Erykah Badu celebrated as fashion icon at CFDA Awards after years of pushing boundaries
Grammy award winning singer Erykah Badu was honored with the “fashion icon” award at the 2024 Council of Fashion Designers of America fashion awards Monday night
By BEATRICE DUPUY
Published - Oct 29, 2024, 12:11 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:53 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Erykah Badu was bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, playfully saying it was an honor she’d been hoping to get most of her life.
Wearing a headdress of jewels and a Thom Browne jacket, Badu accepted the award Monday night in Manhattan, saying she’s been trying to win the icon award since she was 6 years old. Badu described dressing up as a sport, therapy — and, she joked, her husband.
André 3000 brought out an orange caution cone to the stage as he introduced Badu, who is the mother of his son.
“The world is a private joke between me and my things,” she said. André 3000 took the cone as he walked off with Badu.
