New York, October 26 – The click-clack of stiletto heels along the windswept piers on Manhattan’s west side on Tuesday night wasn’t from hookers looking for sailors. These were label whores, out to take in a fashion show of Giorgio Armani’s spring/summer 2005 collection, the same one shown weeks before in Milan.

The show was open to the public, but targeted to a very specific audience, since it was advertised only in downtown bible Paper magazine. Either the mag’s readership is unbelievably eclectic, or Armani’s friends and fans are. Some of the better-known guests were Glenn Close, Martin Scorsese, Vin Diesel, Kim Cattrall, singer/songwriter John Mayer and Famke Janssen. Armani was very chummy with British actor Charlie Hunnam, who solved the mystery when we caught up with him at the Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars later that week. Armani’s been dressing Hunnam this year, and has enlisted the Cold Mountain star for his new Emporio ad campaign.

We’re just guessing here, but Mr. Armani also enthusiastically embraced Japanese actress Koyuki Kato (The Last Samurai), even dashing outside to meet her car. Maybe we’ll be seeing her face in Armani ads soon?

No word on ad campaigns, but Ricky Martin modeled live, shaking his famous hips on the runway.