CFDA Names Designers of the Year: Francisco Costa, Tom Ford, Tory Burch

Last night, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) held its annual awards gala at the New York Public Library. Calvin Klein Collection designer Francisco Costa added a second womenswear designer of the year award to his mantelpiece (he also won in 2006), Tom Ford gained a menswear designer of the year award to match his 2001 statuette for Gucci womenswear, and Tory Burch proved the power of the ballet flat (particularly one topped by chunky signature hardware and named for one’s mother) by beating out Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors to take home the award for accessory design.