2015 CFDA Fashion Awards - Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen The Row - Womenswear Designer of the Year

WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE 2015 CFDA FASHION AWARDS IN COLLABORATION WITH SWAROVSKI Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row Named Womenswear Designer of the Year Hosted by James Corden Pharrell Williams Named Fashion Icon of the Year, presented by Kanye West Kim Kardashian West presents Media Award to Instagram New York, NY, June 1, 2015 – Tonight, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards in collaboration with Swarovski at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. James Corden, of The Late Late Show on CBS, was the host for the evening. For the fourteenth year in a row, the evening was generously underwritten by Swarovski. The evening’s Womenswear Designer of the Year honors went to Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, presented by Amanda Seyfried. The award for Menswear Designer of the Year was presented to Tom Ford by Joshua Jackson. Tabitha Simmons took home the Accessory Designer of the Year Award, presented by Taraji P. Henson. Pharrell Williams was presented the Fashion Icon award by Kanye West. Williams addressed his stylistic journey, crediting his early proclivity for do-it-yourself on Chuck Taylor sneaker as a key inspiration. "Freedom is whatever you want it to be," he said. The 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards show program and red carpet coverage hosted by Kelly Osbourne is featured exclusively on www.cfda.com "Fashion creates dreams and makes them happen," said CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg.  "We are here tonight to celebrate fashion designers and their impact." "Tonight, we honor talent in our industry at every level – the legendary, the established, and the emerging," said CFDA chief executive officer Steven Kolb. "We are thrilled about our ongoing partnership with the CFDA which offers a great opportunity to support the American fashion community.  The impact of winning an award on the career of an emerging designer is invaluable and in line wi