Kim Jones, the London-based creative director of Fendi, pulled down his own huge silk curtain and music blared that New York Fashion Week truly began.
Usual Fendi shows, which are held in Milan, attract a stellar crowd by any measure, but last night the great and good from New York and afar gathered in the 12,000-square-foot Hammerstein Ballroom for something special.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Fendi’s legendary Baguette handbag, Jones enlisted the help of fellow designer Marc Jacobs to create a no-holds-barred, runway extravaganza to celebrate the moment in high style - and oh, was it a starry affair.
Leading the front row, as Sex and The City fans might well have expected, was Sarah Jessica Parker. The actress helped launch the handbag into its pop culture status during the mugging scene in the series, which sees her held at gunpoint and asked for her bag, to which she replied: ‘It’s a baguette. ’She took her place next to Kim Kardashian, who wore a skin tight, sparkling panneled Fendi dress, and American TV personality LaLa Anthony who opted for a pink, shearling jacket and Fendi monogram boots.
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