Fashion 2.0 Social Media Award Winners

The snow storm could not keep over 200 industry media professionals and nominees away from the first Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards on Wednesday night. Even for those who intended to come but could not brave the winter storm caught the event live online.   Here are the final results:

• Next Big Thing Award in Social Media: Foursquare.com beat Google Wave, Intwig, Hotpotato, & Blippy. The CEO of Foursquare, Dennis Crowley came and accepted the award.

• Best Website By A Fashion Designer Or Brand: It was the French against the Americans in this category and the all American brand, Kate Spade, won by a landslide over DVF, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, & Isaac Mizrahi.

• Best Blog By A Fashion Designer Or Brand: Free People walked away with this award. Other nominees included: Hayden Harnett, Tory Burch, Chanel News, Dolce & Gabbana, & Opening Ceremony.

• Best Facebook Account By A Fashion Designer Or Brand: We think Coach's latest collection, Poppy was partially responsible for them securing this win over DVF, Tory Burch, Victoria Secret, Converse, and Dolce & Gabbana.

• Best Twitter Account By A Fashion Designer Or Brand. DYNY PR Girl, A crowd favorite won this category with DVF coming in second followed by Rachel Roy, Fake Karl, Stella McCartney, & Louis Vuitton.

• Best Online Video By A Fashion Designer or Brand. Chanel, Coco In Motion, by V Magazine won this category with Birds of a "Fether" by Erin Fetherston an uber close second. Other nominees include: Night Train by Chanel N 5, Psycho-logic by Christian Louboutin, Lady Dior / CHAPTER ONE, & SHOWstudio: Gareth Pugh A/W 2009. 

• Innovator Award: Best Designer Or Brand Using Multiple Social Media Platforms. Burberry won our top award of the night and the announcement was made my ideeli's CEO Paul Hurley shown below. Alexander McQueen came in second followed by DVF, Norma Kamali, Dolce & Gabbana, and Vivienne Tam.

ideeli like the rest of the fashion world is greatly saddened by the passing of Alexander McQueen. He left the world too soon. We hope he found the peace he was seeking.

Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards

The snow storm yesterday did not stop the Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards from taking place last night at the W New York, Tuscany.  Over 200 industry insiders attended the event while another 300 people watched the party streaming live online. The event staged by Style Coalition and ideeli honored fashion designers and brands for outstanding social media activity with Burberry winning the top award, Best Innovator.  We will post additional award results and photos later today.

Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards

We are super excited. ideeli has partnered with Style Coalition to create the Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards, where we celebrate chic excellence in the Social Media world. Our goal is to measure the best of style influence online, and we need your help determining which brands engaged you, moved you, and inspired you to shop, dress, and think in 2009. We have 7 fabulous categories we want you to vote on- so kick back, relax, and take each poll. Your opinion is important to us.

Video Of The Day, Birds Of A "Fether"

It is hardly a head scratcher why the video, Birds of a Fether by Erin Fetherston, was nominated for best video of 2009 by the Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards. The side streets of NYC provide the perfect canvas for Fetherston's collection in this dreamy back and white short. The story is simple and charming and made us want to follow this pied piper of fashion too. To see other videos nominated this year click here.

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Fashion 2.0, Social Media Awards

As you may know, ideeli has partnered with Style Coalition to create the Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards, where we celebrate chic excellence in the Social Media world. Our goal is to measure the best of style influence online, and we need your help determining which brands engaged you, moved you, and inspired you to shop, dress, and think in 2009.  We have 7 fabulous categories for your voting pleasure. Six are listed in this post and the poll for our top award can be found here. Voting ends Feb 8th, 2010  11:59PM. So get cracking!