NEW YORK (AP) - The weather never seems to cooperate with New York Fashion Week. In February it's freezing and icy, and in September it seems to get even hotter than the summer that just ended. On this steamy day in Manhattan, Prabal Gurung took his guests on a cool Himalayan trek, evoking snow-capped mountains and mossy hills in his Nepal-inspired designs.
A night earlier there was heat, too. Lady Gaga got a little steamed when the crowd at a Harper's Bazaar party talked through some of her jazz tunes, and stopped singing to admonish the offenders.
And Gaga wasn't the only prominent singer to grace a Fashion Week event: Pharrell was there too, in his signature hat of course, leading a dozen models as he displayed his RAW for the Oceans spring-summer collection.
Among the highlights:
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PRABAL GURUNG
Some of the garments at Prabal Gurung's show Saturday seemed to come straight from nature, like a strapless dress with a rhododendron print, ostrich feathers and hand-cut organza flowers on the skirt.
On the sportier side, there were mountain jackets and expedition vests; on the daintier side, there were silky ruffled dresses. As for colors, Gurung looked to evoke the changing Himalayan sky, from dawn to sunset.
'Up in the mountains are colors that you don't even know or see 'til you go up there,' said Gurung, who was born and raised in Nepal, in a backstage interview. 'It's this beautiful amethyst to this coral, ivory, white and then teal and turquoise, and this opal. It's a visual feast. I wanted to bring it here.'
Gurung has dressed a host of famous women, including first lady Michelle Obama, who's worn his designs a number of times, most recently last month at a White House dinner for African leaders. Kate Middleton also surprised the designer by wearing one of his dresses on an official trip to Asia.
Also notable in Gurung's new collection: His first complete footwear line under his own label. The multi-colored, strappy stilettos were inspired, he said, by artists he loves, including Georgia O'Keefe, Frida Kahlo, and Cindy Sherman.
-Jocelyn Noveck
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LADY GAGA PERFORMS
When a loud crowd still chatted at the Plaza Hotel where Lady Gaga was performing jazz tunes Friday night, she stopped in the middle of her second song because of the noise.
'Will you (expletive) shut up? We're playing some jazz,' she told the crowd of a few hundred in New York City. '(Expletive) rich people.'
Gaga sang at the New York Fashion Week party by Harper's Bazaar, where attendees included Donatella Versace, Liberty Ross, Brooke Shields and R&B singers Maxwell and Miguel, and Linda Evangelista, Shields and Gaga were honored.
The 28-year-old pop star sang songs from her collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett called 'Cheek to Cheek,' to be released Sept. 23. She shut up the crowd at moments when she hit impressive high notes.
'An icon, I believe, is somebody that has a strong message behind their beauty and I think all of the women that are here tonight have that,' Gaga said on the red carpet. 'I'm not sure that I have it, but I am pretty happy to be on the list with all these super models, so thank you.'
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