We weren’t the only Chic Report team members at the CFDA ceremony last night. Our favorite model correspondent, Lonneke Engel, remembered all her favorite moments to share.
I flew in from Europe in the morning just to attend one of fashion’s most important nights–the CFDA Awards. My manager Peter arranged for me to borrow a beautiful black dress by Marchesa with all kinds of glitter and stones. I felt great! The bad weather of the past days was actually perfect for the CFDAs this year, as they were held inside one of the theaters at Fashion Week’s new location, Lincoln Center. In fact, mostly everyone wore black, with Blake Lively, in a bright pink sheath by Michael Kors offering one of the few splashes of color.The designer arrived with Heidi Klum. I was happy to see so many friends! The show was hosted by Tracey Ullman, who was very funny, but I thought the most hilarious bit of the evening was the video made for GQ creative director Jim Moore in which Jake Gyllenhaal had a cameo where he acts like he was very unhappy for not being on the cover of GQ. It was priceless! The Eleanor Lambert award was presented to Jim by Justin Timberlake. Of course, girls in the audience loved this!
I was very happy the first Popular Vote Award went to Ralph Lauren himself. I have been admiring him since I started working for him as a very young girl. The last award of the night went to the girls of Rodarte for Best Womenswear Designer of the Year. In their speech they remembered when they were still designing from their apartment, and had their friends act like casting agents. This was just a few years ago! I remember this myself, as I went to one of the castings for their show back then. They rose to the top within 3 years and now Kate and Laura definitely deserved the award! After the show there were drinks and food in the lobby. I am a health freak, so I was very happy to see that there was good food served and some really healthy dishes too! One of them being the crabmeat ceviche that was tasty! Of course the always-present-at-parties-mini-hamburgers were there too. The after party, hosted by Calvin Klein, was at the Highline, which is a very impressive! I think everyone who made the CFDAs happen this year, including Diane von Furstenberg, did an amazing job. But I want to also give a shout-out to all the models who stood outside wearing the nominees’ designs when everyone arrived.
XXlonneke
. Btw: This the first 'naked' Dutch Elle cover in history.
Im really i love with that cover, lonneke has a great body and a perfect face !!
She has a great body, really womanly, and of course her face is gorgeous as ever. 
