Pink, Hudson, Leto make Armani a celebrity circus

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause, following the presentation of the Giorgio Armani Prive Fall Winter 2014-15 fashion collection, in Paris, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (Francois Mori) Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause, following the presentation of the Giorgio Armani Prive Fall Winter 2014-15 fashion collection, in Paris, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (Francois Mori)

By Associated Press July 9, 2014 5 min read

PARIS (AP) – Fashion is the playground for the rich and famous.

But Tuesday saw Giorgio Armani outdo even this old maxim in his celebrity-circus of a couture show. On the front row, a shimmying Kate Hudson mingled with Jared Leto, Sophia Loren pouted sultrily, Pink tapped her foot and Juliette Binoche caught up with fellow actress Chloe Grace Moretz.

Ushers even had to link arms in a human wall when the show ended to protect the myriad stars from the masses and deliver them to the safety of backstage.

It’s not often that Karl Lagerfeld is outdone in the Hollywood stakes – but his front-row shows that he’s focusing his attention on couture-hungry Asia.

Here are the highlights from Day 3 of the haute couture fall-winter 2014-15 collections, with show reports for Giorgio Armani Prive, Chanel, Stephane Rolland and Bouchra Jarrar.