FASHION COMMUNICATION WINNER  

company Daily Candy
website www.dailycandy.com
www.bravotv.com/project_runway

Crystal Meers, LA editor

Delivering sweet tidbits to the e-mail inboxes of those in the know since 2000, DailyCandy is the guide to what’s new and hip nationwide and abroad, with editions in cities across the U.S. as well as London. With 2.4 million subscriptions worldwide, DailyCandy shares the latest and greatest – from fashion and style to food and travel. As useful as it is entertaining, it’s like getting an e-mail from your clever, unpredictable and totally enlightened best friend – the one who knows about secret beauty treatments, must-have jeans and hot new restaurants – who always shares the scoop. DailyCandy’s editorial mission focuses on six pillars of the sweet life: Arts & Culture, Beauty, Service, Fun, Fashion and Drinks & Food. DailyCandy began with a NY edition at the hands of founder Dani Levy, with LA following quickly on its heels. As DailyCandy.com's Los Angeles editor, Crystal Meers covers fashion, shopping, food, nightlife, beauty, services, all the other good stuff that makes life in L.A. worth living. She works closely with editorial director Eve Epstein and as a part of the editorial team. Meers has appeared on KLTA's Morning Show and NBC's Your LA, and has been quoted in stories for The Los Angeles Times, California Apparel News, Forbes.com, among others.

 
  INSPIRATION AWARD WINNER  

company Project Runway
website www.bravotv.com/project_runway

Magical Elves for the Weinstein Company/Miramax, Full Picture & Bravo

In three short seasons, Bravo’s reality-competition show “Project Runway” has had a significant influence on perceptions of the fashion business in America. According to recent research referenced by Conde Nast, 1 in 3 teenagers today wants to pursue a career in fashion design. No doubt, with a nod of thanks to our favorite local contestants including Nick Verreos, Andrae Gonzalo, Raymundo Baltazar, Kirsten Ehrig Sarkisian, Santino Rice, Kara Saun, and Season 3 winner Jeffrey Sebelia. For the upcoming “Project Runway 4” host Heidi Klum, designer/lead judge Michael Kors and Elle magazine editor-in-chief Nina Garcia return for another season of high fashion and drama in this Emmy-nominated show. Style guru Tim Gunn also returns, mentoring a new crop of aspiring designers through each challenge, showing them how to “make it work.” The “Project Runway” series is co-produced by The Weinstein Company and Miramax Television. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves ("Project Greenlight," "Last Comic Standing") are executive producers of "Project Runway.” Rich Bye is also an executive producer of "Project Runway" for Magical Elves. Heidi Klum is host and executive producer. Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha of Full Picture are also executive producers. Barbara Schneeweiss oversees the production on behalf of The Weinstein Company. For Bravo, Frances Berwick, Andrew Cohen and Shari Levine are executive producers.
 
  WELLS FARGO CENTURY FASHION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER  

company BCBGMAXAZRIA
website www.bcbg.com

Max Azria, founder, designer, chairman & CEO

BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is the lifetime vision of one man: Founder, Designer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Max Azria. In 1981, after 11 years of designing a line of women’s wear in his native Paris, Azria moved to the United States and launched Jess, a series of new concept retail boutiques offering hip French fashion to American women. After years of success, Azria decided to target his dream of launching a design house. In 1989 BCBGMAXAZRIA was born, with its headquarters in Los Angeles. Named for the French phrase “bon chic, bon genre,” a Parisian slang meaning good style, good attitude, the brand represents a true combination of European sophistication and American spirit. Over the past seventeen years, Max Azria has succeeded in building an impressive portfolio of seventeen global brands, including: BCBGMAXAZRIA, MaxAzria, Max Azria Atelier, BCBG//Attitude, BCBGirls, To The Max, Hervé Léger Couture, Hervé Léger Paris, Parallel, Noun, Dorothee Bis, Maxime, Max and Cleo, Alain Manoukian, Don Algodón, Max Rave and True People. He has evolved BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP into one of the most diversified fashion houses in the world, developed an impressive celebrity fan base that reads like the “Who’s Who” of Hollywood, and created some of the most sought after collections on the market. Continuously expanding while defining trends, Max Azria is indeed building a global empire.