Celebrities Take to Catwalk for 2012 True Heart Red Dress Fashion Show

10th OF February 2012

The Red Dress Collection Fashion Show is an annual event that kicks off New York Fashion Week. Celebrity models strutted the catwalk wearing gowns by some of the country's most famous designers in the aim of drawing attention to women’s heart health. Celebrity strutters included Christie Brinkley, Minka Kelly and Rebecca Romijn.

Christie Brinkley is a supporter of the Heart Truth campaign, headed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and has participated in this event before. The former model and her trademark smile took to the runway in a Pamella Roland gown.

She said she also finds charity modelling shows promote camaraderie within the modeling world, and she hopes the first-time “models” at the Red Dress show will feel that way, too. “I’ve always felt the catfight thing is a cliche, but especially when we’re all together and subject is the heart, we’re all united.”

Minka Kelly looked like she'd done it before in a sequin-covered wrap dress by Diane von Furstenberg followed by Gloria Estefan in Narciso Rodriguez.

"It’s a parade of great dresses, and red looks good on so many people", said Marchesa co-founder Georgina Chapman. Marchesa once again lent a dress for the event, worn by model and actress Rebecca Romijn.

“I love the color red. It’s such a passionate color and it’s a fabulous color when you want to make a splash,” Chapman said. If she were on the catwalk, she said she’d probably wear it with black heels or neutral makeup. “There’s no matchy-matchy with red,” she advised. “I especially love to wear black with a hint of red.”

Jenna Elfman, making her Red Dress debut, wore a strapless Alberta Ferretti. “I love fashion, I love performance, I love charity,” she said in an interview before the show.