The beautiful people came out tonight at Lincoln Center to hear the winners announced at the CFDA Awards.  There were very few surprises.  The big winner of the evening was Marc Jacobs for Womenswear Designer of the Year.  Take a look at the list of winners and nominees below to see if you agree with the outcome.

CFDA Winners:

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Marc Jacobs

Menswear Designer of the Year: Rag & Bone (Marcus Wainwright and David Neville)

Accessory Designer of the Year: Alexis Bittar

Popular Vote Award: Ralph Lauren

The Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Jason Wu

The Swarovski Award for Menswear: Richard Chai

The Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Alexander Wang

The Jeffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement: Michael Kors 

CFDA Special Award Tribute: Lee McQueen of Alexander McQueen

The Eugenia Sheppard Journalism Award – Kim Hastreiter (Paper Magazine)

The International Award – Christopher Bailey (Burberry Prorsum) 

The Eleanor Lambert Award – Tonne Goodman (Vogue)

Icon Award: Iman

Nominees:

Womenswear Designers of the Year – Donna Karan, Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs

Menswear Designers of the Year - Michael Bastian, Tom Ford and Rag & Bone (David Neville and Marcus Wainwright)

Accessory Designer of the Year - Alexis Bittar, Proenza Schouler (Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez) and Marc Jacobs

Swarovski Awards For Womenswear - Joseph Altuzarra, Prabal Gurung and Jason Wu

The Swarovski Award for Menswear – Simon Spurr, Patrik Ervell and Richard Chai

The Swarovski Award For Accessory Design – Dana Lorenz, Alexander Wang and Eddie Borgo

CFDA Special  Award Tribute – Alexander McQueen

The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award – Michael Kors

The Eugenia Sheppard Journalism Award – Kim Hastreiter (Paper Magazine)

The International Award – Christopher Bailey (Burberry Prorsum) 

The Eleanor Lambert Award – Tonne Goodman (Vogue)

The Fashion Icon Award – Iman

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Bravo TV announced that Iman will be the new co-host of The Fashion Show.  The fashion icon joins designer Isaac Mizrahi to find new design talent.  “I am so excited to be joining the Bravo team and to be working again with Isaac Mizrahi, my close friend of many, many years,” says Iman.  Their existing friendship should generate a great on-camera rapport.  The supermodel replaces singer Kelly Rowland.  It’s likely the show will benefit from having two veterans of the fashion industry.  There are plenty of undiscovered fashion designers out there who can bring the drama and innovation needed to help make this show a hit.  Season two of The Fashion Show will be on the industry’s must watch list when it airs later this year.

These lovely ladies worked their respective  red carpets in this Donna Karan gown.  All day today, the question has been ”who wore it better?”  However, my question is, what is Donna Karan’s secret to getting her gowns onto the red carpet?  The sequin halter is on trend this season, and that likely played a role in its selection.  Iman added extra sparkle with her bracelets, and Eva opted to let the dress shine by itself.  From all appearances, this dress is glamorous and sexy, and it brought out those attributes in these ladies.  Their faces revealed an inner confidence.  A good designer has to understand the contours of the body, as well as what looks good on a woman’s body.  It’s clear Donna Karan has a firm grasp of both these concepts.  The gown works for both because of the  silhouette and fit.  Even the burgundy color works for their skin tones, and this time of year.  Is it any wonder that it made the red carpet on two separate occassions?

Who Wore It Better? Donna Karan Sequin Halter Dress  [FABSUGAR]