“I do not take lightly the incredible trust and intimacy that links a garment with its wearer, and me with the women who wear my clothes,” #CFDAmember UllaJohnson said in her powerful, emotional speech while receiving the honor of Designer of the Year at the #AmericanImageAwards. “I believe in the emotional weight of objects made by hand, and the unique dialogue between maker and wearer. I endeavor to always design from a place of how the clothes make a woman feel, of celebrating her unique voice, and not my own.”