Monday, March 16, 2015

A DEFINITIVE RANKING OF FASHION MONTH'S MOST POWERFUL FRONT ROWS If you really want to get the general public buzzing about your brand, you'd better have a major celebrity (or 10) cheering you from the FROW.

Shop with the best of them.

Aymeline Valade, Hailee Steinfeld, Lorde. Photo: Rindoff/Dufour/Getty Images
Where: Paris.
Who: Dakota Johnson, Lorde, Kanye West, Hailee Steinfeld, Aymeline Valade, Camille Rowe, Laetitia Casta.

5. GIVENCHY

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Where: Paris.
Who: Katy Perry, Jessica Chastain, Amanda Seyfried, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West.

4. LOUIS VUITTON

Dianna Agron, Chloe Grace Moretz and Selena Gomez. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Dianna Agron, Chloe Grace Moretz and Selena Gomez. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Where: Paris.
Who: Michelle Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Dianna Agron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Catherine Deneuve.

3. BURBERRY

Sam Smith, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Kate Moss, Mario Testino and Naomi Campbell. Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Sam Smith, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Kate Moss, Mario Testino and Naomi Campbell. Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Image
 Where: London.
   Who: Lily Donaldson, Sam Smith, Cara       Delevingne, Kate Moss, Jourdan Dunn, Naomi Campbell, Mario Testino.

2. KANYE WEST FOR ADIDAS ORIGINALS 

Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, North West, Anna Wintour and Virginia Smith. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, North West, Anna Wintour and Virginia Smith. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Where: New York.
Who: Sean "Diddy" Combs, Rihanna, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Alexander Wang, Anna Wintour, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Hailey Baldwin, Kendall Jenner.

1. TOM FORD

Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Romain Dauriac, Scarlet Johansson, Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo. Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images
Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Romain Dauriac, Scarlet Johansson, Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo. Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images
Where: Los Angeles (conveniently, the same weekend as the Oscars).
Who: Jay Z, Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Olsen, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Amy Adams  — the list goes on