Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte were honored by the CFDA on June 2nd, receiving the coveted Swarovski Award for Womenswear. The Swarovski award recognizes newer lines in the industry, providing financial support and opportunities to use Swarovski product in the designer's collection. Lulu Frost will present a lower priced jewelry line for Urban Outfitters entitled Secret Garden by Lulu Frost. The 5 piece line, in stores in November, will feature necklaces and earrings ranging from $18 - $45. Designer and founder Lisa Salzer will join Geren Ford, another Gen Art alumna who launched her diffusion line Hawks by Geren Ford at the chain in May. Two Gen Art alumnae designers have been awarded the New Gen / Topshop sponsorship. The collections of Hannah Marshall and Felder Felder will be featured in an exhibition stand during London Fashion Week as part of the the British Fashion Council's emerging designer initiative, supported by Topshop.

Thursday, June 26th 6:00 - 7:00pm: VIP 7:00 - 11:00pm: Main Event Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th Street San Francisco, CA Tickets: * This is an invite-only event for Executive Producer Level Members. **This event has a limited number of tickets for Executive Producer Level Members which will be available on a first to RSVP basis. You will receive a confirmation e-mail at least a week before the event. ***Other Gen Art Members can purchase tickets at www.sanfranmag.com with the promo codes below. VIP TICKETS * Gen Art Members $160 (PROMO CODE:GNRTVIP) * Non-Members: $175/advance; $200/door GENERAL ADMISSION * Gen Art Members $90 (PROMO CODE:GNRT) * Non-Members: $100/advance $125/door Buy tickets at www.sanfranmag.com before June 20 and save! Become a Gen Art member, (or call 415-284-9400) Come to the biggest bash of the year: the eighth annual Best of the Bay Area Party. Join San Francisco magazine and Gen Art as we toast the best people, places, and things making the Bay Area the very best place to live, work, and play. And don't forget to stop by the Gen Art Lounge on the mezzanine with art from local talented artists. Enjoy endless entertainment for every obsession: eats, treats, drinks, and beats. Celebrate the best of the best with more than 55 restaurants including SPQR, Waterbar, supperclub, EOS, Prana, Le Bistro, Kara's cupcakes; free flowing bars with signature cocktails, Trumer Pils beer, and the Sonoma Valley wine lounge; and dancing to the hottest sounds in the city, featuring Kid Beyond and Scissors for Lefty. Best of all, the party, benefits Family House. BUY EARLY! Tickets sold out in 2007 days before the event. Your tickets must be purchased between June 6-20 to get this discount and are based on availability. This offer will not be extended or offered again. For more information.

Monday, June 30th 8:00pm Screening: Dolby 88 Screening Room 1350 Sixth Avenue (@ 55th Street) Reception Immediately Following 10:00-11:00pm The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Austin Chick. An on-site reception will immediately follow. Tickets: All tickets include a one-year subscription to Time Out New York! * This in an invitation-only event - RSVP below * Producer Level Members: 2 complimentary tickets Become a Gen Art member, (or call 212-255-7300) Producer Level Members, RSVP! Gen Art and Don Julio invite you to an intimate screening and reception for First Look's "August" directed by Austin Chick, and starring Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Carribean", "28 Days Later"), Adam Scott (HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me"), Robin Tunney ("Hollywoodland"), Andre Royo (HBO's "The Wire"), Emmanuelle Chriqui (HBO's "Entourage"), Rip Torn and David Bowie. SYNOPSIS: AUGUST follows Tom Sterling (Josh Hartnett) as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah (Naomie Harris), regain control of his company from his investor Ogilvie (David Bowie), and deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David (Rip Torn) and his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). The film also stars Emmanuelle Chriqui as Morela and Andre Royo as Dylan. Director Austin Chick's prior film "XX/XY" starring Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson and Maya Strange premiered at the 2002 Gen Art Film Festival. Beverages provided by: Don Julio Tequila & SoNu Beverages Additional support provided by: Acura, IN:NYC Card® from American Express, Vikram Chatwal Hotels, Time Out New York For more information.

