Just as exciting as what’s being worn on the runways at New York Fashion Week, are the outfits the stars are sporting in the front row, mingling outside the tents at Bryant Park and hitting the stylish outfits they adorn themselves in when they hit the after-parties.
This gallery shows some of the covetable frocks spotted on celebrities taking in the Spring and Summer 2009 collections at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Manhattan this week.
The photos of New York fashion week include shots of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson laughing front row at the Charlotte Ronson show, Nicole Richie and Mary-Kate Olsen, both in black at Proenza Schouler, Jennifer Lopez and Victoria Beckham at Marc Jacobs, Mark Indelicato at Be Eco Chic, Kanye West in a grey suit and suspenders on the day he hit up Thakoon, Proenza Schouler and Marc Jacobs, Renée Zellweger in a grey tweed dress, Petra Nemcova and Juliette Lewis at Diesel, Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry at the Calvin Klein 40th anniversary party, Agyness Deyn watching, not modeling at, Christie’s Resurrection show and finally, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and Nicole Richie at the DKNY show.
Front Row Fashion
Stars at Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week
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