Industry stalwarts and emerging talents came together on Monday for American fashion’s second-biggest night of the year — after the Met Gala, that is. At the 2025 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards , the trade organization’s annual fundraising gala and awards ceremony, top awards went to Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne, and Andre Walker, among others. This year, Rihanna — who memorably debuted her naked dress at the event in 2014 — was back to support her guy A$AP Rocky, who was honored with the same Fashion Icon award she picked up back then. “You won this so long ago, remember what I told you?” said A$AP Rocky from the podium as he accepted his award, which he dedicated to Harlem and New York City. “I said, ‘You inspire me — I’m going to win that shit one day.’ And look, we did

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