New York Fashion Week

The fashion action started on Sept. 8 with opening events and a whole lot of air-kissing going on in Bryant Park. The fabulous parade lasts a week, with names like Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta and dozens more taking their turn. But some designers got a jump on the main action. At left, a model walks the runway at the Miss Sixty show at the Guggenheim Museum on Sept. 7.

Not far from Bryant Park, the store windows at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store remind window-shoppers of the week's event. Here, a display features portraits from a Timothy Greenfield-Sanders book, "LOOK: Portraits Backstage at Olympus Fashion Week."

A Saks Fifth Avenue window in New York display features portraits from the Timothy Greenfield-Sanders book, "LOOK: Portraits Backstage at Olympus Fashion Week," on Sept. 6, 2006.

The VIP lounge is now open. Actress Sophia Bush poses in "W" magazine's VIP lounge at Olympus Fashion Week in New York's Bryant Park on Sept. 8, 2006.

Actresses Kristin Cavallari, left, and Carmen Electra strike a pose at the Miss Sixty Spring 2007 fashion show at New York's Guggenheim Museum on Sept. 7, 2006.

Designer Alexander Wang, another fashion early bird, prepares for his show on Sept. 7, 2006.

Designer Alexander Wang poses with models wearing clothing from his Spring 2007 collection at his runway show in New York on Sept. 7, 2006.

Menswear dominates the first few shows of Fashion Week. Here, a makeup artist prepares a model for the John Bartlett Spring 2007 fashion show on Sept. 8, 2006.

The questions must be asked: Would any man actually wear this ensemble? If so, precisely where? A model walks the runway at the John Bartlett Spring 2007 fashion show in New York's Bryant Park on Sept. 8, 2006.

A model walks the runway at the John Bartlett Spring 2007 fashion show in New York's Bryant Park on Sept. 8, 2006.

Models in sportswear walk the runway at the Perry Ellis Spring 2007 fashion show in New York's Bryant Park on Sept. 8, 2006.

Menswear, goofy or great, never quite distracts from the womenswear shows during Fashion Week. Here, a model walks the runway at the Miss Sixty Fall 2006 fashion show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Sept. 7, 2006.

A model smiles for the camera backstage at the Miss Sixty Spring 2007 fashion show at New York's Guggenheim Museum on Sept. 7, 2006.

A model walks the runway at the Miss Sixty fashion show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Sept. 7, 2006.

A model walks the runway at the Miss Sixty fashion show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Sept. 7, 2006.