How to wear: Sep 17, 2009
95, Geoffrey Beene, (03) 9340 5200; Black shoes, $160, ZU, 1800 199 662. Photo: Marco Del Grande. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Dressing up the MFA with the look of the stars Jun 27, 2009
It is only the second time in the MFA s 139-year history that a fashion designer has donated a career-spanning collection of clothing - the first was Geoffrey Beene - and it boosts the museum s efforts to expand its contemporary fashion collection. The pieces, which arrive in Boston over the next few weeks, are tentatively scheduled to be exhibited next year when the museum stages a retrospective of the 74-year-old Scaasi s career. (Boston Globe)
Fashion Awards Honor Michelle Obama Jun 17, 2009
Full List of Winners: -Womenswear designer: Laura and Kate Mulleavy for Rodarte -Menswear designer: Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein and Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders (tie) -Accessories designer: Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler -Swarovski Award for emerging talent in womenswear: Alexander Wang -Swarovski Award for emerging talent in menswear: Tim Hamilton -Swarovski award for emerging talent in accessories: Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry -Eugenia Sheppard... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
2009 CFDA Fashion Awards Presented in New York Jun 17, 2009
The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Anna Sui by musician Jack White of the White Stripes ... As part of the CFDA's commitment to design education, the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar Niloufar Mozafari and the CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship (in partnership with Target) recipient Rachel Brown were recognized onstage by CFDA executive director Steven Kolb ... Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Photos: The Nation's Leading Scientists and Top Rock Stars Shine a Spotlight on the Promise of Medical Research May 23, 2009
Press Release Source: GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK(R) ... GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK and GQ Magazine Launch Public Service Campaign with Designer Menswear Photo Feature ... WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --- GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK and GQ Magazine have joined forces to bring celebrity rock stars like nine-time Grammy Award winner, Sheryl Crow, and some of the nation's leading medical researchers in areas like cancer, HIV-AIDS, heart disease, Alzheimer's, genetics and personalized medicine... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dispatches from Fashion Week Feb 17, 2009
This young designer's heroes are yesterday's American dressmaking stars: Charles James, Norman Norell and Geoffrey Beene. These men, now all dead, were masters of color and cut, famed for creating entrance-making clothes in a world that is gone. (Slate)
