Jennifer Lopez was honored with the Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York yesterday! The CFDA Board of Directors chose to honor Jennifer with the award because of her longstanding and global impact on fashion.
She attended the event in custom Ralph Lauren. In her acceptance speech she said she chose him because, “I grew up in the Bronx—some of you may have heard—so of course I had to wear Ralph Lauren tonight, also from the Bronx”
Tom Ford presented Jennifer with the award at the ceremony. You can watch her emotional speech here:
Jennifer spoke with Entertainment Tonight, Extra, and Access Hollywood. One half of her styling duo, Rob Zangardi, spoke with WWD about her iconic style over the years.
