The Council of Fashion Designers of America

The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced yesterday the finalists for the third annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund initiative. Selected from a field of 101 candidates, those who made the cut are accessory designer and recent Swarovski Perry Ellis Award winner Devi Kroell, jewelry designer Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry, menswear designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone, and womenswear designers Phillip Lim of 3.1 Phillip Lim, Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra of Costello Tagliapietra, Doo-Ri Chung of Doo.Ri (another Swarovski Perry Ellis Award winner), Jovovich-Hawk's Milla Jovovich and Carmen Hawk, Marchesa's Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, and Thakoon Panichgul of Thakoon.