los angeles <u+2014> at the glamour women of the year awards on monday night, the elephant in the room quickly took center stage. <u+201c>we all thought we would be standing here under very different circumstances,<u+201d> said tracee ellis ross, the night<u+2019>s host, who encouraged guests to <u+201c>let out a primal sound<u+201d> in reaction to last week<u+2019>s shocking election results. ms. ross, dressed in a silk fendi nightgown to reflect her <u+201c>vulnerability,<u+201d> screeched, rolled her eyes and gagged like a poisoned shakespearean heroine. no doubt, the lost chance to celebrate the first female president had to be acknowledged early on at the annual event, held this year for the first time in los angeles. (especially considering that hillary clinton won 61.5 percent of the vote in california.) but the ceremony at neuehouse hollywood for 400 chic attendees, most of them women, didn<u+2019>t dwell on defeat. <u+201c>what happened in our country on tuesday is something that we can fix,<u+201d> said alicia garza, a founder of black lives matter, who was among the honorees. <u+201c>this is a time to build a movement in the millions. we are winning.<u+201d> the diverse lineup of honorees also included the anti-isis activist nadia murad, gwen stefani, zendaya and the olympic gymnast simone biles. when christine lagarde, the managing director of the international monetary fund, took the stage to accept her award, she said: <u+201c>no matter what sorrow, sadness and frustration we feel, we must continue that fight.<u+201d> in another first this year, glamour added a daylong summit, where 350 young professional women gathered to hear panelists including lena dunham, issa rae, marissa mayer and jenna lyons chat about career strategies, struggles and the election. <u+201c>of course, the expectation was that there would be more of a sense of confetti tonight,<u+201d> said cindi leive, the editor in chief of glamour. <u+201c>but i notice, especially among our younger readers, that this is an electric moment and women are feeling galvanized.<u+201d> the evening had its share of laughs, too. ms. biles admitted that she debated a <u+201c>fake pass out<u+201d> to avoid public speaking. in introducing miuccia prada, another honoree, anna wintour deftly acknowledged <u+201c>the devil wears prada.<u+201d> <u+201c>miuccia and i never discussed it,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>finally, at one of our lunches, she leaned across the table and she said, <u+2018>anna, that book? it<u+2019>s good for both of us.<u+2019><u+201d> before presenting glamour<u+2019>s first-ever man of the year award, to bono, amy poehler smirked and said: <u+201c>what an exciting time for men. finally!<u+201d> in turn, bono poked fun at himself by reading a few mean tweets in reaction to his honor. <u+201c><u+2018>it<u+2019>s so important that our daughters understand that they can grow up to be bono,<u+2019><u+201d> he said with a smile. after the last award, guests took over the nearby restaurant paley for a late-night candlelit dinner. ms. leive dined alongside ms. stefani and her beau, blake shelton, but already had her sights on next year<u+2019>s event. <u+201c>i know of two honorees we want,<u+201d> she said. would there be another man of the year? <u+201c>i think so. but that assumes that guys go on to do great things.<u+201d> continue following our fashion and lifestyle coverage on facebook (styles and modern love ), twitter ( styles , fashion and weddings ) and instagram . a version of this article appears in print on november 17, 2016, on page d9 of the new york edition with the headline: a celebration with an added roar. order reprints | today's paper | subscribe
gwen stefani, bono and zendaya honored at glamour women of the year awards
monica corcoran harel