Major life events inevitably call for a new outfit: think a college-bound suitcase full of sparkly party garb, or an ill-fitting suit to commemorate your first office job. But the idea of a trousseau—a head-to-toe wardrobe designed to propel a young woman into adulthood and beyond—has long faded into romantic oblivion, at least until Brooklyn-based label Jackson, Johnston & Roe resurrected it for their Spring 2009 collection. "We wanted to create a modern-day trousseau—the clothes you take with you to school, on an adventure, or to start a new life," says Sara Moffat, who co-founded the label with childhood friends and fellow artists Teo Griscom and Riley Salyards. Their interpretation is full of staples the trio hopes will live on for generations: preppy short-sleeved blouses with recycled wood and paper buttons, a matching blazer and shorts, a deep blue day dress made from worm-friendly 'Peace Silk', a sweet, side-buttoning car coat. Taking the nostalgic element even further, the collection's prints derived from a game of 'Exquisite Corpse,' a Surrealist practice where each designer drew a section without seeing the others, resulting in an eerily cohesive interior tableau.

With a small line of men's shirts also set to launch this spring, it's clear that there really is power in threes—and this is an adventure Moffat, Griscom and Salyards wouldn't embark upon without each other. "Working as a collective gives us a sense of motivation, creative tension and perspective," says Moffat. "Somehow, everything becomes possible."

Jackson, Johnston & Roe is available at Steven Alan, 638 North Robertson Boulevard.

- Erin Magner

Because of what we do at Gen Art, friends often ask us what films they should try to see next. And then we describe an amazing flick that we saw at a tiny press screening over a year ago or a random movie that an indie filmmaker handed us at Sundance, and we get a blank stare. It just loses something in translation. So here are five new indies that you should be really excited to go and see; if you don't believe us, click through to view the trailers and then admit that we always know best. 1. "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" (now playing)
This debut from 24-year-old writer-director Josh Safdie was the Closing Night film of the 2008 Cannes Directors' Fortnight and stars Gen Art film program alum Eleonore Hendricks as the sticky fingered protagonist (she also wrote the screenplay).

2. "nights and weekends" (October 10)
Greta Gerwig and Joe Swanberg, who previously collaborated on "Hannah Takes the Stairs," play a pair of long-distance lovers who are struggling to make their New York/Chicago relationship work.

3. "Happy Go Lucky" (October 10)
The effervescent Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, an eternally-optimistic free spirit who never stops smiling. Even when her bike gets stolen. Even when her back is thrown out. Even when her pregnant sister rides her about being 30 and single.

4. "Frontrunners" (October 15)
Anyone who has ever run for student government will appreciate this documentary about the presidential elections at New York's Stuyvesant High School—which are some of the most competitive in the nation.

5. "The Brothers Bloom" (January 16)
Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo play a pair of con men who pick a quirky New Jersey heiress (Rachel Weiz) as their target and end up on an around-the-world adventure. Directed by Gen Art's friend, Rian Johnson.

- Caroline Stanley

What makes Brazilian Girls lead singer Sabina Sciubba so intimidating? How much time do you have? Sciubba is totally gorgeous, but in that effortless European way. She speaks six different languages and sings in five. She hides her eyes on stage—be it with a mask, veil or in some cases, a stocking—as a political statement: "Covering my eyes is a little bit of [a] joke and a little bit of an 'I can do whatever the f--- I want because nobody is going to recognize me in the street' thing." In short, she's a bad ass. Gen Art caught up with controversy-courting beauty who's playing Terminal 5 tomorrow night and broke etiquette rules by talking politics. Read on for the entertaining results.

You've worn an Obama shirt on stage and called this a time of hope. Are you following the election closely?
I don't know if I think about it more than anyone else does these days. I think Obama is what everyone was hoping for but no one really believed could happen, but I'm divided. I have high hopes in him as someone who takes a different approach to politics, but I'm worried that if you don't play the game, then nothing gets done.

Do you consider yourself a political person?
I think that I'm a very conscious person. I'm highly aware of my own activities. I try to be ecologically sound, but that's not always easy. As a band, we take airplanes all the time, and I know that's not good for the environment. I consider myself responsible for what is happening to our planet right now. I think that all that one can really do is assume responsibility for themselves.

Where does this philosophy come from?
My mother was very politically active, much more so than I am. We lived in Germany when I was little and she was a member of the Green Party. She always thought globally, but acted locally. I think that's the only effective thing you can do unless you're a billionaire.

Are any of the songs on your latest album, New York City, political?
Part of "Nouveau Americain" refers to Obama. But really all of our songs are open to interpretation. As humans, we all experience the same things and have the same emotions. I want people to be able to relate to our songs and identify with them, otherwise it's just lame.

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- Caroline Stanley