All That Glitters 2014 CFDA Awards Cocktail

All That Glitters - The 2014 CFDA Awards Preshow Cocktail
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John Demsey and Rihanna
Irene Neuwirth and Busy Philipps
Alessandra Ambrosio and Misha Nonoo
Liya Kebede, Chanel Iman, Bethann Hardison, Iman, and Joan Smalls
Alexander Wang and Anna Ewers
Anja Rubik and Caroline Trentini
Daria Strokous and Emmy Rossum
Georgina Chapman
Greta Gerwig and Zac Posen
Gucci Westman, David Neville, Glenna Neece, and Marcus Wainwright
Jamie Bochert and Joan Smalls
John Waters and Kate Foley
Karlie Kloss and Donna Karan
Lazaro Hernandez, Jamie Bochert, Gia Coppola, and Jack McCollough
Maxwell Osborne, Dao-Yi Chow, and Canis Chow
Tory Burch and Liya Kebede

“I’m so moved by the CFDA,” said Dree Hemingway stunning in a swirling Diane von Furstenberg dress at yesterday’s star-packed 2014 CFDA Awards cocktail, “from the beauty of Tom Ford’s designs over the years to the always inspirational Bethann

“I’m so moved by the CFDA,” said Dree Hemingway stunning in a swirling Diane von Furstenberg dress at yesterday’s star-packed 2014 CFDA Awards cocktail, “from the beauty of Tom Ford’s designs over the years to the always inspirational Bethann Hardison.” (Both, by the way, were winners last night.) Many no doubt shared Hemingway’s feel-good sentiment, as guests happily filed their way down the red carpet, despite the early-summer heat (one attendee apologized to an ethereal Giulietta-clad Jessica Stam for forcing her to stand in the sunlight for an introduction, thus causing the model to shield her eyes).

But inside the angular Alice Tully Hall’s glass-ensconced atrium, all was cool and glare-free (except for maybe the flashbulbs when Blake Lively arrived on Michael Kors’s arm, shimmering in an Aurelian, scallop-hemmed mini by the designer).

For one of the American fashion industry’s biggest and most important events, the A-list quotient was in full swing. Here, Lupita Nyong’o stopped to talk jewelry with designer Jennifer Fisher, a nominee for last night’s Swarovski Award for Accessories.

2014 CFDA Awards Preshow Cocktail

Nyong’o continued to turn heads throughout the preshow, thanks to her colorful barcode-motif jumpsuit from Suno. And a vampy Joan Smalls locked elbows with BFF Prabal Gurung (he designed her knockout gown). And if you needed flawless examples of Proenza Schouler’s flocked-velvet wood-grain dress from fall, look no further than Jamie Bochert and Gia Coppola, who alighted with, you guessed it, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.

Liya Kebede, Chanel Iman, Bethann Hardison, Iman, and Joan Smalls

And, sure, while Naomi Campbell radiated in Marc Jacobs and Rihanna sent the crowd into a tizzy with her leave-little-to-the-imagination Adam Selman, it was Alexander Wang’s unexpected invitee actor Chris Kattan’s hyperactive “Mango” persona that won the most Instagram kudos.

Gucci Westman, David Neville, Glenna Neece, and Marcus Wainwright

No stranger to bringing back meme-ish characters (remember Bon Qui Qui?), Wang prompted one guest to say, "You gotta love Alex for it."

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