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While Wintour is known for her toughness and dark sunglasses, she appeared touched by the award and even a little nervous in her delicate, peach-colored outfit by de la Renta
Rodriguez, who previously worked for Klein, said that when he left the famous design house 10 years ago to launch his own label, a supportive Klein told him that fashion was a difficult business in which true success was rare
"It's amazing to be part of an industry that rewards its young," said Hernandez, who only graduated from Parsons School of Design last May "
Bacall, a previous "icon" winner, said she has become close with Kidman because they've just completed two movies together Bacall said she admired Kidman's work ethic, fashion sense and ability to look "pretty great" at 6 a
Other winners selected by over 450 fashion designers, press, retailers and stylists included Marc Jacobs, for his Marc line of accessories, and shoe designer Brian Atwood without any makeup on "I don't really know my look â€â€? but this dress fit and it's so pretty Marisa Tomei escorted the two young designers of Proenza Schouler, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, who received the Swarovski Perry Ellis award as the top newcomers in ready-to-wear "
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Renee Zellweger said she wore elegant long gloves to complement her ivory-colored gown by Herrera because her date, Vogue editor at large Andre Leon Talley, who received a fashion journalism award, is a fan of a lady in white gloves
"A few nights ago, he (Klein) said that I was doing it and I was doing it well," said a teary Rodriguez "
Talley, though, knew how to describe Zellweger Oleg Cassini, who is most famous for dressing Jacqueline Kennedy during her White House years, received a special tribute, and Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour was honored for her lifetime contribution to fashion and fashion-industry charities
Picking a gown for a fashion event is no easier or harder than choosing other red-carpet outfits, Zellweger said
The CFDA awards illustrated how the worlds of New York fashion and Hollywood celebrity have come together as one
When Adrien Brody presented Michael Kors with the menswear design award, the Oscar winner quipped, "Security was tight "I'm jealous," Bacall joked
Parker, the host for fashion's equivalent of the Academy Awards, ironically didn't include a Rodriguez gown in her wardrobe for the evening m Narciso Rodriguez Wins CFDA Fashion Award
Jun 3, 12:14 AM EST
The Council of Fashion Designers of America again named Narciso Rodriguez, a red carpet favorite of Sarah Jessica Parker and Salma Hayek, as the country's best womenswear designer
Rodriguez, known for sleek, formfitting gowns, won for the second year in a row
Lauren Bacall picked up Nicole Kidman's fashion icon award because Kidman was unexpectedly called to Los Angeles to finish work on the film "The Human Stain Parker and Calvin Klein, Rodriguez's mentor, handed out the award at Monday night's annual CFDA gala
After recalling missteps she took at Harper's Bazaar â€â€? she was chastised for hiring models in dreadlocks a couture photo shoot â€â€? and at House and Garden â€â€? renaming it "HG" â€â€? before landing at Vogue, Wintour said, "I have only one real lifetime achievement, my children
She arrived on the red carpet at the New York Public Library in a rose-colored Oscar de la Renta with a jeweled pin at the hip They checked my label at the door
Instead, she wore a dress designed by each of the gala's three chairmen: a strapless pink and white polka-dot dress by Carolina Herrera, a nude-colored dress with a white sequin hem by Vera Wang and a black dress with spaghetti straps and a handkerchief hem by Klein "You are my postmodern Audrey Hepburn," he said Claire Danes arrived on the arm of Zac Posen and Rachel Weisz came with Rodriguez |