The connection between Hollywood stars and style is obvious — and it's not just what celebrities are wearing on the red carpet. Here, at Fashion Week in Manhattan, designers like to dress stars, but they also like to have them front row and center for the thousands in attendance to see.

It's eye candy for the fashionistas. It's also about generating publicity for designers. And the bigger the designer the more important the stars. Here at the tents there's a high-fashion hierarchy.

And even a D-lister on the celebrity Richter scale can generate paparazzi frenzy. We've seen plenty of both since the shows, highlighting looks for spring 2007, kicked off.

Here's the inside scoop on how it works: celebs are always ushered into a show minutes before it begins, which sends the paparazzi into a free-for-all