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"    Photo: Getty Images   Last night, the Phoenix House&amp;#039;s 2012 Fashion Award Dinner was held at the Mandarin Oriental in to honor a trio of fashion leaders. These included Neiman Marcus Group president of specialty retail Jim Gold, as well as two of American design&amp;#039;s great champions: CFDA president and designer Diane von Furstenberg and Theory founder Andrew Rosen. The latter has also partnered with and supported brands like Proenza Schouler, Alice + Olivia, and Rag &amp;amp;amp; Bone, as well as designer Olivier Theyskens.  The result was nothing short of a lovefest. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s my whole world,&amp;quot; Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet told ELLE.com of Rosen. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s one of the most special people in my life, as a friend, as a partner.   And I think he&amp;#039;s too humble and modest to sometimes even realize how amazing he is.&amp;quot; Rag &amp;amp;amp; Bone&amp;#039;s Marcus Wainwright chimed in: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a very good friend of ours, Andrew. We&amp;#039;ve been partners for six years. He&amp;#039;s awesome.&amp;quot; Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman SVP, fashion office and store presentation, noted of Rosen&amp;#039;s impact: &amp;quot;[He&amp;#039;s] become the godfather for so many young designers. He&amp;#039;s really becoming more and more important to the future of fashion in the States.&amp;quot;  Rosen himself was all accolades for fellow honoree von Furstenberg. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s such an incredible woman and such an inspiration,&amp;quot; he noted. &amp;quot;[She] does so much for all of us in the fashion industry.&amp;quot; Francisco Costa agreed. &amp;quot;[The CFDA is] really helping young designers and bringing American fashion to a much more respected [level] worldwide. It&amp;#039;s amazing, her leadership. Cheers to Diane.&amp;quot; Aside from the honorees, the other big topic of the evening? The previous night&amp;#039;s election, which had many glued to their televisions. &amp;quot;I had a little election dinner in front of the TV, and it was very nice,&amp;quot; von Furstenberg shared. &amp;quot;We had Indian food.&amp;quot; For Tory Burch, the viewing was a family affair. &amp;quot;I watched it with my children,&amp;quot; she said. Costa, meanwhile, couldn&amp;#039;t be kept from the news for long. &amp;quot;I had to go somewhere right after work,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I rushed back home, ordered Chinese, and was glued to the television! [It was] so exciting, so thrilling. [I&amp;#039;m] so happy!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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