>> Giorgio Armani loves his star power, and this morning's dose involved Megan Fox and Cate Blanchett sitting together front row with five bodyguards safeguarding their seats.  The models stalked the runway in identical cropped black wigs — similar to the cut of Armani's underwear face Victoria Beckham — and it only took nine looks worth of sharp-shouldered suits and sparkly dresses before the crowd started applauding. 

“It’s not the glamour of today,” the designer said of his Fall 2009 couture collection. “Forties film noir, but not Joan Crawford, more Katherine Hepburn.” Armani, who recently suffered a bout of hepatitis, was said to be looking tan as ever, but "unusually thin."