CHICAGO (AP) — The Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum is honoring fashion designer Carolina Herrera .
The 78-year-old Venezuelan-American designer will receive the museum's Designer of Excellence Award on May 15 in Chicago. The museum's council gives the award to designers who it says have "indelibly left their mark on the fashion world." Past recipients include Bob Mackie, Sonia Rykiel and Geoffrey Beene.