Glitterati have flocked to the Big Apple this week as New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week runs from September 5-12, 2008. But some still wonder if it’s all for real.

Well social-climbers and panicky debutants can put their Percocet back in their Pradas because the real deal is in full swing and the cars and stars have come out to play. Lindsay Lohan, Ivana Trump, The Olsen Twins, Winona Ryder, Rene Zellwegger, Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Kelly Osbourne, and Kirsten Dunst have all been spotted either on the catwalks or in the front row ogling at the latest and greatest haute couture and creations by designers like Betsey Johnson, Max Azria, Vera Wang and Ralph Lauren. (more…)