Above: Michael Bastian at the CFDA, with Gerald Butler

The Council of
Fashion Designers of America has spoken: Michael Bastian is 2011’s
Menswear Designer of the Year. This is the fourth consecutive year that the
CFDA has nominated Bastian for the award.

Michael Bastian, born 1965 in Lyons,
New York, has had a long and illustrious
career in the business. Before launching his own menswear line in 2006, he held
positions within Sotheby’s, Tiffany & Co., Polo Ralph Lauren, and most
recently, Bergdorf Goodman, where he was the men’s fashion director. In Fall
2010, Michael Bastian entered into a long-term collaborative effort with GANT,
creating the popular GANT by Michael Bastian line for men and women.

One of the more
prestigious ceremonies around and widely recognized as the fashion industry’s
equivalent of the Oscars, the CFDA Awards was held this week at the Lincoln Center in New York. 

For the record, other notable accolades given out that night
are listed below.

Womenswear Designer
of the Year
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez
for Proenza Schouler

Accessory Designer of
the Year
Alexander Wang

Swarovski Award for
Womenswear
Prabal Gurung

Swarovski Award for
Accessory Design
Eddie Borgo

Geoffrey Beene
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc Jacobs

CFDA Board of
Directors Special Tribute
Arthur Elgort

Eugenia Sheppard
Media Award
Hilary Alexander of The Telegraph

Eleanor Lambert
Founders Award
Hal Rubenstein of InStyle

International Award
Phoebe Philo for Céline

CFDA