Final November, Thom Browne hosted his first CFDA Awards as chairman of the Council of Trend Designers of America on the American Museum of Pure Historical past. There was an enormous whale on the ceiling and tiny ones floating on the crusts of the rooster pot pies for dinner. There was Anne Hathaway in a Ralph Lauren denim robe waxing poetic concerning the joys of vogue. And there was Serena Williams accepting her Trend Icon award from the earlier yr’s Trend Innovation award winner Kim Kardashian.

The Awards are returning this yr on October 28 and can as soon as once more be hosted on the Museum. Amazon Trend will proceed to function the presenting companion, whereas Store with Google will current the American Rising Designer of the Yr award. The nominees and honorees can be introduced at a later date. Final yr Browne paired every presenting celeb with a designer—Ayo Edebiri delivered an SNL-worthy introduction to the Equipment Designer of the Yr class alongside Prabal Gurung—so count on related ranges of leisure worth. Will Khaite’s Catherine Holstein come again for a 3rd Award? Will Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen win for his or her “if , ” It-bags as soon as once more? And who can be this yr’s Trend Icon? Watch this house to seek out out.