Spring '10: Leighton's Front-Row Chic


Spring '10: Leighton's Front-Row Chic

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Spring '10: Leighton's Front-Row Chic Meester gets cozy at 3.1 Phillip Lim while Jessica Alba sizzles at Narciso. See all the stars heating up N.Y.C. Fashion Week


ByAndrea DesimonePublished on September 16, 2009 05:50PM EDT 01of 29 LEIGHTON MEESTER Amanda Schwab/Startraks The can add fashionista to her hyphenate with her downtown-chic turn at the 3.1


Phillip Lim show in a dotted dress, cozy cardigan and tough booties.


02of 29 EMMY AND JESSICA Michael Buckner/Getty Living up to their star status, Emmy Rossum and literally shine backstage at Narciso Rodriguez’s show in shimmering dresses by the designer.


03of 29 KIM KARDASHIAN Amy Sussman/Getty Looking fierce in a one-armed, black belted dress and smoky eyes strikes a pose backstage at the Baby Phat show. The reality star later Tweeted from


her front row seat that the show was “by far the biggest & the best show of the season!”


04of 29 MARY-KATE OLSEN McMullan/McMullan/Sipa Press Skipping the tents for the parties, the sticks to her signature style in a white peasant dress topped with an oversized sweater, long


gold cross necklace and killer heels for a soiree at downtown hotspot Indochine.


05of 29 MICKEY AND ESTELLE Amanda Schwab/Startraks Max Azria might have taken a minimalist approach to spring, but there was nothing minimal about his front row! A navy suit-clad Rourke


joined Estelle to take in the designer’s third collection to hit the runway this week.


06of 29 LUCY LIU Joe Kohen/WireImage Also at Max Azria, the takes her front row perch at the designer’s show in a cream flutter-sleeve dress from his BCBG line.


07of 29 LINDSAY AND TAYLOR Jamie McCarthy/WireImage Spotted: Gossip Girl’s youngest bad having a laugh in the front row at the G-Star Raw runway show with starlet . Is it really true that


blondes do have more fun?


08of 29 HILARY DUFF Brian Zak/Sipa Press Gossip Girl’s newest also makes the party rounds in a bow-tied silk blouse tucked into a sexy black bandage skirt, complete with a quilted clutch and


metallic T-strap pumps for the DSquared2 Eyewear launch party.


09of 29 MISCHA BARTON Landov Proving her real-life is just as glamorous as her day job, the A Beautiful Life shows off her curves in a brown-banded, body-conscious Hervé Léger by Max Azria


dress and black strappy sandals at the What Comes Around Goes Around party.


10of 29 MARY LOUISE PARKER Eugene Gologursky/WireImage Now that’s some serious bling! The star sets off her ruffled black top with a metallic statement necklace while sitting front row at


the Dennis Basso show.


11of 29 KELLY ROWLAND Janet Mayer / Splash News Online The singer parts the crowd outside of the Bryant Park tents in her black and gray asymmetrical draped dress and tough ankle booties.


12of 29 JULIETTE LEWIS Richie Buxo / Splash News Online While laughed it up with in the front row, Lewis showed off her quirky style backstage at the G-Star Raw show in a tuxedo top and


blazer over leather pants and pink-and-black booties, complete with a studded fedora and red-hot lips.


13of 29 LADY GAGA AND MADONNA Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage Talk about star power! continues her outrageous fashion tour in a matching studded hat and mask over a dotted Marc Jacobs dress –


the same one Miss Piggy wore! – to meet up with a leather-and-lace clad at the Marc Jacobs show.


14of 29 LADY GAGA Seth Browarnik/Startraks But after the party, there’s the afterparty! takes center stage at the Marc Jacobs post-show bash, hosted by Belvedere and V Magazine, in a red-hot


lace bodysuit and pointy hairpiece for her performance.


15of 29 KIM KARDASHIAN Jemal Countess/Getty Before nabbing her front-row seat, strikes a pose backstage at the Badgley Mischka show in a sheer black top and matching genie pants topped with


a layered gold choker.


16of 29 KATY PERRY Courtesy Full Picture The nabs herself some sexy Fashion Week swag while visiting the Victoria’s Secret Suite at the Bryant Park Hotel in a tribal-printed Mara Hoffman


dress accessorized with a colorful charm necklace and orange patent heels.


17of 29 KRISTIN CAVALLARI Mike Coppola/FilmMagic She might be the new girl on the Hills, but the reality star is a Fashion Week pro showing off her backside in a strappy black minidress on


the runway of the Walter show.


18of 29 KIRSTEN DUNST Rob Loud/Getty adds some sparkle to the Rodarte front row in her metallic gold brocade frock, black patent ankle booties and peachy-keen lips.


19of 29 RACHEL BILSON Bennett Raglin/WireImage Who needs models when you have famous friends? The shows off a metallic creation – and some cleavage!– by friend Brian Reyes from her front-row


seat at the designer’s runway show.


20of 29 BECKI NEWTON Bennett Raglin/WireImage The Ugly Betty star joins in Brian Reyes’s front row, showing off another one of his coveted creations.


21of 29 SHENAE GRIMES Derek Steele/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic Proving she can look just as good in 10021 as she can in 90210 the star makes a stylish exit in a leather peplum dress and chain-strap


bag from the Bryant Park tents after hanging out with at the Badgley Mischka show.


22of 29 KELLY, LISA, LUANN AND BETHENNY Dave Allocca/Startraks It’s a Housewives sandwich! Lisa Rinna gets a stylish squeeze from the Real Housewives of New York, including Bethenny Frankel,


Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Kelly Bensimon – who’s showing off bangles from her Navajo-inspired jewelry line – at the Pamella Roland runway show.


23of 29 OLIVIA PALERMO Michael Buckner/Getty It’s just another stylish day in the life of The City “social” who turns up at the Bryant Park tents in an embellished T-shirt, gray suit,


neutral bag and bright yellow sandals.


24of 29 AMBER ROSE Mike Krautter who? All eyes – and cameras! – are on the rapper’s model girlfriend as she struts her stuff down the catwalk in a tiered white gown ,complete with a full


train, at the Celestino by Sergio Guadarrama.


25of 29 NICKY HILTON Dave Allocca/Startraks The socialite takes a nod from fashion’s most famous editor – Anna Wintour – and keeps her dark shades in place while taking in the Pamella Roland


show from her front-row perch in a strapless green dress and Judith Leiber crocodile clutch.


26of 29 AVRIL LAVIGNE George Napolitano/FilmMagic In true rock star fashion, the celebrates her runway debut in a sparkling tulle skirt with a studded belt and bustier while posing with


models clad in her punk-inspired Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne for Kohl’s line.


27of 29 KELLY RUTHERFORD De Vos/McMullan/Sipa Press Fashionista in training! The Gossip Girl star shows off a makeup-free face and a black-and-white chevron blazer while giving her baby


daughter a fashionable start at the HauteLook Fashion Week Lounge in the Bryant Park Hotel.


28of 29 EVA AMURRI Eugene Gologursky/WireImage The model is perfectly springy in her metallic floral top and orange cropped pants at the Chris Benz show.


29of 29 CIARA AND ELETTRA Bryan Bedder/Getty The singer and model add a burst of color to Thakoon’s front row – a purple sheath for Ciara, a red-hot shirtdress for Elettra Wiedemann and


Christian Louboutin pumps for both stars.


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