The CFDA Award Winners:
Marc Jacobs - Womenswear Designer of the Year
Marcus Wainwright and David Neville for Rag & Bone - Menswear Designer of the Year
Alexis Bittar - Accessory Designer of the Year
The Swarovski Award (honors emerging talent):
Jason Wu- Womenswear
Richard Chai - Menswear
Alexander Wang - Accessory Design
L’OrĂ©al Popular Vote Award:
Ralph Lauren
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award:
Michael Kors
International Award:
Burberry’s Christopher Bailey
Eleanor Lambert Award:
Vogue’s Tonne Goodman
Eugenia Sheppard Award:
Paper magazine’s Kim Hastreiter
Fashion Icon Award:
Iman
The Board of Director’s Special Tribute:
Alexander McQueen
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So with it being such a designer-centric fashion affair you would expect that the fashion would follow suit but I found that most people took a safe approach to their dressing and black, white and silver were the dominant dressing themes.
Sparkling Sexy Black
Left - Michael Kors with Gwyneth Paltrow in custom Michael Kors and Fred Leighton.Center - Lara Stone in Calvin Klein Collection and Fred Leighton.
Right - Molly Sims
Textural White Minis
Left - Amanda Brooks in Thakoon.
Right - Hana Soukupova in Marchesa.
Shining in Silver
Left - Constance Jablonski
Center - Donna Karan
Right - Whitney Port in David Meister.
Printed Columns
Left - Sarah Jessica Parker in Alexander McQueen and Stephen Russell.
Right - Jessica Biel in Diane von Furstenberg.
Left - Diane von Furstenberg
Right - Tory Burch
Blush/Nude
Left - Linda Fargo
Right - Alexa Chung in Marc Jacobs and Atelier Swarovski.
Left - Brooke Shields in J.Mendel.
Right - Maggie Grace in Notte by Marchesa.
Left - Alexis Bledel in Benhaz Serafpour.
Right - Carmen Kass in Michael Kors.
Statement Necklace
Left - Jessica Stam
Right - Sasha Pivavarova in The Row.
My Personal Favorite
Rachel Weisz in Jason Wu.
All images courtesy of WWD