The verdict is in: Marc Jacobs is the designer of the year — according to the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Last night, tons of others took home accolades that could be called the “Academy Awards of Fashion: including Michael Kors, Christopher Bailey and the high priestess of hotness, Iman.

Not to gloat or anything, but the School of Fashion isn’t a stranger to the CFDA. Many of our students have received scholarships from the prestigious association (including some of our graduating students this year.)

After the jump is the complete list of winners and honorees of the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards. Do you agree with the winners? Disagree? We’d really like to hear what you think. Read more…

Last night at our graduation fashion show, guest of honor, Suzy Menkes presented the recipients for the Sister City Scholarship Exchange in Paris, France:

Studio Berçot
Ronnie Omar Nery, BFA Knitwear Design
Ashon Sylvester, BFA Men’s Wear Design

L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne
Alice Spies, BFA Fashion Design
Rinat Brodach, BFA Fashion Design

Other award and internship recipients included:

Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) 2010 Scholarship Awards
Peter Nguyen, BFA Knitwear Design, recipient of $10,000
Lisa Relth, BFA Fashion Design, recipient of $5,000
Wei-Li Ting, BFA Men’s Wear Design, recipient of $5,000 Clara Hancox Scholarship Award
Pia Jannika Lilja, BFA Knitwear Design, Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship honorable mention

SURTEX® designext Student Competition
Kenzi Klein, BFA Textile Design

Abercrombie & Fitch
Peter Nyugen, BFA Knitwear Design, recipient of summer internship
Jennifer Chen, MFA Textile Design, recipient of summer internship
Brenna Riley, BFA Fashion Design, recipient of full time position
Ruby Guerra, MFA Textile Design, recipient of full time position

BCBG Max Azria
Emma Erickson, BFA Fashion Design, recipient of summer internship in Hervé Léger division
Ruby Guerra, MFA Textile Design, recipient of summer internship

Chrysler
Wolwold Wen, MFA Textile Design, recipient of summer internship

Stay tuned for more coverage of our graduation fashion show including students who were offered internships from our special guests.

Academy of Art University is the only educational institute participating in “Hearts for Haiti”! Support the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) campaign “Fashion for Haiti”, a nation-wide effort to raise funds for victims of the earthquake. The Academy of Art University’s 79 Retail Store joins top retailers and fashion designers to offer the special $25 “Fashion for Haiti” t-shirts. Proceeds raised from the t-shirt sales will benefit the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, “…which is raising funds for immediate, high-impact relief and long-term recovery efforts to help those who are most in need of assistance”.

The shirts go on sale Tuesday, February 16th at our retail store on 79 New Montgomery. For more info on Fashion for Haiti please visit www.cfda.com/fashion-for-haiti.

A Council of Fashion Designers of America award, featured on the Sartorialist and an injury at Paris Fashion Week (more on that later) - it has been quite a year for Ghazaleh Khalifeh.

It all started when Ghazaleh was awarded with the $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award from the CFDA (that’s a lot of money). She was presented with the award in June 2008 at the CFDA Awards Gala where she rubbed elbows with Carolina Herrera, Peter Som and CFDA Queen Bee (i.e. President) Diane von Furstenberg

As an added bonus, she received the French Exchange Scholarship to attend L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne - and she is did pretty well in the City of Light.

“At L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne we had to create a grand thesis/senior collection to the president of the school, professors and professionals in the industry,” she says. “Out of over sixty students, I received the highest score!” Read more…