Carolina Herrera Receives 2014 Couture Council Artistry of Fashion Award

This year’s luncheon co-chairs were Julie Macklowe and Elizabeth Musmanno. The award was presented by Seth Meyers, comedian and host of Late Night with Seth Meyers, who has long had an interest in the fashion industry.

FIT president Dr. Joyce F. Brown, said, “It was our pleasure to honor Carolina Herrera today. She is a brilliant and beloved designer whose name is synonymous with elegance and grace—and whose success is an inspiration to women throughout the world.”

Guests included designers Dennis Basso, b Michael , Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein; actresses Lucy Liu and Renée Zellweger; entrepreneur Ivanka Trump; Seth Meyers and his wife, Alexi Ashe Meyers; Vogue editor Anna Wintour; Harper’s Bazaar editor Glenda Bailey, W editor Stefano Tonchi, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter; Allure editor Linda Wells; journalists Amy Fine Collins, Aileen Mehle, and André Leon Talley; Estée Lauder group president John Dempsey; Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo; photographer Roxanne Lowit; Couture Council president and FIT Trustee Yaz Hernández; FIT Board of Trustees chair Liz Peek, and FIT’s Dr. Brown and Dr. Valerie Steele.

Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT and chair of the Couture Council Advisory Board, explained, “Carolina Herrera exemplifies the woman of style, who is a very special kind of fashion designer. Like Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, Carolina Herrera became famous for creating the kind of elegant, beautiful clothes that she herself wears. Mrs. Herrera is her own best model, and many women today want to look like her.”

Carolina Herrera said, “It is an honor to be the recipient of the 2014 Couture Council Award. I have great admiration for The Museum at FIT because it is a link between fashion, culture and the rich history of our industry.”