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The tents at Bryant Park are being disassembled, and socialites everywhere are getting a foot rub. New York Fashion Week has come to a close.

This season brought bright colors and bold prints and even brighter, bolder celebrities.

From Lady Gaga performing at the Marc Jacobs afterparty to Mickey Rourke ogling "fat" models, stars—and the swarm of aggressive photographers that followed them—couldn't be avoided. So, we did what we do best. We mingled with them!

Taylor Swift told us what she thought of the Tommy Hilfiger show, Mad Men's January Jones explained Jon Hamm's appeal, and Emily Blunt talked about her hands (you know, the ones with the big rock from John Krasinski). And that's just the tip of the very swanky iceberg.

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What a weekend for New Yorkers!

With the MTV Video Music Awards, Fashion Week, the U.S. Open and all the star-studded parties that come with them, so much fun stuff went down.

Let's start with the leggy.

Newly separated (again!) Sean Penn stepped out with Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Jessica White to celebrate fellow catwalker Noemie Lenoir's birthday at new hot spot Abe & Arthur's on Saturday night.

The following evening, Jay-Z's sleek VMAs afterparty took over 1Oak and included guests from Rihanna and Beyoncé to Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba.

Outside, however, things took a dustier turn when Diddy had a "misunderstanding," as his rep tells E! News, with some cops. Worry not, the NYPD says no arrests were made, and all related parties seem to think the situation was "blown out of proportion."

Elsewhere...

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Forget the fashion police. Sartorial criminals of the world now have Tim Gunn to answer to.

The Project Runway soothsayer is getting downright animated, making his long-awaited comics debut in the just-released premiere issue of Marvel's revival of Models Inc. The title, centering on the world of high fashion, first made runway and comic book enthusiasts (a niche demographic, surely) go gaga back in the 1960s.

In "Loaded Gunn," the mentor extraordinaire, who let his geek flag fly when gushing about his comic experience on the Daily Show last month, does his darnedest to save an exhibit of superhero outfits from villains.

He's putting the superpower back into power suit.

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Check out the comic turns taken by other celebs in our Stars Get Animated gallery.

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The biggest Project Runway competition of the night?

Whether Lifetime's inaugural cast could match the sheer fun of the All-Star Challenge, which pitted eight Bravo-era returnees—including Daniel Vosovic, Korto Momolu and a double-barrel blast of bad boys Santino Rice and Jeffrey Sebelia—against one another.

Thank goodness, Tim Gunn was there, too.

Competing for the chance to design for Nicole Kidman, a $100K prize and the opportunity to destroy a restaurant dining room, the pros showed at the very least they all still know how to make watchable TV.

And the new L.A. crew, which includes a budding neurosurgeon turned designer, an emotional former crystal meth addict and self-proclaimed "plus-sexy" designer being judged by Lindsay Lohan? Not too shabby, either. Do you agree?

Wondering where season-one winner Jay McCarroll is? Look here. Then relive some of the best moments in our Project Runway: Remember When... gallery.

Bravo

It's finally time to make it work! Project Runway is back.

We can't wait to see what Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn have in store for us in season six. Just thinking about it gives us almost as much glee as some of the best challenges from the previous five seasons.

So we've compiled a special video top 9 of the most exciting tasks given to the designers from previous seasons. Considering the show is so fierce, choosing wasn't the easiest job. That's why we're leaving no. 10 in your hands.

You won't find Kenley Collins weeping, Rami Kashou draping another Grecian dress or Uli Herzner selecting another crazy print here. These design situations are all sew totally "in"!

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Lifetime is making a smart play for Bravo's Project Runway fans.

Just before it kicks off its first season of airing the show—the show's sixth overall—the network will be courting tried-and-true viewers by taking a page from the Survivor, Top Chef and Big Brother playbooks.

Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, a two-hour special pitting favorite designers from past seasons in a head-to-head battle, will air Aug. 20 just before the new season's premiere.

Not unlike the first time around, the eight designers—all of whom placed in the top five on their respective seasons—will be competing for a sweet $100,000 cash prize.

Sadly, Kenley Collins won't be putting down her cat, and Christian Siriano is too busy plotting his November takeover of Starbucks to participate. So who will be heading into the workroom?

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Only a few good men can make a metal suit look dashing—just ask Tim Gunn.

The Project Runway mentor will be donning a dapper Iron Man suit in a new comic miniseries called Models Inc., set to debut Aug. 26.

According to the New York Times, the first book takes place during New York Fashion Week. After runway models Mary Jane (yes, Peter Parker's Mary Jane) and Patsy Walker (alias: Hellcat) team up to clear Millicent Collins (aka Millie the Model) of murdering a set designer, the fashion guru borrows Robert Downey Jr.'s shiny supersuit to save the day and guide the designer's ladies.

"I'm not certain of the particulars of how I'll be portrayed," Gunn told the Times, admitting he remembers Millicent's comics, which bowed in 1945, because she was a model. "To say I'm a character in a comic book is wild!"

The silver fox is in good company—Eminem recently battled the Punisher, and President Barack Obama teamed with Spider-Man just in time for the inauguration.

You can see them all here in our 'Toon Time: Stars Get Animated gallery.

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