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The Fragrance Foundation has announced that comedian Dana Carvey will be hosting this year's annual awards event while Carine Roitfeld and Coco Rocha will be the co-chairs.

 

To provide a flavor as to what we can expect from Carvey, here's what he had to say at last year's awards, which he also headlined, and as reported on by WWD.

 

"I think if women are honest, they like a strong man. They like the broad shoulders and the washboard abs. They like strength. They also want a man who can talk to them and understand them."

 

Carvey concluded, "But ladies, you can't have that guy. Because he has a boyfriend."

 

Others that will be in attendance, include: Judith Hill, who WWD reports will give a special performance, Chrissy Teigen, Arizona Muse, Hilary Rhoda, Behati Prinsloo, Kellan Lutz, Sean Avery, Christian Siriano and Chelsea Leyland.

 

The Fragrance Foundation Awards work to celebrate the global fragrance industry and its achievements within the perfumery world.

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According to The Fragrance Foundation, their mission is to serve "its member companies as a resource for industry expertise, innovation and education. [They are] passionately devoted to increasing the awareness and appreciation of fragrance in all its forms."

 

Some of the 2013 winners include:

 

Fragrance Celebrity of the Year: Taylor Swift

 

Hall of Fame Award: Allure's Linda Wells (who was the first magazine editor-in-chief to be inducted.)

 

Perfumer of the Year Lifetime Achievement: Alberto Morillas, Master Perfumer for Firmenich

 

Consumer Choice Award Women's: Justin Bieber's Girlfriend

 

Consumer Choice Award Men's: Giorgio Armani Acqua di Giò Essenza

 

Last year also marked Elizabeth Musmanno's first year as president of the Fragrance Foundation. It was last year that Musmanno eliminated the long-running nickname for the awards, FiFi's, according to WWD.

 

This year's event will be held on June 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

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I was at the event, and in person, the sheer fabric blended beautifully with her skin tone, creating a nude effect without blatantly exposing her breasts. However, under the glare of flash bulbs and spotlights, the dress bared all, and the exquisite effect of the Swarovski-covered dress blending with the pop star’s already radiant skin simply vanished.

 

Even so, it takes more than nipples to scare a fashion crowd. After all, bras and pasties are not exactly required underpinnings at runway shows. And most designers who were at the event can likely recall a time they’ve sent a model out in a translucent top.

 

“I’m here tonight to talk about how Rihanna communicates through fashion because that, of course, is what style icons do,” said Anna Wintour, who presented Rihanna with the CFDA’s fashion icon award. “They tell us captivating stories about themselves and about the world we live in through the boldness and beauty of their clothes.

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“Rihanna speaks to her fans with her every look,” Wintour continued. “And what she says to them, and I include all of us in that group, is that it’s fun to be a little boyish one day and dress up like a dazzling diva the next, I think that is what she was going for tonight.

 

“The point is to be audacious, even jaw dropping or button pushing. And yes, we know she enjoys pushing buttons, while remaining true to yourself. She proves that incredible style can help take a young woman from a small island to the world stage and along the way spark a lot of conversation about elegance and empowerment.”

 

Mel Ottenberg, who helped dress Rihanna, told Style en route to the awards ceremony that it was a bit naked.

 

“I don’t know if it’s shocking — I’m with her all the time, so my shock gauge is off, but I told her that I thought she was ready for this dress a while ago, and that I wasn’t. I’m the prude, and I’m just catching up.”

 

Ottenberg’s boyfriend and frequent Rihanna collaborator, Adam Selman, designed the look, which Ottenberg said was held together by “fishnet and crystals and a couple of fingers crossed.” Selman has created costumes for Rihanna’s tours since 2011, and co-designed her River Island capsule collection.

 

Perhaps the most marvelous thing — and fitting for her role as fashion icon — was Rihanna’s relative ease in the sheer ensemble. She glided into the auditorium after most guests had been ushered to their seats, stooping down to hug founder’s award recipient Bethann Hardison, chatting easily with Blake Lively and warmly greeting Lupita Nyong’o, who sat a few seats down.

 

If boundary-pushing fashion takes the courage to bare it all, then Rihanna has style in spades.

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