This may have been a long however the CFDA Fashion Awards, carried out at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, were not boring. The things started off by James Corden of The Late Late Show fame and the evening’s first time host by satirizing the industry to the tune of “to dream ‘The Impossible Dream.’” And got gradually more fearless as his bit went on, sticking it to Terry Richardson, who was not in the viewers to defend himself, and Kanye West, who was. He mentioned, “Kim and Kanye are both presenting this evening.” “I should advise you that Kanye will interrupt both speeches to mention that Beyonce should have won them.”
Kim Kardashian in Proenza Schouler
In among, Chelsea Clinton took the stage for a remembrance of Oscar de la Renta; Valeria Golino the Italian actress paid tribute to the Italian designers and International Award winners Maria Grazia Chiuri and Piepaolo Piccioli of Valentino; and Kelly Osbourne turned out an appealing speech regarding Betsey Johnson, the evening’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Yes, Johnson is 72 years old (She has got 2 years on J.Crew’s Mickey Drexler, who picked up the Founder’s Award). She did do a cartwheel into an ideal split, jostling lose some crystals from her bib necklace, before accepting her statuette.
Karlie Kloss
We could not leave out fashion’s preferred social media application. Grabbing the Media Award and giving a shout out to Kim Kardashian West (34.8m followers), Kevin Systrom (1.1m) mentioned, “I might be the CEO, however Kim, you are the queen of Instagram.”
