Michelle gets fashion honour in New York City

The fashion industry made it clear at its annual awards ceremony on Monday night that it’s looking to future stars to see it past the doldrums of the recession, shunning longtime favourites and honouring a largely new guard: Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang and Michelle Obama

The Council of Fashion Designers of America’s special tribute award went to the US First Lady, considered a new player in this world. Noting her “meteoric rise as a fashion icon,” CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg said Obama had “a unique look that balances the duality of her lives” in her roles as trusted adviser to her husband, President Barack Obama, and busy mother to their two daughters.

Although she was missing from the crowd at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts, Ms Obama’s presence was felt throughout the star-studded ceremony, which included Heidi Klum and Blake Lively, both wearing Michael Kors, and Bradley Cooper in a Calvin Klein suit.

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