yaz Hernandez,
Liz Peek and Sarah Wolfe, and founding luncheon
chairman Charlotte Moss. Also attending were
members of the Couture Council Artistic Committee
which included Glenda Bailey, Hamish Bowles, Nina
Garcia, Daphne Guiness, Iman, Carson Kressley, Ralph
Rucci, Andre Leon Talley, Isabel and Ruben Toledo,
and Diane von Furstenberg as well as luncheon
chairmen Vanessa Fata, Kimberly Kassel, Nadine
Kasuga, and Jacqheline Sackler and junior chairmen
Amanda Hearst, Samantha Thompson, Alexis Tobin and
Whitney Wolfe.
The Museum at FIT
The Museum at FIT is the only museum in New
York City dedicated solely to the art of
fashion. Best known for its innovative and
award-winning exhibitions, which have been
described by Roberta Smith in The New York
Times as "ravishing," the museum has a
collection of more than 50,000 garments and
accessories dating from the 18th century to
the present. Like other fashion museums,
such as the Musée de la Mode, the Mode
Museum, and the Museo de la Moda, The Museum
at FIT collects, conserves, documents,
exhibits, and interprets fashion. The
museum's mission is to advance knowledge of
fashion through exhibitions, publications,
and public programs. Visit
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Url.aspx?514287x15095x-407025.
The Museum is part of the Fashion Institute
of Technology (FIT), a college of art and
design, business and technology, that
educates more than 10,000 students
annually. FIT is part of the State
University of New York (SUNY) and offers
more than 44 majors leading to the AAS, BFA,
BS, MA, and MPS degrees. Visit
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Url.aspx?514287x15096x-420560.
The Couture Council is a membership group of
fashion enthusiasts that helps support the
exhibitions and programs of The Museum at
FIT. The Couture Council Award for Artistry
of Fashion is given to a selected designer
at a benefit luncheon held in the Rainbow
Room every September. For information on the
Couture Council, call 212 217.4532 or e-mail
couturecouncil@fitnyc.edu.
MUSEUM HOURS
Tuesday-Friday – noon-8 pm
Saturday –10 am-5 pm
Closed Sunday, Monday, and legal holidays
Admission is free and open to the public.
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