And The Winner is.

Emotion got the better of Narciso Rodriquez as he was awarded the top gong at last night's CFDA Awards. The one-time protégé of Calvin Klein, who arrived with Rachel Weisz, paid a tearful tribute to his former mentor after being presented with the award for Womenswear Designer of the Year by Klein and the evening's hostess, Sarah Jessica Parker.

Rodriquez recalled tearfully how Klein had told him a decade ago, when he set about launching his own label, that fashion was a difficult business in which success was rare. "A few nights ago he (Klein) said that I was doing it and I was doing well," he said.