Several honorees offered genuine assessments of their lives and careers.
As the world continues to become increasingly divided, Marc Anthony, Whoopi Goldberg and the Fashion Group International’s “Night of Stars” award winners amplified the power of “we.”annual event Tuesday night at The Plaza Hotel, collective thinking surfaced in different ways — whether that be acknowledging teamwork, emphasizing gratitude or pledging scholarship support.
Accepting the “American Icon Award” from Hilldun’s Gary Wassner, Goldberg said she was feeling like “a bit of a fraud” in such a creative crowd. Referring to a recent private audience with Pope Francis, “The View” host said she told him that she was going to get this award, and “he said, ‘Bless you, Whoop.’ So I take all the goodness that he gave me and I am sending it out to all of you so that you can send it out to other people.
Recalling how FGI began with a group of women 95 years ago, Goldberg said, “I don’t think many of them looked like me. Changes have happened. You all have made changes happen. I thank you for that more than anything because without that I couldn’t be here with you. I couldn’t look as I look and be as I am.”
Martha Stewart talked up “Lifetime Achievement Award” winner Dennis Basso’s accolades — 70,000 faux fur throws sold on QVC last year and a newly opened 10,000-square-foot 57Street atelier and store in a former Victoria’s Secret space — before he took the podium. After 40 years in business and 30 years of selling on QVC, Basso said he still “only wants to talk about clothes, which is a little boring. When the world is upside down, I’m looking at fabric swatches.
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