The CFDA awards took place last night (Council of Fashion Designers of America.) The red carpet was marginally more palatable than most events, probably because we are looking at fashion designers’ outfits, rather than celebrities. Fashion designers know more about getting dressed than celebrities do (that’s their job!) Despite this, there were some grim ensembles, but on the most part, everyone looked good.
Here are some of the award winners, and my comments.
Board of Directors Special Tribute: Alexander McQueen
-He deserves it, obviously
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Marc Jacobs
-Marc, you are fantastic, but it is boring if you win stuff every year.
Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Jason Wu
-You dress MObama = you get awards.
International Award: Christopher Bailey for Burberry
-Boring. Christpher Bailey is fantastic, but moving on please!
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Kors
-For using the most amount of camel in his collections, and being the most American.
Eugenia Sheppard Award: Paper’s Kim Hastreiter
-Read what Walter Cessna says about her on Thursday in my next Fashion Chat post. He has some great gossip. I’m not sure she deserves this.
L’Oréal Popular Vote Award: Ralph Lauren
-Popular vote? I guess this makes the USA one of the most boring countries in the world.
I love…
Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer in Michael Kors. She looks so fresh and happy. But who wouldn't be happy with that family fortune?
BeeShaffer in Thakoon and Anna Wintour in Carolina Herrera. This may be the first compliment Anna has ever gotten from me.
Betsey Johnson with her daughter Lulu. I am not a fan of her designs, but at least they "represent" and are great poster girls for the brand.
Gaby and Donna Karan. Another great mother/daughter brand ambassador combo.
JasonWu and Rachel Weisz in Jason Wu. That dress is beautiful. I'll bet MObama has one.
Joseph Altuzarra and Vanessa Traina in Joseph Altuzarra. She looks fantastic in that sharp, sexy dress. Too bad she is just another "waste-of-space-heiress."
Rachel Zoe in Marc Jacobs. We certainly can't accuse her of changing her style every season. At least it suits her.
Sarah Jessica Parker in Alexander McQueen. The dress looks stunning. And this is probably the last time we are going to see her out in public wearing something other than Halston Heritage, so let
I loathe…
Alexa Chung in Marc Jacobs. The dress is quite nice, but she looks frumpy and out of place.
Doutzen Kroes in Michael Kors. How can one of the hottest women in the world (even I have a crush on her) end up looking...so lame. The dress is boring, frumpy, and predictable, the shoes are disgusting, and her hair makes her look fifty. What the hell is going on here?
Kim Hastreiter from PAPER magazine. Speaking of frumpy...well actually, I'll let the necklace do the talking.
The OlsenTwins and Sasha Pivovarova, all wearing The Row. They look like a bunch of depressed goths trying to cheer themselves up by incorporating some white into their shapeless, unflattering wardrobe.
Tamara Mellon in Threeasfour with Derek Blasberg. I don
Thom Browne in his own design. This is not the way to promote your brand. You are doing yourself damage.
Vera Wang in her own design. Eat something, please.
Zac Posen and Devon Aoki, wearing Zac Posen. Two former stars reduced to dressing like they are seventy years old.
All images from Style.com.
By the way, Tommy Ton‘s photos of the guests arriving at the CFDA awards are much nicer than the ones above, to see them, click here.
