Each year, tents in Bryant Park herald New York Fashion Week, whose back story is as fascinating as the couture on the catwalk. Fashion's biggest names share the sometimes shocking, often funny rags-to-riches evolution of the iconic event.

• Kelly Osbourne
• Sean Ono Lennon
• Russell Simmons
• Zac Posen
• Lydia Hearst
• J. Alexandeer
• Carson Kressley
• Isaac Mizrahi