Two Snaps to That

by Jalondra Jones

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If you have any inkling of style then you should already know why and where style phenoms like Gigi Hadid, Pharrell and Alexander Wang were collected this past weekend. The Council of Fashion Designers of America hosted their Awards show on June 1^st at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City for their annual event that recognizes the outstanding contributions made to American fashion by individuals from all areas of the industry and related arts, with awards being given for design excellence in womenswear, menswear, and accessories as well as extraordinary accomplishments in journalism, creative vision, and lifetime achievement.

Nominations for each award category are submitted by The CFDA Fashion Awards Guild, an invitation only network comprised of top fashion retailers, journalists, stylists, influencers and the 450+ member designers of the CFDA.  The nominees, as well as recipients of the honorary awards are ratified by the CFDA Board of Directors. The awards include:

Womenswear Designer of The Year

Menswear Designer of The Year

Accessories Designer of The Year

Swarovski Award for Womenswear

Swarovski Award for Menswear

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design

Geoffry Beene Lifetime Achievement of The Year

International Award

The Founder’s Award In Honor of Eleanor Lambert

The Media Award In Honor of Eugiana Shepard

Fashion Icon Award

Many of the winners were released a day prior to the event like the Olsen twins for “Womenswear Designer of The Year” and Pharrell as “Fashion Icon Award.”  The official awards and red carpet segments were released the following days, but for some these moments could only be greatly captured front row as many non-celebrity attendees were granted access to the show festivities.