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" March 11, 2008 Last night&amp;#039;s cocktail hour was reserved for the announcement of the CFDA nominees at Rockefeller Center&amp;#039;s rooftop garden. It was a who&amp;#039;s who of fashion designers and media, including Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Phillip Lim, Carolina Herrera, Peter Som, CFDA president Diane Von Furstenberg, the evening&amp;#039;s host, Isaac Mizrahi, and editors from The New York Times, Vogue, and ELLE.   From left: Tommy Hilfiger, Candy Pratts Price, Diane Von Furtsenberg, Reed Krakoff, Carolina Herrera, Francisco Costa, and Steven Kolb, at last night&amp;#039;s CFDA nominations annoucement The hot category to watch this year is the Swarovski Award for Womenswear, which has the Rodarte sisters, Thakoon Panichgul, and Alexander Wang squaring off against each other. And while the annoucement of the Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees may not have been quite as surprising, Francisco Costa&amp;#039;s delivery was spot on. &amp;quot;Jack McCullough and Lazarao Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, Marc Jacobs, and...ME!&amp;quot; Congratulations to Mr. Costa and all of this year&amp;#039;s nominees (check out today&amp;#039;s WWD for the full list). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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