“The big story is that at 14 when I started going out, I came out of my bedroom ready to go to a club wearing fishnets, motorcycle boots, black high-waisted hot pants of my mother’s and a black underwire top of my mother’s with a grommet belt, and I was like, ‘Ok I’m ready to go.’ Most mother’s would have been horrified, but she started clapping and was like, ‘Oh, finally! You are my daughter!’”

- Lulu Johnson, daughter of designer Betsey Johnson » 

“For about five years I only wore purple and green, because I liked the joker from Batman.” 

- Zac Posen

See which other industry stars shared their fashion faux pas at this year’s CFDA Awards » 

We’ve been talking for months about your prom, and now we get to talk about ours: the CFDA Fashion Awards, held last night at Lincoln Center.

The event’s A-list attendees never fail to make the red carpet a can’t-miss, fashion-forward affair—but when your prom king is Oscar de la Renta, what do you expect? » 

Butterfly masks from Haiti at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen showroom.

Photographed by Julia Rubin.

A great inspiration board at WHIT for fall. Photographed by Julia Rubin

Daniel Vosovic spring looks on display at the CFDA incubator.

Photograph by Julia Rubin.

Osborn shoes at WHIT.

Photographed by Julia Rubin.