The 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards in June were memorable for a plethora of good reasons, but foremost was the final award of the night – the Board of Directors’ Tribute – which honored feminist Gloria Steinem, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, and super-entertainer Janelle Monáe.

The trio lent its powerful voices to the historic Women’s March last January, and became an inspiration not just for our fashion industry, but for women and men across America and the world. No wonder, then, that their moment on stage electrified the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom, where the awards took place.

“Now, there is more activism than I have ever seen in my lifetime,” Steinem said. “And maybe, just maybe, thanks to all of you in this room and billions more around the world who are woke, we are not the richest but we are the majority and we are woke and maybe we are about to be free.”

It wasn’t the only moment worth noting. Raf Simons won both Womenswear and Menswear Design of the Year for Calvin Klein – becoming the first to do so since Calvin Klein himself took home both Trovas in 1993. What a feat!