Brandon Maxwell, Rick Owens take top CFDA fashion awards

Brandon Maxwell, the Texas-born designer known for his longtime collaboration with Lady Gaga, took top honors at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards Monday night (3 JUNE 2019).

The menswear award went to designer Rick Owens.

There was also a passing of the torch from outgoing CFDA chairman Diane von Furstenberg to incoming chairman Tom Ford and a tribute to Karl Lagerfeld.

In other awards, the high-profile Fashion Icon gong went to Jennifer Lopez, who took to the stage dressed in a sparkling orange Ralph Lauren ensemble.

Jennifer Lopez at the CFDA Fashion Awards in Brooklyn, New York on June 3rd 2019. [Photo: IC]

Sisters Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen won the accessories award for their longtime label, The Row; and costume designer Bob Mackie was presented the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award by his friend, actress Bernadette Peters.

Elsewhere, in an unusual move, this year's Board of Directors' Tribute went, for the first time, to a doll: none other than Barbie was honored as "an icon and champion of female empowerment." Lisa McKnight of Mattel accepted the award.

(Story includes material sourced from AP)