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The Skirt & The Whale

Amazon, Gwyneth, Tory, Khaite, Domenico, etcetera: news and notes from underneath the giant blue whale at the CFDA awards.

Demi Moore presented an innovation award to Gwyneth Paltrow at the CFDAs.
Demi Moore presented an innovation award to Gwyneth Paltrow at the CFDAs. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Lauren Sherman
November 9, 2023

The CFDAs, which took place this year under the big blue whale at the Natural History Museum, are usually a good snapshot of what’s happening in the fashion industry. As with any awards show, who wins means nothing and everything at the same time. Willy Chavarria, a former designer at Calvin Klein and the most compelling menswear designer working in the U.S. at the moment, took the prize in that category—a win for independent brands and thinkers, alike.