Zoe Saldana, Hilary Swank, Jada Pinkett Smith watch Michael Kors
Michael Kors’ show at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday brought out a Hollywood A-list of a front row: Michael Douglas, Zoe Saldana, Hilary Swank and Jada Pinkett Smith with daughter Willow, along with Broadway star and onetime “30 Rock” guest star Cheyenne Jackson and actress Paz Vega. [Cut]
Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic Booth Moore found the Kors collection a bit rough, terming the aesthetic “haute road crew.” [Los Angeles Times]
Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus was spotted at Rachel Zoe’s show. [Cut]
And Joan Collins, Joan Rivers, Martha Stewart, Star Jones and Carol Alt attended Dennis Basso’s fur-heavy show, where guests’ bags reportedly were searched before they were allowed to enter Tuesday. Presumably, the extra security was to protect the furs from animal activist protests. [New York Post]
A record number of American retail buyers and fashion editors reportedly are heading to London Fashion Week, which starts Friday, to view the fall-winter 2013 collections. Part of the draw may be designer Tom Ford, who is having a regular show rather than the closed viewings he’s put on in recent years. [London Evening Standard]
London-based Topshop is set to open its first West Coast flagship on Thursday afternoon, in Los Angeles. [Los Angeles Times]
Longtime Coach Chief Executive Lew Frankfort announced plans to step down in January 2014. [New York Times]
Nicola Formichetti -- a.k.a. Lady Gaga’s stylist and creative director of Mugler -- styled Kim Kardashian for a spread in Elle’s March issue. [Elle]
A bag belonging to Missoni executive Vittorio Missoni, whose plane went missing with him and five others aboard in January, was found on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. Another bag from the flight was found last month on the nearby island of Curaçao. The search continues. [WWD]
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