Photo above: Duckie Brown designers Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, photo courtesy of Duckie BrownA A A A
DALLAS, Mar 19, 2007 / FW/ a?? Steven Cox and Daniel Silver earned another kudos for their menswear label a??Duckie Browna?? for their nomination as 2007 CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Award.A
Nominated last year for the CFDA Perry Ellis New Menswear Award, garnering recognition for one of CFDAa??s highest honors is a natural progression of things. The amazing part is that the design duo, one a Tommy Hilfiger vet and the other a former TV producer reached the top within five years after they launched their label.
Still, for fashion observers, it was never a matter of a??IFa?? but only a matter of a??WHENa?? for their peers to recognize the design talents of Steven Cox and Daniel Silver. Their unique vision for mena??s dressing that borders on a??street wear and the classica?? has a very fashion forward attitude that are aspirational.
With a design philosophy that a??menswear can be exciting, colorful and handsome,a?? Duckie Browna??s collections usually begin with the cut. With masterful tailoring, proportion and fabrication, each hand tailored piece becomes highly covetable the moment it is finished.
Season after season, Duckie Browna??s fans grow in numbers as each collection is always the point of departure of the next. That means that every piece that a man owns never goes out of style. It becomes an inherent part of his wardrobe; hence adding something new to it is logical and rational.
For the past five years Steven Cox and Daniel Silver have successfully sold their collection to the best mena??s stores around the world including Barneys New York, Maxfielda??s, Fred Segal Finery, Inago, Guise, The Skye, Duo, Harroda??s and Browns/London, Podium/Moscow, Espace Mirage/Monacco, as well as Tokishirazu, Loveless, Celux, /Japan, Villa Moda/Kuwait and Harvey Nichols Hong Kong.
They count among their customers some of the most beautiful men in the world including Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Kevin Bacon, Matt Damon, Green Day, Beck, Ricky Martin, Black Eyed Peas, Rod Stewart, Graham Norton and Ashton Kutcher.
And nextA month, at Londona??s Victoria & Albert Museum, Duckie Brown is one the designers featured in the exhibit a??New York Fashion,a?? another delightful tidbit for Duckie Brown fans.
So, when the first week of June comes around, the time when CFDA will hold its annual gala celebration honoring American design talents, Duckie Brown aficionados will be rooting for Steven Cox and Daniel Silver to acquire another feather on their designing caps.
