Marc Jacobs will receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement prize at the 2011 CFDA awards.

The designer will pick up the prestigious award when the Council of Fashion Designers of America hand out their annual awards at New York's Lincoln Centre on June 6, and he will also contest for the Womenswear Designer of the Year Award, along with Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler.

Mary-Kate Olsen is dating a shoe designer.

The 24-year-old actress-and-fashion designer - who split from artist Nate Lowman in February 2010 after a two-year relationship - was spotted on a date with Upper Echelon Shoes co-founder Seth Campbell at Lavo restaurant and nightclub in New York.

Vanessa Hudgens has replaced Britney Spears as the face of Candie's.

The actress takes over from the 'Hold It Against Me' hitmaker as the model of the juniors clothing brand, and was personally congratulated on her appointment by the US singer herself.