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Front Row Divas: Celebs Taking New York Fashion Week By Storm

The next best thing to actually being at New York Fashion Week is getting to live vicariously through the ultimate style stars. Check out all the chic 2017 fashion week moments served by your fave trendsetting celebs.
By Cristina Coppin · Updated October 26, 2020
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Lil Kim

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Kersey Clemons
Kersey Clemons attends the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show in New York City.
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Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks attends the Christian Siriano show during New York Fashion Week.
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Selah Louise Marley
Lauryn Hill’s daughter, Selah Louise Marley arrives at the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show in New York City.
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Lala Anthony
Lala Anthony arrives at the Yeezy show fashion during New York Fashion Week
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Tracy and Megan Morgan
Tracy and Megan Morgan attend Bibhu Mohapatra Fashion Show in NYC.
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Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn attends the Michael Kors Collection Fall 2017 runway show im NYC.
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Deshauna Barber
Deshauna Barber attends Fashion Hong Kong Fall/Winter 2017 during New York Fashion Week:
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Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean attends the Rookie USA fashion show during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 3.
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Elisa Johnson
Elisa Johnson attends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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J. Alexander
J. Alexander attends the The Blonds show during New York Fashion Week.
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Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn attend the runway for the Zac Posen collection during, New York Fashion Week
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Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis poses backstage before the Zac Posen collection during New York Fashion Week
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Jeremy “Hot Felon” Meeks
Jeremy “Hot Felon” Meeks attends the Moncler Grenoble collection during, New York Fashion Week:
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Remy Ma
Remy Ma attends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Cole attends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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TK Quann and Cipriana Quann
TK Quann and Cipriana Quann attends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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Slick Rick
Slick Rick attends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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Dascha Polanco
Dascha Polancottends the Front Row for the Philipp Plein Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Women’s And Men’s Fashion Show
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Yvonne Orji
Yvonne Orji attends the Naeem Khan collection during, New York Fashion Week
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Lala Anthony
attends the Naeem Khan collection during, New York Fashion Week:
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Hannah Bronfman
Hannah Bronfman attends the Naeem Khan collection during, New York Fashion Week
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TK Quann and Cipriana Quann
TK Quann and Cipriana Quann attend the Mara Hoffman fashion show
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Fabolous
Fabolous attends the Chi Zhang fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
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Yandy Smith
Yandy Smith attends New York Fashion Week Art Hearts Fashion NYFW FW/17 at The Angel Orensanz Foundation
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Cardi B
Cardi B attends the Namilia collection during, New York Fashion Week.
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Kiersey Clemons
Kiersey Clemons attends Zimmermann fashion during New York Fashion Week.
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Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King attends the Prabal Gurung show during New York Fashion Week
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Kiersey Clemons
Kiersey Clemons attends the Prabal Gurung show during New York Fashion Week
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TK Wonder Quann and Cipriana Quann
TK Wonder Quann and Cipriana Quann attends the Tome collection during, New York Fashion Week.
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Teyana Taylor
Teyana Taylor attends the Alexander Wang show during New York Fashion Week
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Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz attends the Alexander Wang show during New York Fashion Week
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Phaedra Parks

Parks admitted to giving the girls a lift while discussing boob jobs with Andy Cohen and Kandi Burruss. 

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Reginae Carter
Reginae Carter attends the Vivienne Hu collection during, New York Fashion Week.
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Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks attends the Chromat collection Front Row during, New York Fashion Week
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Teyana Taylor
Teyana Taylor attends the F Is For Fendi New York Fashion Week Party
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Joan Smalls
Joan Smalls attends the F Is For Fendi New York Fashion Week Party
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Lais Ribeiro
Lais Ribeiro attends the F Is For Fendi New York Fashion Week Party
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TK Quann and Cipriana Quann
TK Quann and Cipriana Quann attend Cushnie Et Ochs fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
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Iman Hammam, Venessa Moody, and Cindy Bruna
Iman Hammam, Venessa Moody, Cindy Bruna and guests attend the F Is For Fendi New York Fashion Week Party.
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Elisa Johnson
Elisa Johnson attends VFILES Front Row during New York Fashion Week
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Naomie Harris
Naomie Harris attends the Calvin Klein Collection Front Row during New York Fashion Week.
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Elle Varner
Elle Varner poses backstage at the Hakan Akkaya collection during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 2 in NYC.
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ASAP Rocky
ASAP Rocky attends the Calvin Klein Collection Front Row during New York Fashion Week.
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Ashton Sanders
Ashton Sanders attends the Calvin Klein show at New York Fashion Week.
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Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz attends the 19th annual amfAR’s New York Gala to kick off NY Fashion Week
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Iman
Iman attends the 19th annual amfAR’s New York Gala to kick off NY Fashion Week.
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Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell attends the 19th annual amfAR’s New York Gala to kick off NY Fashion Week
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Cindy Bruna
Cindy Bruna attends The Daily Front Row x LIFEWTR New York Fashion Week opening night at Kola House in New York City.
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Jourdan Dunn and Dilone
Jourdan Dunn and Dilone seen at the rehearsal for the La Perla show during New York Fashion Week at SIR Stage 37 in NYC.
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Zuri Hall
Zuri Hall attends ELLE, E! And IMG Host New York Fashion Week February 2017 Kick-Off Event in NYC.
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NeNe Leakes
NeNe Leakes attends ELLE, E! And IMG Host New York Fashion Week February 2017 Kick-Off Event in NYC.
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Deshauna Barber
Miss USA 2016 Deshauna Barber attends ELLE, E! and IMG New York Fashion Week
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Ty Hunter
Ty Hunter attends ELLE, E! and IMG New York Fashion Week February 2017 Kick-Off Event.
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Shaun Ross and Cardi B
Shaun Ross and Cardi B attend the Michael Costello fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 1 in NYC.
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Vashtie Kola
Vashtie Kola attends the Adam Selman show during the 2017 New York Fashion Week Presented By MADE at Gallery 2 in NYC.
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J. Alexander and Nigel Barker
J. Alexander and Nigel Barker attend the Desigual show during the 2017 New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 1 in NYC.
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Eric West
Eric West attends the Desigual fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Gallery 1 in NYC.
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Prince Royce

Prince Royce attends the Desigual fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Gallery 1 in NYC.

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Star Jones and Lorraine Toussaint
Star Jones and Lorraine Toussaint attend the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Red Dress Collection 2017 presented by Macy’s at Fashion Week in New York City.
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Asia Monet Ray
Asia Monet Ray attends the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Red Dress Collection 2017 presented by Macy’s at Fashion Week in New York City
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Garcelle Beauvais
Garcelle Beauvais attends the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection during February 2017 New York Fashion Week
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Aluna George
Aluna George attends VFILES Front Row during New York Fashion Week
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Fabolous
Fabolous attends VFILES Front Row during New York Fashion Week in New York City.
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Cardi B
Cardi B attends VFILES Front Row during New York Fashion Week in New York City.
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Robin Marchant
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Sophia Richie
Sophia Richie attends the F Is For… Fendi Launch Party in New York City.
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Vanessa Williams and Jay Manuel
Vanessa Williams and Jay Manuel pose at the Pamella Roland fashion show during New York fashion week
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Cardi B
Cardi B attends the Gypsy Sport collection during, New York Fashion Week
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Trey Songz

The singer told ESSENCE in 2015, “I was raised by Black women. I love Black women. I didn’t have a male figure in my life; I had my mother, all my aunties. The strength of them gave me a certain strength.” He continued, adding that Black women are “everything” and that “there are so many different things that are beautiful about Black women.”

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Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland
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