If you're still high off the Met Gala red carpet, we're right there with you. But nearly a month later comes arguably the second largest night in fashion, the CFDA Awards — and though not the over-the-top spectacle one may want, it is a time to celebrate the industry, and the people who define it.
This year's event saw a lot of firsts: The first time it's being held in Brooklyn. The first time it's being hosted by a Black woman. The first time it's handing out an Influencer Award (and yes, it's going to Kim Kardashian West, and yes, she 100% deserves it). But perhaps our favourite first was seeing so many fresh faces — Lili Reinhart, Bria Vinaite, Maddie Ziegler — make their CFDA Awards red carpet debut alongside regulars like Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid (you can see some of our favourite looks ahead). But really, nothing reminds us of why we fell in love with fashion in the first place than an evening that truly honours style — past, present, and future.
Candice Huffine in Gabriela Hearst
Lili Reinhart in Brock Collection
Kendall Jenner in Alexandre Vauthier
Julia Garner in Sies Marjan
Katherine Langford in Prabal Gurung
Bria Vinaite in Sies Marjan
Issa Rae in Pyer Moss
Kehlani in 3.1 Phillip Lim
Rosario Dawson in Studio 189
Amandla Stenberg in Rosie Assoulin
Lineisy Montero in Sies Marjan
Kim Kardashian West in Rick Owens
Kourtney Kardashian in Christian Siriano
Kaia Gerber in Alexander Wang
Naomi Campbell in Calvin Klein 205W39NYC
Carmen Carrera in Chromat
Emily Ratajkowski in Brock Collection
Delaney Tarr in Diane von Furstenberg
Winnie Harlow in Tommy Hilfiger
Tracee Ellis Ross in Carolina Herrera
Sarah Paulson in Brock Collection
Laura Harrier in Sies Marjan
Maddie Ziegler
Ashley Graham in Vera Wang and Stuart Weitzman
Busy Philipps in Christian Siriano
Cate Blanchett in Monse
Diane Guerrero in Pyer Moss
Cynthia Erivo in Lela Rose
Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen in The Row
Irina Shayk in Diane von Furstenberg
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