Rihanna Passes On The The CFDA Award To Pharrell Williams

Producer, rap artiste, singer, songwriter and designer Pharrell Williams has been announced as the winner of the CFDA fashion  icon award. Previous winners include Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rihanna who won last year’s award.

Pharrell has collaborated with several fashion brands including Adidas & Loius vuitton, the most recent and most impressive was however late last year when he joined forces with french luxury leather bag maker, Moynat.

Here are the nominees for other awards at this year’s CFDA’s.

Womenswear Designer of the Year
Joseph Altuzarra for Altuzarra
Marc Jacobs
Michael Kors
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

Menswear Designer of the Year
Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School
David Neville and Marcus Wainwright for Rag & Bone
Thom Browne
Tim Coppens
Tom Ford

Accessory Designer of the Year
Alexander Wang
Irene Neuwirth
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Tabitha Simmons

Swarovski Award for Womenswear
Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School
Rosie Assoulin
Ryan Roche

Swarovski Award for Menswear
Shayne Oliver for Hood By Air
Alex Orley, Matthew Orley, and Samantha Orley for Orley
Ariel Ovadia and Shimon Ovadia for Ovadia & Sons

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design
Paul Andrew
Eva Zuckerman for Eva Fehren
Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel

The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Betsey Johnson

The Media Award in Honour of Eugenia Sheppard
Instagram

The Founder’s Award in Honour of Eleanor Lambert
Millard “Mickey” Drexler, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of J Crew Group, Inc.

International Award
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino

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