2016 CFDA Fashion Award: Beyonce awarded Fashion Icon of the year

Beyoncé walked away with the top award of the night: Fashion Icon of 2016
Tonight, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
In a surprise moment on stage, Beyoncé was presented the Fashion Icon award by CFDA Chairwoman Diane von Furstenberg.

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"The CFDA Fashion Awards are about celebrating creativity, innovation and achievement in the industry, but also about bringing our fashion family together," said Diane von Furstenberg, Chairwoman of the CFDA.
"Tonight, we have come together to honor the best and brightest talents and bring recognition to all of American fashion. We would like to thank Nadja Swarovski and Swarovski for fifteen years of a collaboration that continues to guide and inspire us," said Steven Kolb, President and CEO of the CFDA.
Karlie Kloss and Ansel Elgort presented the three Swarovski Awards for emerging talent including womenswear, menswear and accessory design award.
Here are the highlights from the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards show
The Swarovski Award for Womenswear was given to Brandon Maxwell

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The Swarovski Award for Menswear was presented to Alex, Matthew, and Samantha Orley, for Orley

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The Swarovski Award for Accessory Design went to Paul Andrew

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In addition to participating in the new Swarovski Emerging Talent Award Mentorship Program, recipients in each category will receive generous financial support from the company as well as exposure to the company's vast and innovative crystal products and applications for fashion.
The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Norma Kamali by Michael Kors

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The Founder's Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert was presented to Donna Karan by Calvin Klein

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The Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard was presented to Imran Amed of The Business of Fashion by Alexa Chung

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Alessandro Michele of Gucci was recognized with this year's International Award, presented by Anna Wintour

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