Front Row Seat
This being Los Angeles, Fashion Week has showmanship to spare and not much time for formality. Take a look at the celebrities, models and others in the midst of the glitzy scene that is officially known as Mercedes-Benz L.A. Fashion Week for Spring 2007. Here, a model winks backstage at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006.
Actress Angell Conwell strikes a pose at the Evisu Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Tara Lipinski, left, and model Caroline D'Amore watch from the front row at the Balans Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead watches the Evisu Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
TV personality Randy Jackson and designer Tarina Tarantino are in the audience at the Louis Verdad Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
"Grey's Anatomy" star Sara Ramirez, left, watches the runway at the Louis Verdad Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Garcelle Beauvais offers a smile from the front row at Louis Verdad Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Singer Diana Ross, left, and her daughter, Chudney, share a spot in the front row at Meghan Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actresses Sara Ramirez, left, and Jessica Collins are in the audience at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
A line of models in fancy headdresses walks the runway at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 fashion show Oct.15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Sofia Milos watches the action at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead watches from the front row at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Courtney Hansen poses in the front row at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Actress Izabella Miko stops backstage at Louis Verdad Spring 2007 show on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
A model prepares backstage at the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show, on Oct. 15, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
A model sits for makeup backstage at the Los Angeles 9th Annual Fresh Faces in Fashion event on Oct. 13, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif. The show is a launching pad for emerging West Coast fashion designers.
Actor Josh Janowicz and actress Emilie de Ravin arrive at the Gen Art's "Fresh Faces in Fashion" on Oct.13, 2006.
Former NBA star Reggie Miller arrives at the Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion on Oct. 13, 2006.
Adding a note of serenity to the chaos, a harp soloist introduces the Sue Wong Spring 2007 show on Oct.15, 2006.