NY Fashion Week: Day 1

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NY Fashion Week: Day 1

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
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WHO Eva Mendes, Emily Mortimer and Kate Bosworth
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York State Armory
THE SCOOP Other attendees included Winona Ryder, Dita Von Teese, Kim Gordon, Sofia Coppola, LeAnn Rimes, 50 Cent, Victoria Beckham, Russell Simmons and Rufus Wainwright.

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
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WHO Lil' Kim and Marc Jacobs
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York State Armory
THE SCOOP Instead of opting for raucous rap, Jacobs had his models walk to the soothing strains of Pachelbel's Canon in D.

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
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WHO Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York State Armory
THE SCOOP The arrival of Moore and Kutcher caused a frenzy of flashes that almost completely obscured the arrival of British fashion fanatic Victoria Beckham.

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
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WHO Mischa Barton and Maria Sharapova
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York State Armory
THE SCOOP The largely all-white collection shone against a bright green raised runway that might have reminded Sharapova of an outdoor tennis court (not that she bothered with traditional tennis whites for her recent win at the U.S. Open).

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Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs
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WHO Kanye West and Jared Leto
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York State Armory
THE SCOOP Leto tried his hand at some rock-star antics during the long wait for the late runway show; he was spotted tossing the contents of his pockets into the crowd behind him.

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Marc Jacobs After-Party

Marc Jacobs After-Party
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WHO Winona Ryder, Marc Jacobs and Rufus Wainwright
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE Gramercy Park Hotel
THE SCOOP The party featured a gallery of larger-than-life nude celebrity photos that were taken to benefit and raise awareness for the Melanoma Group at NYU Medical Center. T-shirts printed with the images were sold at the party for $20 (but non-attendees shouldn't fret-they are also available at Marc Jacobs stores). Celebrity posers included Ryder, Naomi Campbell, Julianne Moore, Hilary Swank, Rufus Wainwright and Jacobs himself.

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Marc Jacobs After-Party

Marc Jacobs After-Party
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WHO Victoria Beckham
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE Gramercy Park Hotel
THE SCOOP The after-party was hosted in a specially built annex of the Gramercy Park Hotel. Male models walked the room in T-shirts that read "Save Your Skin."

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Marc Jacobs After-Party

Marc Jacobs After-Party
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WHO Ashley Olsen
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE Gramercy Park Hotel
THE SCOOP Other celebrity guests included Mischa Barton, Sofia Coppola, Eva Mendes and Lil' Kim.

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Marc Jacobs After-Party

Marc Jacobs After-Party
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WHO Zooey Deschanel and Kate Bosworth
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE Gramercy Park Hotel
THE SCOOP The drink of the night was champagne, and lots of it. Revelers drank bubbly from crystal flutes or chose a glass of the stuff fizzing from the immersed sugar cubes.

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Max Azria

Max Azria
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WHO Max Azria and Sarah Michelle Gellar
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Tent, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Other boldface names in the audience included Carmen Electra, Sophia Bush, Nicky and Paris Hilton, Christina Milian and Jaime King.

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Max Azria

Max Azria
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WHO Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Tent, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Husband-and-wife duos were the order of the day: Costner and Baumgartner sat in the front row, while Azria made his bow with wife Lubov Azria, his muse and the creative director of the BCBG Max Azria Group.

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Max Azria

Max Azria
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WHO Eva Mendes
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Tent, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Mendes showed her loyalty to Azria by wearing a sweater dress from his fall 2006 collection. The designer used similar oatmeal shades in his spring 2007 collection.

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Jill Stuart

Jill Stuart
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WHO Jamie-Lynn Sigler
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE New York Public Library
THE SCOOP Kate Bosworth and Project Runway's Daniel Vosovic also showed.

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Luca Luca

Luca Luca
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WHO Maria Menounos and Michelle Trachtenberg
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Promenade, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Other celebrity attendees included Emmy Rossum, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kanye West and Ivana Trump.

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Luca Luca

Luca Luca
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WHO Carmen Electra and Thalia
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Promenade, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Singer Thalia eschewed her own Kmart line in order to wear a floral-print coat from Luca Luca's fall 2006 collection.

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Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta
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WHO Donald and Melania Trump
WHEN Monday, September 11
WHERE The Tent, Bryant Park
THE SCOOP Tennis ace Roger Federer, who just won his third straight U.S. Open, was also seated in the front row.

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