Fashion Awards, on Speed Dial

Marc Jacobs may not have been a winner at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s annual awards show on Monday night, but his dress was the star. Seth Meyers, the evening’s host, turned Mr. Jacobs’s black lace number — the Comme des Garcon shirt dress he wore at the recent Costume Institute party, over white boxers — into comic material. Later in the show, Mr. Meyers appeared in the dress, remarking, “This has such good ventilation.” He also joked that he had consumed 11 drinks since his opening monologue. 

The CFDA show, at Lincoln Center, may have been the fastest in memory, helped by the fact that John Waters, the director and writer, gave awards to both the actor Johnny Depp and Rei Kawakubo, the designer of Comme des Garcons, who were missing in action. Mr. Depp, winner of the icon award, was filming “The Lone Ranger,” and Ms. Kawakubo, winner of the international award, was at home in Tokyo. With the scowl of an old-time preacher at the pulpit, Mr. Waters noted that Ms. Kawakubo’s clothes often look so bizarre and threadbare that “the fashion-impaired public feels sorry for us.”

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen won the women’s design award, for their label The Row. Billy Reid won the top men’s fashion prize, while Reed Krakoff was recognized for accessories. The Swarovski awards for young talent went to Phillip Lim (menswear), Joseph Altuzarra (women’s) and Tabitha Simmons (accessories).

Anna Wintour presented Tommy Hilfiger with a lifetime achievement award (with a performance by the Princeton Footlight singers, dressed in matching Hilfiger varsity outfits). Andrew Rosen of Theory received a founder’s award, and the street photographers/bloggers Garance Dore and Scott Schuman were given the media award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard.

Via: runway