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Prabal Gurung Leads the Ecco Domani Winners

Actress Leighton Meester

Actress Leighton Meester

Fashion designer Prabal Gurung’s star is on the rise. He has just been named as one of the 2010 winners of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Awards. Gurung is among the seven lucky designers who will receive $25,000 to go toward their Fall 2010 shows in February. 

Since the launch of his collection in February 2009, fashionistas have fallen in love with the beautiful styles from the former Design Director for Bill Bass. Hollywood has taken notice of his unqiue take with floral designs too, including  actress Demi Moore, who recently wore two of his dresses. However, it was the fashion-forward Gossip Girl Leighton Meester who helped put Gurung on our fashion radar. The lavender brush-painted frock she wore to a benefit at the New York Public Library last November made us stop in our tracks. We love the feminine touches, especially the floral corsage neck, which highlights the dress. So lovely! 

We’re sure that we will be seeing much more from the Nepal designer, especially during New York Fashion Week. Hopefully the young designer will create a capsule line, so that the rest of us can enjoy his dresses. That would be awesome and would make my new year’s! Congratulations to the talented designers!

2009 Ecco Domani Awards Announced

The winners of the 2009 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Awards have been announced. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the recipients of the winemaker’s eight annual awards comprise of a varied group including, four Parsons The New School of Design graduates, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker, an ex-Washington Post columnist and a former soccer player.

The womenswear category winners are Lyn Devon, Matthew Ames, Cushnie et Ochs by Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs (pictured above), and Ohne Titel by Alexa Adams and Flora Gill. The honor in designs for menswear was given to Corpus by Jerrod Cornish and Keith Richardson, and jeweler Monique Péan received the prize in the accessories group.

Each emerging label received a $25,000 grant to help them showcase their collections at New York Fashion Week in February. A marketing rep for The Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation hopes that their support will give the designers the opportunity to bring a new level of talent and excitement to the fashion community, especially in the current economic climate.

Previous designers whose careers were launched by Ecco Domani include Zac Posen, Proenza Schouler, Rag & Bone, Thakoon, Alexander Wang and Rodarte.
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