A very fashionable crowd showed up to the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Awards on Monday night in New York City. Celebrities and fashion designers alike were there to honor the nominees. The fashion fund was established by the CFDA and Vogue to provide financial awards and business mentoring to emerging fashion designers in an incredibly competitive industry where money is essential for starting out a long and stable career. To show the extent of how much it means to win this monetary award and how designers use this honor, just take a look at previous winners- retail sensation Alexander Wang, Doori Chung, and kings of cool, the design duo of Proenza Schouler. Congratulations are in order for this year’s winner, Joseph Altuzarra!
The stunning American fashion designer opted for a look not from her own collection and instead wore a black Christopher Kane wool-crepe dress with a sheer tulle yoke collar. For a fresh spin on the LBD, this design has unique scalloped green and blue gel-filled pocket trimmings and collar accent. For most women it’s a little too modern and it has the potential to look odd, but Tory pulls it off with flying colors! Her bright green earrings pull in the color of the gel without looking too match-y and we love that she kept everything else- from her hair and makeup to her clutch and shoes- very minimal.
