Best and Worst of New York Fashion Week: Baby Beckham! Ryan Lochte! Bitch Slapping Over Seats!

From adorable Harper Beckham in the front row to Kendall Jenner's good deed, take a look back at what made this year's NYFW so memorable

By Rebecca Macatee Sep 14, 2012 2:40 PMTags
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Slip off those stilettos and carb it up: New York's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has come to an end.

So what will we miss most about our time at Lincoln Center? Kim Kardashian's feathery front-row getup, Harper Beckham's runway walks, and—oh, yes—a catwalk catfight! We can't even make this stuff up.

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Best Couple: Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman, you're cute. But no one can compete with Kimye! Kim Kardashian, in a white, feathery ensemble, and Kanye West, rocking the double denim, were quite the stylish pair Thursday at Marchesa's show.

Best Junior Fashionista: Victoria Beckham's show was lovely and all, but the best part? Seeing baby Harper perched on mum's lap in the front row! Harper also helped Posh's show to go out without a hitch when she tested out the runway.

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Best at Making Us Nostalgic for Sex and the City: The real Carrie Bradshaw came out for Diane von Furstenberg's show! Sarah Jessica Parker shared a laugh with BFF Andy Cohen. Somewhere, Stanford is wondering how he was replaced by Bravo's silver fox.

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Best Use of Twitter: Some of you had us laughing with your #fashionweekproblems tweets, but Mindy Kaling was the real queen of social media. The Mindy Project star joked that she "Got thrown out of Diane von Furstenberg, for allegedly asking James Franco if he 'was DTF at DVF'" and was "nearly blinded by a rhinestone flung off a gown at Jenny Packham." Mindy was not, in fact, at Fashion Week. Swag!

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Best Comeback: Liberty Ross' husband cheated on her with a younger woman (ahem, Kristen Stewart), but this model-actress isn't going into hiding. Stunning in a chic white cutout dress, Liberty strutted across the catwalk at the Alexander Wang show. Take that, teenage models and younger costars!

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Best Good Deed: Kendall Jenner invited 9-year-old cancer patient Morgan Pierce to be her special guest at the Tumbler and Tipsy show at Style360. Morgan, an aspiring fashion designer, looked thrilled to sit front row—and go backstage—with the E! star.

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Worst Behavior: Per the New York Post, publicist Lynn Tesoro was slapped in the face by French magazine editor Jennifer Eymere at the Zac Posen show. Jennifer and her mom and sister lost their seats at the last minute due to possible overcrowding, and the French fashionistas were très upset Lynn couldn't get them seats. There was some back and forth before Jennifer allegedly smacked Lynn in the face. Lynn is reportedly filing a $1 million lawsuit against her. Just remember, ladies: It's never chic to be fashion roadkill.  

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Worst Use of Responsible Parenting: Katie Holmes debuted her Holmes & Yang collection Wednesday, but Suri Cruise was nowhere to be seen. The 6-year-old mini-fashionista was presumably stuck in a classroom like an ordinary child whose mother does not design high-end women's clothing.

Worst Use of Clothing: Ryan Lochte has, like, the best body ever. Why cover it up? As much as we like the Olympic swimmer's sense of style (seriously, even the American flag grill has its charm!), we wanted to see more skin. Next year, Ryan, just come in a Speedo. Jeah?

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Worst Attempt at Edginess: Avril Lavigne gets points for bravery (and marrying into Nickelback), but her half-shaven, pink and green dyed hair missed the mark. The "Complicated" singer showed up to her Abbey Dawn show looking more like an angsty teen than an actual designer.

Fashion Week, it was fun. See you all again in February!