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Herrera, 77, was presented with the Women's Leadership Award
by the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund on Tuesday at a
star-studded event at the Manhattan performing arts venue.
Herrera said on the red carpet that the award "means a lot"
coming from Lincoln Center.
"Art always inspires fashion and fashion is art in movement,"
she said.
The annual fundraising event picks a new honoree every year and
supports 10 artist organizations on the Lincoln Center campus.
Actresses Christina Ricci, Julianna Margulies and Emmy Rossum
were among the guests at the event, which included a performance
by Diana Ross and an exhibition of some of Herrera's notable
designs.
"She's modern, she's a New Yorker, she's feminine, she's classy,
she's sensual," Rossum said. "She's confident and smart and I
think that that's the way she makes you feel when you wear her
clothes."
Herrera, who was born in Venezuela, is celebrating the 35th
anniversary of her New York-based eponymous fashion label, which
has become a global billion-dollar brand.
(Reporting by Reuters TV; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by
Leslie Adler)
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