L.A. Winners at CFDA

Rodarte designers and sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy landed the “Womenswear Designer of the Year” award at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s annual awards gala. Scott Sternberg, designer of Los Angeles–based Band of Outsiders, shares this year’s “Menswear Designer of the Year” award with Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection. First lady Michelle Obama received a “Board of Directors’ Special Tribute” award from the CFDA board. Although she was not in attendance at the event, she thanked the crowd in a taped message.