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This weekend, Diane von Furstenberg held her second annual DVF Awards ceremony at the United Nations to honor women making a difference in other women’s lives. Von Furstenberg opened the ceremony with a tribute to her mother, Liliane Nahmias, a Holocaust survivor. “The women being honored tonight remind me of my mother,” Von Furstenberg said. “They use strength and courage to turn defeat into victory and to help others.” Honorees included Elizabeth Smart for her work against abduction (right), Taryn Davis of The American Widow Project (second from right), and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose award was given to her by her daughter, Chelsea. Diane Sawyer, Laura Linney (far left), Iman, and Karen Elson were also on hand to present awards. See photos from the inspirational event in the gallery.

Celebrities kicked off Fashion Week with amfAR’s charity gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York last night. Former President Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Taylor, and designer Diane von Furstenberg were this year’s honorees presented with the organization’s annual Awards of Courage for their leadership in the fight against AIDS. Fashion figures Michael Kors, Helena Christensen, Maggie Rizer and Iman joined the event’s 750 guests including Blake Lively, Rose Byrne and Julianna Margulies. Click through the gallery to see the top looks at the black tie amfAR Gala.

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The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection’s season finale aired last night on Bravo with the announcement of a winner—Jeffrey Williams! “To me this designer really deserved to win,” Isaac Mizrahi (right), one of the show’s judges along with supermodel Iman (left, in Chris Benz), told us at a live Martha Stewart Living Radio broadcast at SiriusXM last night. “We saw growth and spirit in this person, and the collection was the best collection. It was a real surprise to us as judges. We didn’t necessarily think that it would turn out the way it did.” Williams (center), a Seattle-born designer who now resides in New York, couldn’t be happier. “I feel like I came off on the show very authentic and true to myself,” the season two winner told us. “I was very much in a work mode—my goal was to win the competition.” And he did! As for what he plans to do next? “I’m waiting for the show to die down, but I have a million things in the works right now,” he said. “I want to wait and see all of the offers and just keep up that momentum, drive and passion.”