The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards in collaboration with Swarovski at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. James Corden, of The Late Late Show on CBS, was the host for the evening. For the fourteenth year in a row, the evening was generously underwritten by Swarovski.
Winners include:
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Menswear Designer of the Year: Tom Ford
Accessory Designer of the Year Award: Tabitha Simmons
Fashion Icon award: Pharrell Williams
The Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Rosie Assoulin
The Swarovski Award for Menswear: Shayne Oliver for Hood by Air
The Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel
The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Betsey Johnson
The Founders Award: Millard “Mickey” Drexler, Chairman and CEO of J.Crew Group, Inc.
The Media Award: Kevin Systrom for Instagram
International Award: Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino.
