Black creativity was the hottest look of the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards
Lenny Kravitz, Virgil Abloh, Law Roach, and more were honored at the "Oscars of Fashion," also known as the 2022 CFDA Awards.
Fashion’s favorite color may be black, but the mood was light on Monday night at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Known in the industry as the “Oscars of Fashion,” the 2022 ceremony took place at New York City’s Casa Cipriani, where an illuminated ivory step-and-repeat was a fashion-forward pivot from the typical red carpet, providing a canvas upon which the evening’s looks could shine.
As previously reported by theGrio, the evening’s honorees included Lenny Kravitz, who was awarded the coveted Fashion Icon award. Also honored were acclaimed stylist and creative director Law Roach, who won the CFDA’s inaugural Stylist Award; veteran stylist Patti Wilson (the Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard); United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed (accepting the Environmental Sustainability Award on behalf of the U.N.); and a one-time Special Anniversary Award to designer Jeffrey Banks in honor of the CFDA’s 60th year. SKIMS founding partner Emma Grede was also honored with an Innovation Award alongside husband Jens Grede and business partner Kim Kardashian, and Virgil Abloh was posthumously honored with the CFDA’s Board of Trustees Award.
Along with the honorees in attendance on Monday night were a bevy of celebs, including Kerry Washington, Regina Hall, Trevor Noah, Janelle Monáe, Halle Bailey, and Jesse Williams, among others. Also present were the majority of this year’s Black design nominees—Aurora James (Brother Vellies), Christopher John Rogers, LaQuan Smith, Jerry Lorenzo (Fear of God), Brandon Blackwood and Lauren Harwell Godfrey — though unfortunately, none would take home prizes this year. Nevertheless, all came dressed to make fashion statements, as evidenced by our gallery of the evening’s looks.
Law Roach and Kerry Washington attend the CFDA Fashion Awards at Casa Cipriani on November 07, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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The full list of the 2022 CFDA Fashion Award winners is below (h/t Vogue):
CFDA’s 2022 Fashion Icon Award:
Lenny Kravitz
The Board of Trustees Award:
Virgil Abloh
Environmental Sustainability Award:
The United Nations
Founder’s Award in Honor of Eleanor Lambert:
Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu curator in charge, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Menswear Designer of the Year:
Emily Adams Bode Aujla for Bode
Special Anniversary Award:
Jeffrey Banks
Stylist Award:
Law Roach
American Emerging Designer of the Year:
Elena Velez
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award:
Laurie Lynn Stark and Richard Stark for Chrome Hearts
Innovation Award:
Kim Kardashian, Co-Founder and CEO Jens Grede, and Founding Partner and Chief Product Officer Emma Grede for Skims
Positive Social Influence Award:
Prabal Gurung, Laura Kim, Phillip Lim, Tina Leung, and Ezra William for The House of Slay
American Accessory Designer of the Year:
Raul Lopez for Luar
The Media Award in Honor of Eugenia Sheppard:
Patti Wilson
Maiysha Kai is theGrio’s lifestyle editor, covering all things Black and beautiful. Her work is informed by two decades of experience in fashion and entertainment, great books and aesthetics, and the brilliance of Black culture. She is also the editor-author of Body: Words of Change series.
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