AND THE DVF AWARD GOES TO….

New York – Saturday marked the DVF awards, launched by designer Diane von Furstenberg. The event honored “four women who are making a difference in the lives of thousands of other women: Sadiqa Basiri Saleem of the Oruj Learning Center in Afghanistan; Danielle Saint-lot of Femmes en Democratie in Haiti; Katherine Chon of Polaris Project U.S., and Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Columbian politician who was held in captivity for six and a half years in the Columbian jungle.” Held in New York City, the DVF awards was supported by the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation and Tina Brown, founder of Thedailybeast.com. According to von Furstenberg, whose husband, Berry Dillar, was credited for the support he has given to the style icon’s career, the event turned an otherwise nondescript UN space “into a nightclub.” [WWD]

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