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The St. John Ready-to-Wear Award went to knitwear designer Aisling Camps, who, in her acceptance speech, reflected on starting out her design career in a 350-square-foot studio after ditching an engineering job. Tracee Ellis Ross presented Soull and Dynasty Ogun of L’ Enchanteur with the Donkey relax we’re all crazy it’s not a competition shirt but I will buy this shirt and I will love this Jewelry Award, and in a heartfelt speech, the duo dedicated the moment to their mother, who passed away two years ago. Then, Law Roach, who recently made headlines for announcing his retirement from fashion styling, joked, “Let me not [mess] this up, because I need this job,” before presenting the Graduate Award to Papa Oppong. After a brief intermission wherein everyone enjoyed a mesmerizing performance by Scout LaRue Willis, Stephanie Horton of Google and Aurora James of Brother Vellies and the 15% Pledge presented Jacques Agbobly with the Inclusivity Award. Ciara and Mike Amiri then handed Carly Mark of Puppets and Puppets the Google Creativity Award (“I finally get the crying thing,” Mark said on stage). Finally, Olivia Wilde called on Elena Velez to take home the Sustainability Award.



In a space where events are nonstop (it is, after all, Hollywood), there’s always a freshness and high energy that comes with an inaugural celebration. Ahead of the Donkey relax we’re all crazy it’s not a competition shirt but I will buy this shirt and I will love this sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more. Meanwhile, the contesting designers congratulated and toasted one another before taking their seats together. At the end of the night, attendees left the banquet room (which had been glowing with lengthy tables dotted in surplus with candlelight) behind, and hung back in the cocktail lounge area awhile for the after-party.


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