Received the cutest Year of the Mouse e-mail from Vivienne Tam and had to share. We’ll have photos of her show up soon.

How many celebrities, VIPs, buyers, press, hangers on etc can fit into the tents at Bryant Park? Here’s some crowd shots from various shows to give you an idea:

Max Azria

Lacoste

Nautica

Samantha Pleet

With nearly every single show looking like an eastern european casting call, we had to give Mara Hoffman kudos for winning Papierblog’s color count thus far. With Heatherette out of the running this season (see Heatherette cancels show), Mara Hoffman has picked up the slack and then some. We counted at least 3 models of color and 1 possible.

For more fashion week coverage visit Papierdoll Magazine.

So I’m walking out of the Yigal Azrouël show yesterday and our photographer met up at a nearby coffee shop and as soon as he saw me he said, and I quote “wow.” Like yeah. Here’s my just posted review on Papierdoll’s Magazine site.

photography Kevin Kane for Papierdoll

If they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, then seeing a photo like this might make you never shut up. Laura Bush, Cheryl Hines, Lisa Rinna, Liza Minelli, Heidi Klum all on one stage and walking down the runway. Yup, this is a favorite.

photography Kevin Kane for Papierdoll

More fashion week coverage and photo galleries both in our Daily section and Runway Section.