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Announcement: 2011 YMA FSF Honorees

YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Announces Manny Chirico & Jeff Kantor as 2011 Honorees; Visionaire Founders, Cecilia Dean, Stephen Gan and James Kaliardos, to Receive First-Ever

“Future of Fashion Award”

On January 11, 2011 the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in students pursuing careers in fashion, will host its 45th Annual YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner in New York City. Each year, the YMA FSF honors key figures within the fashion industry who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to educating and mentoring aspiring fashion professionals. The 2011 YMA SFS Honorees include Manny Chirico, Chairman and CEO of Phillips-Van Heusen, and Jeff Kantor, President of Merchandising at Macys.com.  Previous YMA FSF Honorees include Zac Posen, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Paula Abdul, Tim Gunn, Tommy Hilfiger, Geoffrey Beene and Ralph Lauren.

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Balenciaga: Heartstopping

Balenciaga.  The name sends a frisson of joy to the heart of any fashion heavy in the world.  Design students wish they could have studied with him.  All of us who know his work admire him.  He was a force of nature, drawing upon the cultural heritage of Spain for his design inspiration.  Yet the times influenced his work, and the modernistic approach to line, reinforced with the old world reality of superb tailoring, left us with collection after collection of brilliant pieces.

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