Alicia Keys and John Legend performed a duet prior to handing out the Swarovski's Perry Ellis Awards for Emerging Talent to Devi Kroell, Trovata, and Doo-Ri Chung. And elsewhere, Jessica Simpson dubbed Michael Kors "her all-time, all-American favorite," while Dita Von Teese announced that she had "jumped at the chance to wear a Rodarte dress."
The high spirits continued later as guests headed off to an array of after-parties, though Von Teese professed disappointment that her Rodarte pals Kate and Laura Mulleavy had come away empty-handed. "I was going to dance on the table if they won," the burlesque beauty insisted. "A martini glass was going to rise up out of the floor and everything."
2006 CFDA AWARD Winners are as follows:--
Women swear designer of the year:
Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein
Menswear designer of the year:
Thom Browne
Accessory designer of the year:
Tom Binns
Swarovski's perry ellis award for emerging talent, women swear:
Doo-Ri Chung
Swarovski's perry ellis award for emerging talent, menswear:
Trovata's Jeff Halmos, Josiah Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley, and John Whitledge
Swarovski's perry ellis award for emerging talent, accessory design:
Devi Kroell
Lifetime achievement award:
Stan Herman
International award:
Olivier Theyskens
Eugenia sheppard award:
Bruce Weber
Eleanor lambert award:
Joan Kaner
CFDA board of directors' special tribute:
Stephen Burrows
Council of Fashion Designers of America
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