The Femmy Gala 2012 with our special host, Carson Kressley, was a blast! The honorees of the year were Century 21 Department Stores, Fruit of the loom, Top Form Brassiere Mfg. Co. Ltd, Penn Asia Co. Ltd, and Victor Vega for their innovation and dedication to our industry! Speaking of innovation and dedication, check out the gorgeous designs of this years Student Design Contest. They’re all so beautiful, it’s difficult to pick a favorite!

From left to right, here are the contesters and their designs.

=&0=& 1. Claudia Mesiti’s “Linear Opulence” 2. Nina Trimble’s “Deco Diamonds” 3. Lauren Haron’s “Sheer Radiance” 4. Amy Gianforcaro’s “Diamond Cut” 5. Yecca Zeng’s “All the Right Angles” 6. Nicole Ward’s “Pure Abstraction” For more coverage on the event, see the article on The Wall Street Journal that highlights some of what went on!

“Nestled in the comforting bosom of awards season, somewhere between the SAG Awards and the International 3D Society Awards, was this year’s Femmy Gala.The Femmys is the “premiere event” of the Intimate Apparel field, as well as a fund-raiser for the Underfashion Club, which supports and encourages new talent in the field through scholarships, awards, internships and the like. In our newly set life-long quest to infiltrate the Oscars of every industry, the Femmys suddenly found itself at the very top of our list.” read more