Sara Burton for Alexander McQueen

Several weeks ago Sara Burton was named creative director for Alexander McQueen. The label promoted from within; Burton was the head designer for the women's wear line. She has been with McQueen since 1997, just one year after her graduation from Central Saint Martins. McQueen attended the same school. She was the logical choice to promote since Burton has been McQueen's go-to assistant for quite some time. Burton courageously completed McQueen's Fall/Winter 2010 collection after his death in February.

The CFDA Awards were held June 7, 2010 with great anticipation for the McQueen tribute. Sarah Jessica Parker introduced the tribute which included the entire Fall/Winter 2010 collection being shown. The collection wowed, but at the end it was all tears after a video showed McQueen waving after his Spring/Summer 2010 collection show.

CFDA winners included Marcus Wainright and David Neville for Rag & Bone (Menswear Designer of the Year), Alexis Bittar (Accessory Designer of the Year), Jason Wu (Swarovski Award for Womenswear), Richard Chai (Swarovski Award for Menswear), Alexander Wang (Swarovski Award for Accessory Design), Michael Kors (Geoffery Beane Lifetime Achievement Award), Tonne Goodman of Vogue (Eleanor Lambert Award), Christopher Bailey for Burberry (International Award), Iman (Fashion Icon Award), Kim Hastreiter of Paper (Eugenia Sheppard Award).

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