Costa, Ford and Burch win top honors at CFDA Awards

Mandy Moore arrives at the 2008 CFDA Fashion awards presented by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in New York on Monday, June 2, 2008.[Agencies]

Calvin Klein presented Carolina Herrera with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award. As guests mingled during the cocktail hour outside the New York Public Library, where the awards were held, Herrera noted her key to her enduring success as a designer.

"When you are in this business, you have to go on and on and on," she said. "Life changes, and the only thing I think all the time is to make the women who wear my clothes look beautiful, comfortable, natural. It's not about trends, or anything like that. It's about being classic, with a modern touch."

International Award winner, Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, said in an interview during the afternoon prior to the awards that he was overwhelmed by the recognition by the CFDA.