Dinner scene at the 9th Annual Style Awards.

On Wednesday on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, the Couture Council of the Museum at FIT honored Oscar de la Renta with the 2012 Couture Council Artistry of Fashion Award. The luncheon benefited the Museum at FIT. They also announced the inaugural Oscar de la Renta scholarship which was awarded to Macshella Oduro by FIT President Dr. Joyce Brown, who told us that the winner is a terrific student in the haute couture certificate program. Macshella is a young woman from Queens who took sewing lessons while in high school and worked on her pattern making and design skill sets. She couldn’t be present at the luncheon because she is now in Milan classes and will soon return to FIT. “It’s about the work,” de la Renta confided to the guests as he accepted his award. The full scholarship, which covers the entire four years, was given by an anonymous donor (who was present at the luncheon).

Valerie Steele, Alexandra Lebenthal, Eleanora Kennedy, and Liz Peek in their Oscar's, with the man himself.

More good news: The Museum at FIT recently won accreditation from the association of American museums. This honor, which is a very BIG deal in the museum world, is the result of an enormous effort by the Museum’s director Dr. Valerie Steele and the Museum staff.  The commission said the museum has met national standards of excellence and best practices and ... has shown itself to be a "good steward of its resources ... and is committed to a philosophy of continual institutional growth.”

Anna Wintour, Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, and Sarah Jessica Parker

Kari Tiedemann and Hilary Geary Ross

Whitney and Sarah Wolfe

Barbara Bush and Donna Karan

Simon Doonan

Monica Rich Kosann

Julie Macklowe, Stephanie Seymour Brant, Eleanora Kennedy, and Casey Paul

Jacqui Lividini, Tom Florio, Lori Rhodes, and Lanette Harrison

Patty Harris and Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Fe Fendi, Yaz Hernandez, and Madame Mayhem

Dori Cooperman, Amy Fine Collins, and Sharon Loeb

Emilia Sanit-Amand, Karen LeFrak, Eleanora Kennedy, Hilary Geary Ross, and Donna Aquavella

Nina Garcia

Carol Mack

Stacy Engman

Miles Redd and John Truex

Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane von Furstenberg, and Anna Wintour

Diana Taylor and Barbara Walters

Esther Herror Gaffron

Nina Davidson, Liz Lange, and Jane Wagman

Jean Shafiroff and Mario Buatta

Tiffany Koury and Barbara Regna

Marcia Mishaan and Kim Hastreiter

Iris Apfel and Gabriel Rivera

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Annette de la Renta, and Henry Kissinger

Charlotte Moss and Dustee Jenkins

Stephanie Seymour Brant and Donna Karan

Tara Levy and Cameron Silver

Diana Taylor, Hamilton South, and Barbara Walters

Alexandra Lebenthal, Michelle Smith, Nadia Swarowski, and Donna Karen

Cassandra Seidenfeld and Yaz Hernandez

Karen LeFrak and Hilary Geary Ross

Mai Hallingby Harrison, Kari Tiedemann, and Audrey Gruss

Cornelia and Carole Guest

Chiu-Ti Jansen and Lucia Hwong Gordon

Cornelia Guest and Glenda Bailey

Diane von Furstenberg, Anna Wintour, Jean Shafiroff, and Oscar de la Renta

Donna Karan

Jane Holzer, Bronson van Wyck, and Carolina Herrera

David Patrick Columbia, Eleanora Kennedy, and Jane Holzer

Barbara, Sharon, and Jenna Bush

Dawne Marie Grannum, Alison Minton, and Joy Marks

Linda Fargo and Ron Frasch

Penske Media, Style Media and IMG Fashion presented the 9th Annual Style Awards on Wednesday kicking off the world's most prestigious fashion event, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Matt Dillon, Aimee Kestenberg, Phillip Bloch, June Ambrose, and Derek Warburton

The Awards will be broadcast prime time on the Style Network on Friday, September 14th at 8 pm.

Jeff Gordon, Amare Stoudemire, Carolina Herrera, and Henrik Lundqvist

Jay Penske and Dan Loeb

Iman, Elaine Irwin, and Amy Fine Collins

Jonathan Cheban and Nicole Richie

Ivanka Trump

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Joe Lupo and James Watson

Katharine McPhee

Carolina Herrera and Katie Holmes

Rachel Taylor

Elettra Wiedemann

Valentina Zelyaeva

Alex Basob and Marina Braude

Hal Rubenstein

Deanna Rodriguez, Clare Brown, and Wendy Rokose

Carlos Lamadrid and Gerry Byrne

Simon Spurr, Lisa Perry, and Ed Westwick

Claudia Mason

Frederic Fekkai and Shirin von Wuffen

John Demsey

Hamish Bowles

Dr. Lisa Airan and Jill Kargman

Langley Fox and Stacey Bendet Eisner

Julia Flynn and Lorry Newhouse

Harry Kargman, Jill Kargman, Susan Fales-Hill, and Gail O'Neal

Annelise Peterson

Gail O'Neal, Joe Hubrich, Claudia Mason, and Susan Fales-Hill

Patricia Ferrera Lansing, Reed Krakoff, and Delphine Krakoff

Chiu-Ti Jansen

Tammy Mager, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, and Jennifer Ruff

"Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex and Disco" book launch party was also held this past Wednesday at the Prince Goerge Ballroom, hosted by Roger and Mauricio Padiha and MAC Cosmetics.

Mae Alexander

Blake Tysinger and Eric Gartner

Roger Padilha, Fran Drescher, and Mauricio Padilha

George Hess and Caroline Stern

Gazelle and Christina Via

Pat Cleveland, Donna Jordan, and Maria Snyder

Jerry Beersdorf and Chantel Miller

Prince Chenoa, Jacob DeKat, and Niki M'nray

Anita Sarko and Erzen Krivca

Erica Lopez and Neil Aristy

Patrick McDonald and James Aguiar

Cator Sparks and Fay Cantor-Stephens

Holly Bernesser and Cary Neer

Roger Padilha and Mauricio Padilha

Anna Sui

Nancy Bacich and Kenny Kenny

Robert Fontanelli

David Blond and Phillipe Blond

Camilla Pagowski and Tovarah Pagowski

Joey Arias

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]