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September has begun, there’s a semblance of a crispness in the air, and football season is almost here.
Translation? It’s time to draft our fantasy front-row picks for the fashion month ahead.
Things officially kick off with the start of New York Fashion Week on Thursday, and after a busy few months of vacations, celebrities will once again take to the front row across not only New York but also London, Milan and Paris over the next six weeks. So who do we hope to see dotted along the runway?
The press tour for “Practical Magic 2” has already delivered fashion moments aplenty — see Nicole Kidman in Pieter Mulier’s first design for Versace at the Los Angeles premiere. We’d love to see Kidman and Sandra Bullock bring their magic to the front row this fashion month.
Nicole Kidman at the Warner Bros. Pictures “Practical Magic 2” Los Angeles premiere held at the Directors Village on Aug. 31, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Gilbert Flores
Harry Styles is posting up in New York through October for his residency at Madison Square Garden, and has been papped walking to the venue from Brooklyn. Might he want to rest his legs in a front row en route one day?
Jalen Brunson is still the reigning king of New York, and what better hometown victory lap (and pre-season warm-up) is there than NYFW? We’re optimistic about the odds of catching the Knicks player in the front row this season. If all goes well for Carlos Alcaraz, the tennis player won’t have much free time off the U.S. Open court, but we’re confident the fashion crowd would love to see him show off his newly signature side boob in the front row.
The summer of sport introduced the world to the friendship between Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham, and everyone knows a friendly face makes fashion week all the better. We’re drafting them as seatmates, but we’d be happy to see them individually as well.
Inde Navarrette at the Chanel Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner held at Tribeca Grill on June 8, 2026 in New York.
Kristina Bumphrey
One of the summer’s biggest blockbusters was “Obsession,” and its breakout star Indre Navarrette is a fashion girl in waiting. After a hit Gap campaign, the natural next step is fashion week. TV-wise, our show of the summer was “Sterling Point,” and its lead Ella Rubin has already proven a front-row pro at Louis Vuitton’s cruise show this spring. Zara Larsson has been on a breakout run this year — we’re adding her to the mix.
“Hacks” star Meg Stalter wraps up her run as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” on Sept. 12, just in time for the last few NYFW shows. Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner have spent the summer being paparazzied on various vacations together, so why not make things official with a good old fashion week appearance?
Chloe Malle, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Rama Duwaji and Joan Smalls at the Diotima fashion show on Feb. 15, 2026 in New York.
Gilbert Flores
While first lady of New York Rama Duwaji popped up in the front row at Diotoma last season, we’re not optimistic about catching Mayor Zohran Mamdani sitting alongside the fashion week VIPs after he skipped out on the Met Gala. But wouldn’t it be a fun statement for him to join the standing-room-only crowd and support one of the city’s up-and-coming young designers?
