You might have heard about this little event we at Glamour threw last night—our 25th Women of the Year awards. It was so spectacular, so impressive, and so inspiring that a little after-dinner party wasn’t going to do. No, for the 25th, we had to go big, and thanks to our friends at L’Oreal Paris, we took over the iconic Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Plaza (home to Glamour’s first ever Women of the Year awards) to toast, eat, and dance the night away. Here’s your insider’s guide to it all!

Victoria Beckham huddled on a staircase inside the Rainbow Room to have a few quiet moments with son Brooklyn. It was there that she welcomed us to sit with her and talk about the “wonderful, wonderful evening.” Her husband, David, and family recorded a video message for her during her awards presentation, but she revealed at the party that she had no idea Brooklyn was going to come onstage and say a few words. “I didn’t know!” she marveled. “I’m so proud that he’s here with me, and not knowing that he was going to go up there and say what he did…well, it was just great, and I feel so honored and humbled. I’m thankful to Cindi [Leive] and everyone at Conde Nast.”

Beckham has long been a fan favorite of Glamour’s, of course: She’s been on the cover, guest-edited our September issue, and is now one of our Women of the Year. So what’s next? “I don’t know,” she laughed when asked if she’s available to transcribe and do other office tasks. “I’m still pinching myself!” So where will the respected fashion designer keep the award? “Definitely in my office. This award means the more than any award I’ve ever received.”

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Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards is the kind of event that takes a village to put together. So marking their 25th year this year, WOTY, as it’s called by the Glamour people who toil away planning the event, naturally had to be bigger and brighter than in the past.

Held at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday night, the event honored a slate of impactful women — Reese Witherspoon, the U.S. women’s soccer team, Misty Copeland, Victoria Beckham, Cecile Richards, the women of Charleston, S.C., tech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes and Caitlyn Jenner.

The last two had elicited some eye rolls from critics concerned with the growing controversy over the accuracy of the technology behind Holmes’ company Theranos, and the validity of Jenner’s gender identity as a woman. What’s more, some in the media, perhaps jealously, spun a massive conspiracy theory that Jenner made a deal with Condé Nast to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair earlier this year in combination with winning a WOTY award from Glamour.

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Glamour celebrated our 25th Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall tonight—the first time in the event’s quarter-century history that the date was officially declared Women of the Year Day by the Mayor of New York City. 

At a star-studded ceremony, hosted by Amy Schumer, featured onstage appearances and remarks by actors, celebrities, politicians, government officials, and athletes including Carolyn Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Goldie Hawn, Seth Meyers, Lupita Nyong’o, Eve Hewson, Uzo Aduba, Judith Light, Viola Davis, Selena Gomez, and more. Jennifer Hudson opened the show with a moving rendition of “Too Beautiful for Words” from The Color Purple on Broadway and Ellie Goulding performed her uplifting song “Anything Can Happen” in a moving tribute to the young women of Glamour’s the Girl Project.

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Glamour held its annual Women of the Year awards on Monday night at Carnegie Hall. Reese Witherspoon, who was honored, talked about the rampant sexism in Hollywood and her annoyance with how women who work hard inevitably get painted as nasty or conniving. “Ambition is not a dirty word,” said Ms. Witherspoon, seen here with Selena Gomez, left. See the photos.

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Brooklyn Beckham is fast becoming a red carpet fixture. Now 16, the teen is au fait with the ins and outs of posing, pouting and, now, presenting at awards ceremonies.

Last night he accompanied his fashion designer mum to the US Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York, where she was presented with an award that recognised her not only as a ‘fashion force’ but also her philanthropic efforts as an international goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS.

Looking smart in a slim cut suit, Brooklyn took to the stage to tell his famous mum how much he loved her before handing her the award – but not before the rest of the family had also professed their admiration via a pre-recorded video message.

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You know you’re going to have a great night when the term “sausage fest” gets dropped at Carnegie Hall within the first 10 minutes of an event. That’s what Glamour’s editor-in-chief called Congress during the (decidedly not sausage-heavy) 2015 Glamour Women of the Year Awards, where she recognized women who are making strides in their respective fields despite a persistent gender imbalance in many of them.

The inspiring evening, which marked 25 years of Glamour Women of the Year and was hosted by Amy Schumer, honored women like Reese Witherspoon, Caitlyn Jenner, Misty Copeland, the U.S. women’s soccer team, Victoria Beckham and the survivors of the Charleston massacre. Each of the honorees was introduced by an icon — the likes of Viola Davis, Jared Leto, Selena Gomez, Goldie Hawn and Lupita Nyong’o — and had a short film made about her, directed by, duh, a woman.

There were moments that brought the audience to tears (the women of Charleston spoke about losing their loved ones, Jennifer Hudson sang), moments when we remembered just how incredible young women are (each time someone inspiring came onstage, the youngest audience members cheered the loudest), and times when we simply couldn’t believe we were sharing the same air space as Madeleine Albright, who was wearing her “breaking the glass ceiling” brooch.

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On Monday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. Carnegie presents Sting in his highly acclaimed concert Symphonicities in a one-night-only gala benefit concert with Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Rob Mathes.

Symphonicities features Sting’s greatest hits reimagined for symphonic arrangement with orchestrations by Jorge Calandrelli, David Hart, Michel Legrand, Rob Mathes, Vince Mendoza, Steven Mercurio, Robert Sadin, and Nicola Tescari. Selections include fan-favorites such as “Roxanne,” “Next To You,” “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” and “Every Breath You Take,” plus songs from his enduring solo career-“Englishman in New York,” “Fragile,” “Russians,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” “Fields of Gold,” and “Desert Rose.”

The concert marks Sting’s first time headlining a full performance at Carnegie Hall. He will also be joined by a quintet comprised of Dominic Miller (Sting’s longtime guitarist), Jo Lawry (vocalist), Ira Coleman (bassist), Joe Bonadio (percussionist), and Mike Ricchiuti (keyboards). All proceeds from the performance will benefit Carnegie Hall’s artistic and music education programs.

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A table at Rao’s. The fried chicken dinner at Momofuku. There are some near-impossible New York dining experiences that have food nerds foaming at the mouth—and one of them is writer Calvin Trillin’s walking tour of Chinatown and downtown Manhattan, held annually during the New Yorker Festival. The $150 tickets sell out in seconds to 35 lucky people, many of whom have waited years for the privilege. On the 14th year of the event, Bloomberg tagged along.

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