Steven Kolb read an email from Johnny Depp onstage which Kolb received just minutes before appearing on stage. The message was sent by Depp from the set of his film "The Lone Ranger" to thank the CFDA for the Fashion Icon award.
Seth Meyers appeared again mid-show to perform a second monologue dressed in the same Comme des Garcons men's sheer lace dress and boxers worn by Marc Jacobs a month earlier at the Met gala.
The closing segment of the Awards included a career retrospective film of Tommy Hilfiger followed by a live performance by the acapella group, The Princeton Footnotes.
They joined other notables from the world of entertainment, music, and sport, such as Alison Mosshart, Bernadette Peters, Busy Philipps, Dakota Fanning, Devon Aoki, Gretchen Mol, Heather Graham, Jack Huston, Jennifer Tilly, Julianne Hough, Kate Bosworth, Lauren Hutton, Mandy Moore, Olympia Scarry, Padma Lakshmi, Shaun White, Solange Knowles, Sophia Bush, St. Vincent (Annie Clark), Victor Cruz, and Zoe Saldana.
Scholarships / Cfda/Lexus Eco-Fashion Challenge:
As part of the CFDA's commitment to design education, the following scholarships were awarded to the following students who were acknowledged from the stage by CFDA CEO Steven Kolb:
• Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship: Eileen Pappas / Parsons The New School for Design
• Liz Claiborne Fashion Scholarship: Amanda Tran / Academy of Art University
• CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship, in partnership with Target: Jesse Rhoads / Academy of Art University
• Gilt Groupe All-Star Scholarship: Kieran Dallison / Fashion Institute of Technology
Also recognized by Kolb were the recipients of the CFDA/Lexus Eco-Fashion Challenge. They are John Bartlett, Marcia Patmos, and Johnson Hartig of Libertine.
The winners and honorees of the 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards:
Womenswear Designer of the Year
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen for The Row
Menswear Designer of the Year
Billy Reid
Accessory Designer of the Year
Reed Krakoff
Swarovski Award for Womenswear
Joseph Altuzarra
Swarovski Award for Menswear
Phillip Lim
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
Tabitha Simmons
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Tommy Hilfiger
International Award
Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons
The Media Award, given in honor of Eugenia Sheppard
Scott Schuman and Garance Dore
The Founder's Award, given in honor of CFDA Founder Eleanor Lambert
Andrew Rosen
Fashion Icon Award
Johnny Depp
The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc, (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1962 that leads industry-wide initiatives and whose membership consists of more than 400 of America's foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry, and accessory designers.
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