Amid High Winds and Protesters, Fashion Week Rolls Prettily On

The weekend’s tropical storm made for a soggy beginning of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but the real frisson came from an A-list celebrity and aggressive protesters. On Sunday morning at DKNY, anti-fur protesters holding signs crashed the show and jumped in front of cameras — after which they were hustled out by security guards. Outside the tents, a group of zaftig women challenged the fashion industry’s fixation on thin bodies. Chanting, “Curves on the catwalk,” they held aloft signs bearing slogans such as “Hire Me! I Can Walk!” But what threatened to derail security inside the tents on Saturday morning was the presence of Lindsay Lohan at the Charlotte Ronson show; photographers went into fits and the excessive crowd edged toward mayhem.