The Parsons School's 71st Parity Gala Ceremony will be held at Pier 60 in the heart of New York City.  An event will honor the most influential creative personalities, like Pharrell Williams.

This year's Parsons School Charity Gala will celebrate the visionaries of fashion, technology and the arts, whose creativity and innovation are the spearheads. Among them are  Julie Wainwright , founder and CEO of The Real Real and Katrina Lake , founder of Stitch Fix will receive the Parsons Table award. Michael Preysman , CEO of Everlane , will be awarded the Frank Alvah Parsons Award. They will be joined by multi-award-winning artist Pharrell Williams who got into the spotlight for his first collaboration with Chanel He succeeds Rihanna and Solange Knowles .