New York Fashion Week Follies
At left, a model shows off her tooth bling backstage at the Baby Phat show, Sept. 8, 2006.
Carmen Electra somehow got talked into making a spectacle of herself at the Imitation of Christ spring/summer show on Sept. 10, 2006. We wish her luck trying to get her hair back to normal. But wait! It gets worse!
At least Carmen Electra got a whole dress to wear. At right, a model dons a mask to conceal her identity a she models a dress cut to ribbons, while designer Tara Subkoff, center, gets to choose her own clothes for the conclusion of the Imitation of Christ summer 2007 collection fashion show on Sept 10, 2006.
Here's a fashion tip: A perfectly pretty dress can be ruined when topped with a stupid hat and a goofy pair of sunglasses. A model walks the runway at the Marc Jacobs spring 2007 fashion show on Sept. 11, 2006.
Continuing the bad sunglasses theme and adding insult to injury with an Andy Warhol-style wig, a model walks the runway at the Luella spring/summer show on Sept. 10, 2006.
In a horrible clash of stripes and plaid, a model walks the runway for Alexandre Herchcovitch's spring/summer 2007 collection on Sept. 8, 2006. Is that a Hula-Hoop around her waist?
A model wearing an entire suburban awning swoops down the runway at the Marc Jacobs spring/summer 2007 collection show on Sept. 11, 2006.
The Mad Hatter, also known as New York fashionista Patrick McDonald, attends the Brizo and Harpers Bazaar cocktail party in honor of designer Jason Wu on Sept. 12, 2006.
Designer Duckie Brown challenges the sleek sophistication of American design and does not emerge triumphant. A guy dressed appropriately to re-paint the walls walks the runway at the Duckie Brown show on Sept. 8, 2005.
In a look that was fresh, and even daring, when Hugh Hefner was a hep cat, Amanda Lepore walks the runway at the Heatherette Spring 2007 fashion show on Sept. 12, 2006.
We had sworn to keep our Fashion Week coverage Paris Hilton-free, but it's not possible. The woman is, literally, everywhere. Paris Hilton walks the runway at the Heatherette Spring 2007 fashion show on Sept. 12, 2006. We hope she's taking that suitcase straight to the airport.
Apparently overcome by the fabulousness of it all, designer Jamison Ernest collapses on the runway at the end of the Yellow Fever & Clandestine Industries Spring 2007 fashion show on Sept. 9, 2006.