{"id":77038,"date":"2016-06-07T08:22:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=77038"},"modified":"2016-06-07T08:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:22:22","slug":"beyonce-steals-show-surprise-honoree-fashion-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/06\/07\/beyonce-steals-show-surprise-honoree-fashion-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonce steals show as surprise honoree at fashion awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGVv0L1Pw3k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGVv0L1Pw3k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGVv0L1Pw3k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Beyonc\u00e9 (@beyonce)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-06-07T04:26:29+00:00\">Jun 6, 2016 at 9:26pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 In a surprise appearance, Beyonce strode onstage in sparkling pinstripes Monday evening to speak emotionally about both family and fashion at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as I can remember, fashion has always been a part of my life,\u201d the pop superstar, who was honoured with the Fashion Icon award, told a glittery crowd of designers, TV stars and other celebrities. She went on to recount how her grandmother had been a seamstress, and then passed that skill on to Beyonce\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were starting out in Destiny\u2019 Child, high-end labels, they didn\u2019t really want to dress four black, country curvy girls,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we couldn\u2019t afford designer dresses and couture. My mother&#8230; used her talent and her creativity to give her children their dreams.\u201d She spoke of wearing her first costumes, which her mother and uncle had designed and sewn, \u201cputting so much passion and love into every detail.\u201d It felt, she said, \u201clike an extra suit of armour. It was so much deeper than any brand name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usually, organizers announce the name of the Fashion Icon winner well in advance, but this year they kept it under wraps until the end of the ceremony, when designer Diane von Furstenberg took the stage to introduce Beyonce, saying she represented everything women aspire to be. \u201cThe image of a woman in charge has never looked more glamorous,\u201d the designer said.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise honoree was one highlight of an evening that also included a touching tribute to the late David Bowie, from his friend, actress Tilda Swinton. Swinton\u2019s speech took the form of a letter she\u2019d written to the singer, telling him he was being honoured \u201cfor all your colours, all your magic, all your vim and vigour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a good thing: You have brought out the freak in everyone,\u201d Swinton said. Her tribute was followed by a performance of Bowie\u2019s song \u201cChanges\u201d by actor Michael C. Hall, a star of Bowie\u2019s musical, \u201cLazarus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And another recently departed rock legend was also memorialized in Monday\u2019s ceremony: Prince, who received a musical tribute from Jennifer Hudson to close out the show, including a rousing rendition of his song \u201cLet\u2019s Go Crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was one brief, but enthusiastic reference to politics, when Vogue editor Anna Wintour took the stage to present the International Award to Alessandro Michele of Gucci. But first, she wanted to tell the crowd the news that had broken during the ceremony \u2013 reports of Hillary Clinton becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee based on delegate counts. Wintour, long active in Democratic Party fundraising, raised her arms in triumph.<\/p>\n<p>In major awards, Marc Jacobs won the prize for womenswear designer of the year, accepting his trophy in a black T-shirt. \u201cMarc, we have your tux backstage,\u201d quipped the evening\u2019s host, comedian and actor Joel McHale. The menswear prize went to Thom Browne, and the accessory prize to Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel.<\/p>\n<p>Norma Kamali, famous for her \u201csleeping bag\u201d coats and her swimsuits \u2013 including the red one actress Farrah Fawcett wore in her famous poster \u2013 received the lifetime achievement award from presenter Michael Kors, and Donna Karan was handed the Founder\u2019s Award from friend and designer Calvin Klein.<\/p>\n<p>The three Swarovski awards for emerging designers went to Paul Andrew for accessories, to the Orley label for menswear, and to Brandon Maxwell for womenswear. Maxwell, Lady Gaga\u2019s stylist, spoke movingly about growing up \u201cvery gay in a very small town\u201d in Texas, where styling his female friends gave him a sense of purpose in life.<\/p>\n<p>But the show\u2019s finale was all about Beyonce, who along with her glittering pantsuit wore a large, black wide-brimmed hat.<\/p>\n<p>She praised fashion designers for being, in her words, fairy godmothers, magicians, sculptors \u2013 \u201cand sometimes even our therapists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage you to not forget this power that you have, or take it lightly,\u201d the singer said. \u201cWe have an opportunity to contribute to a society where any girl can look at a billboard or a magazine cover and see her own reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Online: <a href=\"http:\/\/cfda.com\/cfda-fashion-awards\">http:\/\/cfda.com\/cfda-fashion-awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 In a surprise appearance, Beyonce strode onstage in sparkling pinstripes Monday evening to speak emotionally about both &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2670,11112],"class_list":["post-77038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-fashion-and-beauty","tag-beyonce","tag-council-of-fashion-designers-of-america","mauthors-jocelyn-noveck","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}