20 of the most memorable moments in Fashion Week history

No one expected the prime mockers of the fashion industry to ever appear on an actual catwalk. Yet that’s exactly what Valentino allowed Derek Zoolander and Hansel (aka Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) to do at the end of their AW15 show. Of course, the crowd went wild. [Photo: Getty]

Rick Owens spawned a whole host of play on words with his AW15 menswear show. Several designs featured special peepholes showing models’ bare genitals, giving the front row the shock of their lives. [Photo: Getty]

1997 was the middle of the ‘heroin chic’ moment (or crisis) pioneered by Kate Moss. So it was a real shock when a six-foot and ‘normal-sized’ Sophie Dahl modelled a revealing look at London Fashion Week. [Photo: PA]

In 1993, a young Naomi Campbell was conquered by Vivienne Westwood’s insanely high platforms. The supermodel-in-the-making’s catwalk slip didn’t hinder her career though. [Photo: Rex]

London-based designer Andrew Groves may not be around anymore but his LFW shows were legendary. In 1997, he showcased a jacket containing hundreds of flies which were subsequently unleashed into the unsuspecting crowd. [Photo: Rex]

At Balenciaga’s Spring 2011 show, high-flying editors including Anna Wintour and celebrities such as Salma Hayek were left standing after the front row benches collapsed, causing a couple of minor injuries. [Photo: Twitter/WWD]

The Vogue editor refuses to stop wearing fur so what else were animal rights organisation PETA supposed to do? Back in 2005, protestors threw a nice big vegetarian pie in her face which was (luckily for us) caught on camera. [Photo: PETA]

Yeezy Season 4 was a complete PR disaster for Kanye West. After left standing for a considerable amount of time in the New York heat, models began to pass out. What’s worse is none of the Yeezy staff offered help with showgoers having to give models water. [Photo: Getty]

Flashback to Michael Kors’ SS17 show featuring model-of-the-moment Bella Hadid. Unfortunately, no one will remember the clothes as Bella’s trip straight down to the floor was the picture that went viral. [Photo: Rex]

You may not recognise the name but Katherine Hamnett is still a strong force in 2017. In fact, Kanye loves her so much he called on her for help with Yeezy. Back to her AW03 show and its political slogans which read ‘Stop War Blair Out.’ It may have made some people uncomfortable but Hamnett was the start of a trend that’s still going strong today. [Photo: Getty]

Marc Jacobs’ 2011 collection for Louis Vuitton featured one of his muses, Kate Moss. Held on No Smoking Day, the supermodel naturally lit up a cigarette on the runway. We like to think this was purely her decision. [Photo: Rex]

For his SS16 womenswear show, Rick Owens put on a performance like no other. Displaying the strength of women, his models (which included professional acrobats) carried each other in all manner of positions. [Photo: Getty]

Madonna’s relationship with Jean Paul Gaultier has always been strong. He designed her early tour wardrobes and that infamous cone bra. In return, she walked in his 1992 LA show wearing nothing but braced trousers and a beret. [Photo: Rex]

McQueen’s AW98 collection – otherwise known as No. 13 – is billed as the designer’s best ever show. Mainly because his boundary-breaking ways saw model Shalom Harlow spray painted by a pair of car paint machines. Quite a feat for the nineties. [Photo: Rex]

Karl is full of surprises. His AW14 show for Chanel surpassed everyone’s expectations by turning the set into a giant supermarket. His message was clear as the crowd went wild, trying to steal the Chanel branded products at the end. [Photo: Getty]

A decade ago, plus size was barely a term let alone seen on the catwalk. But Jean Paul Gaultier was always trying to push boundaries. After the news that two anorexic models had starved themselves to death, he cast the world’s biggest model at the time: Velvet D’Amour. JPG didn’t stop there, dressing her in a lingerie look to further show off those curves. [Photo: Rex]

An entire row of lights fell on the heads of several important editors at DVF’s Spring 2006 show. Four were injured with one front row guest having to have 30 stitches to her head. Apparently, a few lawsuits came Diane’s way shortly after. [Photo: Getty]

Having Sacha Baron Cohen at your show is a huge risk. The unpredictable actor took to the catwalk as at Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s 2008 show, effectively pushing the models out of the way while dressed as his character, Bruno. No one’s quite sure whether the designer was in on the joke. [Photo: Rex]

Sixteen years after he took the prime position at Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs bid farewell to the house with a tribute to his previous collections. Painting everything black, the show turned into a kind of funeral with Edie Campbell as the showgirl. [Photo: Getty]

Oscar de la Renta’s press office had a nightmare in 2014 when ten top editors – including Vogue‘s Andre Leon Talley – got stuck in a lift after the show. It took them almost an hour to be freed, completely messing up the fashion week schedule. [Photo: Getty]