Alber Elbaz Honored with the 50th Anniversary Geoffrey Beene Manner Impression Award

On January 8 in New York Town, manner business leaders gathered to honor industry veterans and celebrate the up coming generation of vogue talent at the 2013 YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene Nationwide Scholarship Awards Dinner. Lanvin&rsquos artistic director, Alber Elbaz who took household the prestigious 50th Anniversary Geoffrey Beene Style Effect Award was among the evening &rsquos honorees.

Also at the event have been  Bibhu Mohapatra, Kim Hastreiter, Alexandra Lind Rose, Lynn Hirschberg, Jim Gold, Stefano Tonchi, Andrea DuBois, Jason Kidd, Porschla Coleman, Rula Jebreal and Alvin Valley. Not bad for a Tuesday night time. The function raised one. 9 million dollars in assistance of its scholarship, mentoring and internship applications and handed out scholarships to one hundred thirty deserving university college students pursuing occupations in vogue arts.

It&rsquos good to see all the initiatives being built to nurture and help the up coming era of vogue talent. While a lot of carry on to dismiss trend as frivolous, we all have to use clothing, and the multi-billion greenback manner market is plainly a power to be reckoned with. 

Image courtesy of the YMA Style Scholarship Fund.