DESIGNERS
DOUG & BEN BURKMAN
What is it with Canada and gay fashion designer brothers? Not content with having given us Dean and Dan Caten, our northern neighbor has now sent over the dashing Burkman brothers, Doug (left) and Ben. Having honed their skills at the Gap, they launch their first collection next spring. With distribution deals on the table with Bergdorf Goodman and Fred Segal, the two brothers, who each cite the other as their chief inspiration, are on a mission to put the classic back into casual.TOMMY FAZIO
As men's fashion director for Bergdorf Goodman, Tommy Fazio has single-handedly turned the venerable store into a cauldron for new American designers, including Tim Hamilton, Michael Bastian, and the 2007 Out 100 stylemaker of the year Thom Browne, of whom Fazio was an early and enthusiastic champion. A human weathervane of fashion trends, Fazio studied landscape architecture before transitioning to apparel, helping to develop the Hickey brand at Hickey-Freeman before arriving at his currentjob in 2006.
