What They Wore: 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards

What They Wore:

CFDA Fashion Awards 2012

As you all know, the CFDA Fashion Awards 2012 were held last night (Monday, June 4th) at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre NYC. The list of notable VIP's goes on for miles, so without talking to head off of you, that list included names such as: CFDA President Dianne von Furstenberg, CFDA CEO Steven Kolb, Alexander Wang, The Olsen twins, Grace Coddington, Anna Wintour, Prabal Gurung, Zac Posen, Rachel Zoe, Joan Smalls, Dree Hemingway, Donna Karan and Monique Lhuillier. The list literally does go on for days, and that doesn't even begin to include some other notable names from the world of music, entertainment and sport. Awards presented on the night included: 

• Womanswear Designer of The Year: Olsen Twins for The Row
• Menswear Designer of The Year: Billy Reid
• Accessory Designer of The Year: Reed Krakoff
• Swarovski Award for Womanswear: Joseph Altuzarra 
• Swarovski Award for Menswear: Phillip Lim
• Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Tabitha Simmons 
• Geoffrey Beene Award Lifetime Achievement Award: Tommy Hilfiger
• International Award: Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons 
• The Media Award, given in honor of Eugenia Sheppard: Scott Schuman & Garance Dore
• The Founder's Award, given in honor of CFDA Founder Eleanor Lambert: Andrew Rosen
• Fashion Icon Award: Johnny Depp (First male recipient in five years!)

Although the awards presented last night were notable enough, this wasn't the reason for my post today - my reason was in fact, none other than the outfits which these shining stars wore to the awards! Hardly a surprise though, right?
I've chosen some outfits which caught my attention in one way or another, but if there are any stars which i've missed and you felt were particularly dashing - or not - then don't forget to tell me in the comments section below so I can have another look. Oh, and don't forget to comment below with your best dressed from the list of images i've shown!

Brad Goreski

Elettra Wiedemann in Rachel Roy 

Shu Pei

Erin Heatherton

Betsey & Lulu Johnson
I know, what the hell, right?

Jessica Pare in Jason Wu

Doutzen Kroes

Jessica Stam in Jason Wu

Pharrell Williams

Lily Collins in Marchesa

Donna Karan

Victor Cruz

Rachel Zoe

Stacey Bendet

Solange Knowles

Dakota Fanning in Proenza Schouler

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen with Lauren Hutton:
The Olsen Twins both wear gowns from The Row's Resort 2013 Collection

Zoe Saldana & Prabal Gurung:
Zoe wears a dress & shoes by Prabal Gurung. Jewellery by Cartier.

Michael Kors & Joan Smalls

Anna Wintour in Marc Jacobs 

Jullianne Hough in Kaufmanfranco

Grace Coddington

Hilary Rhoda in Rebecca Minkoff 

Mandy Moore in a dress by Lela Rose

Harley Viera Newton

Jen Kao

Photo Credit: www.nymag.com

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/05/4538756/2012-cfda-fashion-awards-presented.html#storylink=cp

Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About

Edited By Taylor Davies
One of the things we bloggers fear most is letting our content go stale. We fear losing our readers' interest and engagement, and even worse - boring ourselves! So how do the bloggers in our community spice it up? Based on this week's Links A La Mode submissions, you know just how to do it! We had a wonderful selection of posts this week that covered topics from racism in fashion, an HIV/AIDS benefit, to some racy accessories in the key of 50 Shades of Grey. Check out the 20 best links, sure to spark some great conversations and fire up your own blogging inspiration engines!

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• A Minor Obsession: Sportswear for the Non-Sporty


• Arash Mazinani: So You Want To Be Styled


• A Stylized Hysteria: When Universes Collide


• Beautifully-Invisible: Jewelry For Your Inner Goddess: Sexy 50 Shades of Grey Inspired Picks


• DressCode:HighFashion: The 10 Most Fashionable Vacation Destinations SS12 & What to Wear


• Endear: Love Your Job


• F Go Round: Crazy About Yves!


• F.B.C. Creations: Can We Really Trust Stefano Tonchi? The Skinny on Elsa Shiaparelli


• Fashion Is Evolution: 5 Summer Trends I'm Most Excited About


• Fashion Love Affairs: DIY Diaries - Camera Couture


• Fashion, Well Done: Flags of our Fathers


• Finely Made: DIY Chain Peter Pan Collar


• In Her Glam: IGOTS: DCA Fashion Show & Women's Expo


• Inspirations & Celebrations: Style Spotting Across America


• Miss Vicki Secrets: Life Ball 2012 Opening Ceremonies


• SaraConstance: Gala Avanpremiere 2012 10th anniversary edition


• SheenaFab: How To Wear White All Over


• The Curatorial: Jungle Fever & Brooklyn Industries, Race and Fashion


• The Dapper Bun: Historic Tour


• Wina Wonders: How To - Blogging "Alone"

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If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode group will be published later today. ~Jennine

NYFW Style Inspiration

Change of Post

So, as you will have already realised, I haven't done any kind of personal-style-type post yet, and to be honest, I hadn't really planned to - not until Fashion Week was over at the very least - however I recently came across a photo on twitter of the 'Anna Monsters' and felt inspired to do one for you guys!

If you don't already know what the Anna Monsters are, then take a look;

http://milkmade.com/posts/3264-Jenne-And-the-Anna-s-mazdack-rassi

Basically, the story is that women in Anna Wintour inspired masks have been showing up at NYFW for the past few days handing out copies of Alexsandro Palombo's Humor Chic newspaper. The eight page newspaper features large, characateur like images of designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Marc Jacobs in less than flattering poses, and is being given out at select shows such as Alexander Wang and DVF.

So now that you're up to date with these comical versions of Anna, let's get back to the point of my post - the style!

As seen in the picture above, Jenne (in the middle) is wearing an ensemble of vertical striped flare trousers, leather jacket and fur gilet over the top, with nude platform heels. This look is not something that I would particularly go for - mainly the striped trousers - however, looking at this outfit has made me want to get the bank card out and hit the shops.

The look is loud with the stripes, but the simple black leather and fur on top keeps the look balanced and wearable whether you're a fashion outcast with your wacky outfit combo's, or prefer to keep a simpler look whilst adding one statement piece to your outfit.

Here is what I'm taking from the above look;

Striped bottoms - BlackMilk 

Leather Jacket - Muubaa

Shirt - H&M

Fur Gilet - Farfetch

Shoes - Solestruck

Let me know what you think and if you'll be adopting this trend any time soon! - xo