Runway Report: Hugh Jackman and Katie Holmes Come Out for Donna Karan 30th Anniversary show.

On an arctic Monday night the fashion army gathered in a raw unheated building on Wall Street to see Donna Karan’s 30^th anniversary runway show. Celebrities lined the front row like Katie Holmes, Trudie Styler, Hugh Jackman and Bernadette Peters, all probably shivering too. But things started to boil as a film by Steven Sebring began the festivities. Out of focus shapes morphing into mirror images of themselves- kind of cool and more like video art than film. The music added to the monumental mood and the models stared to strut out fiercely; almost as soldiers marching in decisive unison. First a black grouping with feathered headdresses all cocked to one side. Looks were beaded with jet, or belted with a long tail. Thigh high boots were worn with hot pants, sheer overlays with bra tops beneath.

A coat made of animal skins and fur in stark white was a stand out as was an alluring red group; first in a pony-hide wrap coat followed by dresses in the same stunning shade. It was an awesome reprise of Donna’s talent as a designer who prides herself on encouraging women to be all they can be—with a little help from DK.