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  The Couture Council Young Patrons The Couture Council Young Patrons (CCYP) of The Museum at FIT (MFIT) took part in the opening night party of the Food & Fashion exhibition, an exhibition that explores the impact of food and food culture on fashion design. Food & Fashion includes over 80 garments and accessories by designers including Moschino, Stan Herman, and Carolina Herrera.    Lizzie Asher And Sharon Coplan Hurowitz Kit Keenan With Cynthia Rowley, And Adrien Gardner Lesser The exhibition is co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, MFIT's curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, the museum's associate curator of costume.  Notable guests of the CCYP included the co-founders of the Couture Council Young Patrons Lizzie Asher and Adrien Gardner Lesser, shoe designer featured in the show Dyandra Raye, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and influencer Kit Keenan, artist and designer Maayan Zilberman, publisher Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, and fashion icon an...

**** NEW YORK CITY FASHION **** Kelly Osbourne Juanita D. Duggan, President and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), today announced four of the five industry leaders to be honored at the AAFA American Image Awards, to be held on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. Recognizing outstanding achievements throughout the apparel and footwear industry, the awards will feature Person of the Year, Retailer of the Year, Company of the Year, Designer of the Year, and Fashion Maverick. Duggan said, “I am pleased to announce four honorees for AAFA’s 37th Annual American Image Awards. The AIA honorees are giants in the fashion industry, and I congratulate them for their achievements.” The awardees are: Company of the Year: Brown Shoe Company to be accepted by Diane Sullivan, CEO, President and Chairman; Retailer of the Year: Holt Renfrew to be accepted by Mark Derbyshire, President; Designer of the Year: Cynthia Rowley...